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Physician's writings bridges lab experiences
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For the second year, author, poet and psychiatrist Christine Montross,
M.D., visited with new medical students Sept. 17 to help bridge their
transition as they learn to relate to human anatomy studies during the
first year of school. Her visit culminated the students’ preparation
and introduction to their teaching cadaver in gross anatomy as part of
the structure and function theme within the College of Medicine’s
integrated curriculum.
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Christine Montross, second from left, and Dr. Debra Hazen Martin
visit with students Jordan Garris, second from right, and Peter Stone.
Students were
assigned to read Montross’ own anatomy lab experiences in
the book, “Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from the Human
Anatomy Lab,” which she wrote as a first-year medical student at the
Brown Alpert Medical School at Brown University. Montross, who entered
medical school with a master’s in fine arts degree in poetry and has
since earned additional advanced degrees in ecology and evolutionary
biology prior to earning her medical degree in 2006, took a year off
from medical school to complete an independent study and write the
book.
Friday, Sept. 24, 2010
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