‘Premed’ Anatomy Dissection Experience for Student of Health and Science Students

An award-winning live anatomy experience company came to Bournemouth and Poole College over two days of Thursday 27th – Friday 28th March. Students were able to perform live dissections following a demonstration. 

Over 100 students took part in the experience from three study disciplines across the college on the Thursday - Level 3 BTEC Health and Social Care, Access to HE Science and Level 3 Medical Science. The Friday saw T Level students and L3 Science undertake the same activity.

In groups of 4-6, students learned about the cerebellum, spinal cord and brain stem, the digestive system plus key bones in the structure of the body. Holly, Millie, Erin, Jake and Libby from Level 3 Health & Social Care, said the sharp was ‘easy’ to use, and Onyx, 18, from Level 3 Biomedical Science, said: “I’ve done something similar at school, I’m hoping to work in a medical setting so this is a good experience.”

Hilary Gallagher, organising the experience for students, said: “It’s great for students to see real-life scenarios, where they get to practise real experiences, complimenting the theory learnt in class” rather than all classroom-based activity. Inviting the company in to do delivery the anatomy experiences has proven very successful, and we’re hoping to repeat the experience in the future.

For more information on the hosts of Anatomy Lab Live you can view: http://www.premedanatomy.co.uk.