Any colleague who has ever been involved in organising a cadaveric course in United
Kingdom will be aware of the officious and administrative challenges involved.
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The costs involved in setting up cadaveric courses are high and enrolment fees out
of reach for a large proportion of the trainees. Consolidation of such challenges
have resulted in significant reduction of hands-on cadaveric courses. The status quo
is a far cry from the 1980s, where, as a dental student, one was expected to attend
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Publication history
Published online: December 19, 2019
Accepted:
November 4,
2019
Received:
October 25,
2019
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© 2019 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
