Biomedical Odyssey

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I Will Never Know His Name

November 4, 2021

For most medical students, human cadaver lab is a unique instruction methodology that allows them to learn from the human body with hands-on experience. This vestige of medical education brings with it the gravity of the sacrifices each donor has made. Read as one first-year medical student explores her thoughts and reactions to the completion of her cadaver lab experience.

Meher Kalkat ⋅ A Day in the Life anatomy lab, dissection, medical student ⋅

An anatomical illustration of a human heart on a white background.

Fifteen Minutes of Companionship

November 17, 2020

First-year medical student Alisha Dziarski discusses her experiences meeting and bonding with her classmates through Zoom and a COVID-19-adapted anatomy lab.

Alisha Dziarski ⋅ A Day in the Life anatomy lab, coronavirus, curriculum, medical student, pandemic ⋅

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