Cadaver Biopsies in an Integrated Curriculum Improves Medical Student Educational Experience and Increases Interest in Pathology

Review of the literature indicates that cadaver biopsies are rarely used in undergraduate medical education. The Paul L. Foster School of Medicine preclinical curriculum integrates basic and clinical sciences. Tankside Grand Rounds (TSGR) is a capstone experience at the end of preclinical training wherein students deliver a formal case presentation of their cadavers’ suspected cause of death and premortem clinical course. Beginning with …