Grant's Dissector

Grant's Dissector provides step-by-step human cadaver dissection procedures for students to perform the dissections in lab and to recognize important relationships revealed through dissection. Each chapter is consistently organized beginning with a Dissection Overview, followed by detailed Dissection Instructions, and concluding with a Dissection Follow-up.

The Dissection Overview provides a blueprint of what needs to be accomplished during the dissection session and includes relevant surface anatomy as well as concise coverage of osteology. Dissection Instructions offer a logical sequence and numbered steps for the dissection. The Dissection Follow-up emphasizes important features of the dissection and encourages students to reflect on and synthesize the information.

TEXT:

• Focus on consistency of text- Alan working to improve consistency with headings & intro paragraphs & figure labeling (making sure bold terms are actually shown on figures)

• Check accuracy as highlighted by Bill (William Schwartz)

• List clinical correlates at the beginning of the chapters now. Blurb & list at beginning of chapters telling what Clinical Correlations will be in chapter.

• Update the clinical figures and stats (find articles whenever a number/percentage is cited)

• Modify approach to atlas cross-references:

• Focus on reference images from Grant's Atlas to link the two texts more closely - convert references from page number to figure numbers for better alignment/linking in Grant's Anatomy Lab and Health Library

• Remove Netter Atlas cross-references from print and digital versions (TBD)

• Remove Rohen Atlas and Lippincott Atlas cross-references from print version - include guide in Instructor Resources, include references and images in Grant's Anatomy Lab, include references in VST e-book (TBD)

• Switching order Skeletal and Surface Anatomy sections so that Skeletal comes first - b/c students palpate bony structure (need to know structure), then know where to make skin incisions - makes more sense from lab perspective

• Within dissection sequence/steps -figure reference will be just on first step and not repeat same fig on subsequent steps

Artwork:

• Planning on 5 new and 10 adapted illustrations (e.g., adding skin flaps, additional/different labels)

• Skin flaps not removal

• Demonstrate how to find muscular plane and reflect all together. Clean superficial veins from the deep side perhaps?

• Ask Art Dalley how these are approached and taught, far faster to remove in one large piece

• Lateral approach to the neck (2 new illustrations)

• Emphasize fascial planes

• Similar approach to new Netter image by Carlos M.

• Other ideas for this or next edition - will narrow down:

• Brain white matter tracts

• Brain removal with eyes intact

• Lateral orbit

• Lateral approach to cranial nerves, same side as lateral neck or contralateral side for stability

• Lateral approach to brain to keep pituitary intact. After lateral orbit?

• Throacoabdominal wall reflection

• Pelvis block

• Consider Systemic approaches

• Lung and heart block removal

• Anterior approach to the spinal cord

• Transgender dissection/ module on the process of gender reassignment.

• Removal of heart ventricles

Grant's Dissection Videos Suggestions:

• Dependent on JW Player enhancements:

• Add jump points times - transition screens already included in videos (author to send)

• 2x speed

• Include direction marker in videos

• Analyze improper technique

• Time stamps of videos in text and/or hyperlink digital version(s)?

• May add alternate techniques

• Separate clinical anatomy videos proposal to come - to supplement Grant's Dissection Videos for anatomy course and to be used in pre-clerkship anatomy sessions