Talk:Gross anatomy

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Why is it called gross anatomy?

Did the study of gross anatomy originate in Germany? "Gross" is the German word for "big" so maybe German-speaking anatomists named this field "gross anatomy" because they were studying relatively large structures in the body. If anyone knows the true origin of the name of this field, please add it to the article.-Schnurrbart (talk) 05:22, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

DMD

Pardon my ignorance, but what is a DMD? -- Solo Owl 21:50, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Annotated bibliography for class

O'Carroll, R. E., Whiten, S., Jackson, D., & Sinclair, D. W. (2002). Assessing the emotional impact of cadaver dissection on medical students. Medical education, 36(6), 550-554. This article talks about the emotional impact of cadaver dissection on students. This is largely related to gross anatomy courses and can how dissection fosters a relationship between the living and the dead and creates medical empathy. I think a section on medical empathy can be included in the gross anatomy page and I could use this article as a basis for that.

Granger, N. A. (2004). Dissection laboratory is vital to medical gross anatomy education. The Anatomical Record Part B: The New Anatomist, 281(1), 6-8. This is relevant to gross anatomy because it emphasizes the importance of dissection in medical education. From reading Stiff by Mary Roach and additional course readings, it seems that actual dissection is going away in medical education and this could supplement he importance of cadaver dissection in my additions on medical empathy.

Hildebrandt, S. (2010). Developing empathy and clinical detachment during the dissection course in gross anatomy. Anatomical sciences education, 3(4), 216. This relates to gross anatomy because many first hand accounts talk about the emotional bond formed as well as detachment practices between cadavers and students. The empathy formed during these courses can be applied in a medical setting once students become doctors. I intend to incorporate both the empathy and the depersonalization of cadavers in my additions to the page.

Weeks, S. E., Harris, E. E., & Kinzey, W. G. (1995). Human gross anatomy: a crucial time to encourage respect and compassion in students. Clinical Anatomy, 8(1), 69-79. This is related to gross anatomy because it directly links human compassion to the educational course. I intend to use this article as supplemental information to support why gross anatomy fosters well-rounded, compassionate individuals in my section on medical empathy.

Crow, S. M., O'Donoghue, D., Vannatta, J. B., & Thompson, B. M. (2012). Meeting the family: Promoting humanism in gross anatomy. Teaching and learning in medicine, 24(1), 49-54. This is related to gross anatomy because the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine allows their students to meet the families of cadavers used in gross anatomy courses. This provides an emotional link to gross anatomy that is addressed outside the laboratory and will complement the more scientific papers cited in my revisions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theresaquaderer (talk • contribs) 14:15, 20 February 2016 (UTC) Theresaquaderer (talk) 01:00, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Suggestions for improvement

1. The article lacks sourcing in the first paragraph, perhaps the writer should review their notes to see where the information came from. 2. The sentence “Recently, online flashcards and quizzes[1] have been used as well” seems out of place in the second paragraph, I think it would be better as the closing sentence. 3. There should be more information about the topic, perhaps under another subheading titled “In History.” — Preceding unsigned comment added by K.wilson (talk • contribs) 19:11, 30 January 2017 (UTC)