Do Medical Students Work On Cadavers. Our tas and das (dissection assistants) dissected the human cadavers prior to lab but we had to observe them as we were tested on structures on the cadavers. You may get by just fine without having worked on a cadaver, but.

After a few weeks of classroom and lecture instruction, students are expected to dissect a cadaver in the lab. Dell uses donor cadavers but medical students do not perform the actual dissection. Unlike many medical schools, umdnj’s school of osteopathic medicine encourages students to photograph their cadavers.