05-27-2011, 01:12 AM
cookderosa Wrote:Respectfully, you don't know what you don't know. There were pros and cons to my home labs vs classroom labs, just as there are pros and cons of homeschool - and as you know- most of the real pros and cons are not even ones people think to ask about.
Anyway, of course we used "sphygnomanometers" in home labs, as well as blood testing kids, real organs, real & plastic bones, extensive histology slides, etc. Of course it's up to the student, but I'd happily lay out my A&P knowledge against any "butt in seat" A&P student...but then again, I pay attention and go for top grades. Obviously I didn't have a cadaver, but neither do 97% of any premed/prehealth students.
Fascinating. How does that work, exactly? Do they ship you skeletons, and how do you gain access to equipment like microscopes? I just have never imagined such a thing. It sounds like an excellent lab!