Full Schedule for Dissecting Room Course, UPPER BODY DAY
- This day includes 3 hours in the dissecting room and a visit to the Gordon Museum of Pathology
- The focus of the day is UPPER BODY
- Schedule is subject to change of times due to availability of the dissecting room, please always refer to your booking emails for correct times
9.30h - Arrival and Welcome to the Anatomy Department of Kings College, house rules, prep etc. by organisor and founder of AnatomyTalk Tina Jensen Friis
10.00h - Part 1 - Dissecting room in groups with lecturers from Kings College, - focus on superficial extrinsic back, posterior axio-appendicular and scapulohumeral muscles along with the neck muscle of sternocleidomastoid (specifically: trapezius, levator scapula, scalenes', splenius', erector spinae, deltoids, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, subscapularis, lattisimus dorsi, quadratus lumborum, rhomboids' and teres', adding arm muscles of biceps, triceps and coracobrachialis along with the bony landmarks of muscles origin and insertion, tendons, ligaments, nerves, arteries and organs of the area)
12.00h - Lunch
13.00h - Part 2 - Dissecting room in groups with lectures from Kings College, - questions and answers
14.00h - Visit to Gorden Museum of Pathology: Option of browsing the Gordon Museum of Pathology of King's College London. This museum is the largest medical museum of the UK and is not open to the public, - the museum functions as a training facility to health professionals.
The museum contains some rare and unique artefacts including Lister’s antiseptic spray and the original specimens of kidneys, adrenal glands and lymph nodes which led Richard Bright, Thomas Addison and Thomas Hodgkin to describe the medical conditions that bear their names.
The first prosection was donated in 1605 and the museum's primary function has always been to help train medical, dental and biomedical students and professionals to diagnose disease and as such it provides a range of services and functions to The School of Medicine and to medical professionals.15.00h/16.00h - Finalisation with q&a’s, thanks for today, ensuring all is ok
Please note: You must work within the fields of medicine, nursing, therapies, rehab, fitness, wellbeing, health or similar to join this course.