\u201cSo much of what I learned during the gross anatomy module would have been tremendously helpful in multiple facets of my nursing practice,\u201d says Pruitt, who is now in his second year of medical school. \u201cSo, I wanted to give Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ nursing students, starting with this small group, a unique learning experience that gives them an opportunity to bridge the gap between what they have learned in nursing textbooks and the actual human body.\u201d<\/p>\n
Only a handful of nursing schools utilize cadavers for their students\u2019 learning. While the College of Nursing employs advanced simulation technologies, such as high-fidelity mannequins, virtual or screen-based patients,\u00a0as well as clinical experience with real patients, cadaver-based learning experiences are not yet part of the curriculum.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s clear from listening to the student interactions that there is much to learn and share between disciplines.\u201d \u2013\u00a0Joyce Burr, Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ College of Nursing lecturer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cThe most exciting thing for me as an educator was the absolute total engagement and enthusiasm of both the nursing and medical students during this teaching and learning experience,\u201d says Joyce Burr, associate lecturer at the College of Nursing who helped coordinate the event. \u201cIt\u2019s clear from listening to the student interactions that there is much to learn and share between disciplines. The medical students are teaching but they are also learning from the nursing students, and it shows that each partner on the team has something valuable to contribute, and the end product is a healthy patient.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pruitt worked with three other medical students and Daniel Topping, the Anatomy Lab\u2019s director, to design a workshop curriculum that allowed nurses to see and touch core parts of the anatomy and common pathologies and review common clinical scenarios like hernias and lung damage while peering into the human body. The nurses\u00a0also flushed central lines, inserted tracheal tubes and used manual resuscitators to inflate balloons as simulated lungs with medical devices donated by the Osceola Regional Medical Center.<\/p>\n
\u201cNurses are at the bedside helping to place and monitor these devices, but they never really get to see what lies beneath the skin,\u201d Pruitt says. \u201cSo we want them to get a better understanding of where these devices are traveling and how they work once they are in the body, so it will assist them when putting these devices in, and also be able to picture exactly what happens when a device fails or migrates out of place.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnatomy is fundamental to any discipline involved in direct care of patients, whether nursing, speech therapy, or pharmacology.\u201d \u2013 Daniel Topping, Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½’s Anatomy Lab director<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Before studying in the lab, nursing students watched a videotape about the experience and the impact of their patient\u2019s gift to medical education. At Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\u2019s medical school, cadavers are considered the student\u2019s first patient. Medical students talked to their nursing colleagues about honoring and respecting the person\u2019s gift to their training. Pruitt will be analyzing the impact of the experience in a research study, and hopes his results will help make the program a staple for Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ nursing students.<\/p>\n
With the development of Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½\u2019s new Academic Health Science Center, which will ultimately bring many Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ health programs to Lake Nona and encourage more interprofessional education, research and patient care, Topping says the Anatomy Lab workshop can be a model for future collaborations between healthcare disciplines.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnatomy is fundamental to any discipline involved in direct care of patients, whether nursing, speech therapy, or pharmacology. And we have such a wonderful facility and resources here, which makes perfect sense for us to collaborate and begin partnerships,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cI also feel that our donors would want as many healthcare professionals as possible to benefit from their gift,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd what better way to do it than through these interprofessional collaborations.\u201d<\/p>\n
To view a video version of this story, visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cN5YK6FXoOI<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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