Updated: 22 Dec. 2006
Fearon, R. Cadaver donation programme boosts US veterinary education. Veterinary Times. 2005;35(20):8-9.
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Interview with Professor Amarendhra Kumar, head of veterinary gross anatomy at Tufts University school of veterinary medicine in Grafton, Massachusetts, about their pet body donation program that replaced their use of purpose-killed animals for cadaver sourcing for anatomy dissection [and also clinical skills training – A Knight].
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Methods to prepare human anatomic specimens were extended to species commonly used in the teaching of preveterinary and veterinary gross anatomy of the dog, cat, sheep, pig and rat. Carcasses were embalmed for a period of 3 years and kept at room temperature. The method was found to be highly satisfactory. Advantages include no requirement for refrigeration, superior long-term preservation, less offensive odour, and better tissue texture qualities. Disadvantages were essentially non-existent.
Knight A. 2002. Educational memorials:
Lessening the grief. Updated from Knight A. Educational Memorials: a way to ease
the grief. The Veterinarian. 2001 Sep.:27.
Full text available on request.
Introduces the Educational Memorial Program (EMP) (body donation program) concept, outlines its benefits for conscientiously objecting students, clients and veterinary schools, and describes the benefits of EMPs in helping to reduce the documented desensitization of veterinary students that occurs during their training. It introduces the topic of simulated surgeries on ethically-sourced cadavers, and gives the www.educationalmemorial.org website for further, detailed information on EMPs.
Kozlowski, G.
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The preparation and use of freeze-dried specimens in teaching gross veterinary anatomy are described. Examples are given of how easily handled, cross-sectioned specimens can help students visualize and identify anatomic structures.
Kumar Amarendhra M, Murtaugh
Robert, Brown Donald, Ballas True, Clancy
Elizabeth,
Patronek Gary. Client donation program for acquiring dogs and cats to teach
veterinary gross anatomy. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education
2001;28(2):73–77. Department of
Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, 200
Westboro Road, N. Grafton, MA 01536, USA. m.kumar@tufts.edu.
A donor program for procuring dogs and cats to meet the needs of anatomical instruction was initiated six years ago at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine. The program was initiated in order to comply with state regulations that preclude the use of shelter animals and to satisfy ethical objections of students and faculty. The donor program has successfully met the animal needs for teaching gross anatomy and, in addition, provides opportunities to integrate clinical perspectives and ethics beginning from the first year of veterinary education.
[This excellent paper describes the educational memorial program (EMP) (body donation program) at Tufts Uni vet school, which successfully supplies all cadaver needs for teaching gross anatomy (donated cadavers are also used in teaching medical procedures and clinical skills). The euthanasia brochure and client consent forms are given, as are detailed technical embalming instructions. Tables of student opinions (90% in support) and comments (strongly supportive) are given, and rebuttals of common objections by academics to setting up EMPs (e.g. too labour intensive) are given, based on the Tufts experience. This article strongly supports the establishment of an EMP.]
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