The role of traditional dissection in medical education

Dissection is being sidelined in medical education .Computers and other alternative teaching toolsare replacing cadavers in the modern anatomy curriculum. Evidence based literature suggests thatcadaver dissection is highly effective in establishing and retaining anatomy concepts. The newerteaching modalities must be reassessed in terms of their affectivity in establishing core knowledgerather than their convenience. The traditional dissection laboratory must remain the center forteaching and learning anatomy.