?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Medical+Student+Dissection+of+Cadavers+Improves+Performance+on+Practical+Exams+but+not+on+the+NBME+Anatomy+Subject+Exam&rft.creator=Sargent+Jones+PhD%2C+Leslie&rft.creator=Paulman+PhD%2C+Lance+E.&rft.creator=Thandani+MS%2C+Raj&rft.creator=Terracio+PhD%2C++Louis&rft.subject=MEO+Peer+Reviewed&rft.description=We+have+examined+whether+cadaver+dissection+by+first+year+medical+students+(MIs)+affected+their+performance+in+two+test+measures%3A+the+NBME+Gross+Anatomy+and+Embryology+Subject+Exam+(dissection-relevant+questions+only)%2C+and+practical+exams+given+at+the+end+of+each+major+section+within+the+course.+The+dissections+for+the+entire+course+were+divided+into+18+regional+dissection+units+and+each+student+was+assigned+to+dissect+one+third+of+the+regional+units%3B+the+other+two-thirds+of+the+material+was+learned+from+the+partner-prosected+cadavers.+Performance+for+each+student+on+the+exams+was+then+assessed+as+a+function+of+the+regions+those+students+actually+dissected.+While+the+results+indicated+a+small+performance+advantage+for+MIs+answering+questions+on+material+they+had+dissected+on+the+NBME+Subject+Exam+questions+relevant+to+dissection+(78-88%25+of+total+exam)%2C+the+results+were+not+statistically+significant.+However%2C+a+similar%2C+small+performance+advantage+on+the+course+practical+exams+was+highly+significant.%0A&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2419%2F1%2Fres00016.pdf&rft.identifier=++Sargent+Jones+PhD%2C+Leslie+and+Paulman+PhD%2C+Lance+E.+and+Thandani+MS%2C+Raj+and+Terracio+PhD%2C+Louis++(2001)+Medical+Student+Dissection+of+Cadavers+Improves+Performance+on+Practical+Exams+but+not+on+the+NBME+Anatomy+Subject+Exam.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2419%2F