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Anna MacLeod1, Paula Cameron2, Victoria Luong2

  • 1Continuing Professional Development and Medical Education Research, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS, B3H4R2, Canada. Anna.macleod@dal.ca.

Advances in Health Sciences Education : Theory and Practice
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Human body donation (HBD) serves an essential function in many medical schools, particularly in institutions where people engage in cadaver-based simulation (CBS) as a pedagogical approach. The people who facilitate HBD and CBS have a highly specialized skill set, yet their expertise remains largely unacknowledged, and takes place out of sight from the broader medical school community. This manuscript, based on a two-year practice-based ethnography (Structured Observations n = 68 h, Unstructured Observations n = 150 + hours; Interviews n = 24; and Document/Policy Analysis n = 14) illuminates the complex work of HBD. We identify three primary functions of HBD and CBS (1. Cadaver Intake & Administration, 2. Cadaver Preparation, and 3. Cadaver-Based Pedagogy). We describe how medical educators involved in CBS have developed a skillset specific to their role: negotiating humanity.

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