A recent article from CBC highlights how postsecondary institutions benefit from donating bodies to science. At a celebration of the donors who gifted their bodies to science last week, UAlberta Anatomical Gift Program Coordinator Jason Papirny explained that the bodies are used in a variety of programs, including medicine, dentistry, and kinesiology. These bodies are used to show students real anatomical structures, to illustrate medical conditions, and to allow them to practice rare medical procedures. More than 10,000 people have registered to donate their bodies to the program, according to Papirny, with reasons ranging from a desire to continue teaching after death to attending university for the first time.
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