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DALLAS — Anatomage Virtual Dissection Table is a new educational tool now available to Misericordia University health and pre-med students.
The six-foot-long computerized-table, similar to a operating table, provides students with a visual enhancement to learn human anatomy and pathological cases. Leamor Kahanov, dean of the College of Health Sciences, said new case studies can be uploaded by instructors.
The Virtual Dissection Table has interactive touch-screen features, “3-D and 4-D scans of gross male and female body types, 3-D high resolution regional anatomy and 120 pathological cases,” according to the press release.
The table will allow instructors project, zoom-in and highlight areas of study, provide radiology software and clinical content, Kahanov said.
“Students can dissect specific areas over and over, which they cannot do with a cadavers,” she said.
Cadavers will not be replaced by the high-tech tables. Cadavers are currently used on campus to prepare students to gain hands-on experience and will continued to be used, Kahanov said.
Nearly 450 students will be immediately using the virtual table as part of their course work. Kahanov said students from freshmen to post-professional will have access to the digitized table.
The Anatomage Virtual Dissection Table is the first in the Wyoming Valley. Kahanov said the $80,000 educational-tool was purchased with a combination of grant and university funds.
“The university’s investment in this cutting-edge technology ensures that our students are clinically sound and proficient across the many disciplines of our health and medical science programs,” Kahanov said in a written statement. “We constantly strive to incorporate the most current and proven best practices into our academic curricula and the most current technology.”