The role of traditional dissection in medical education

Dissection is being sidelined in medical education .Computers and other alternative teaching tools are replacing cadavers in the modern anatomy curriculum. Evidence based literature suggests that cadaver dissection is highly effective in establishing and retaining anatomy concepts. The newer teaching modalities must be reassessed in terms of their affectivity in establishing core knowledge rather than their convenience. The traditional dissection laboratory must remain the center for teaching and learning anatomy