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Medical students in the dissecting room

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The Otago School of Medicine in Dunedin is one of the last teaching institutions in the world where students spend a lot of time dissecting human bodies. The students work on the same body, which has been donated for this purpose, for two years.

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Reference: Donated to science: humanity is more than skin deep. Producers, Paul Trotman and Helen Nicolson; director, Paul Trotman. Dunedin: PRN Films, 2010.

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Allison Kirkman, Health practitioners – Medical practitioners, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/28321/medical-students-in-the-dissecting-room (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Allison Kirkman, published 29 March 2011, updated 28 April 2026.