Course of inguinal dissection in corpses - an experience report

Abstract

Objective: This study has the goal to describe the experience of medical undergraduates, students from Centro Universitário Metropolitano da Amazônia, exemplifying how the dissection contribute to the formation of manual and intellectual abilities of those students, accomplishing the competences instituted by the national curriculum guidelines from the medicine course. Experience report: This is a descriptive study, an experience report, based on an event, which lasted five days. The course started with a theoretical activity, in which students could learn more about surgical instruments, which would be used during dissection. In addition, a review class was given, regarding the anatomy of the inguinal region. A practical training followed, being carried out in simulators before dissection in the corpse, in order to improve the students' manual skills. Final considerations: the dissection course provided the possibility to experiment the morphofunctional axis bases in it’s plenitude, realizing the importance of the relation between anatomy and pathology.