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CADAVERS is a Colorado Area Health Education Center outreach program that provides opportunities for high school students to experience anatomy in a medical university setting with lecture and gross anatomy labs with a focus on reaching students from all Colorado regions interested in health sciences and healthcare education.

This program will be scheduled on selected Thursdays from 9:00 am - 2:00 pm at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC). 

The program costs $500 plus a $15 per student fee.

The maximum number of students per session is 30, and the minimum is 20. Schools are responsible for their transportation to and from the AMC.

Schools with a school-wide Title I program may be eligible for a free program session.

To run our program smoothly and ensure University compliance, we require a chaperone rate of 1:10 (chaperone: student). We also require that the school provides an interpreter for English as a Second Language students or Spanish-speaking only students with a ratio of 1:4 (interpreter: Spanish-only speaking students).The School is required to provide sack lunches for their students and staff.

Prior to the arrival of the visiting organization to the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus or any other location as part of COAHEC’s CADAVERS program, the instructor/chaperone of the visiting organization must:

• Ensure all Participants’ completion of the electronic CADAVERS registration,
• Ensure a 1:10 instructor/chaperone to student ratio throughout the visit,
• Provide an English as a Second Language (ESL) chaperone/instructor for language accommodations,
• Ensure an adult, non-student Spanish interpreter for Spanish-speaking only students in a 1:4 interpreter-to-student ratio is available throughout the visit as needed,
• Ensure safe transportation to and from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
• Provide participants with gloves and face masks.
• Ensure all participants wear closed-toed shoes, and those with long hair have it tied up. 
• Ensure the school provides a sack lunch for the students to enjoy during their visit to the Anschutz Medical Campus.
• Ensure you only bring students who have not participated in the COAHEC CADAVERS before.

If you have confirmed your CADAVERS session and are in the process of registering, please carefully read the attached important document and share it with your students, teachers, chaperones, and school administrators.

Anatomy Lab Rules and Regulations

This checklist is for Confirmed and registered schools participating in a CADAVERS session. Please take the time to read the following carefully:

1. Your session will start at 9:00 am sharp and end at 2:00 pm. Please arrive on time so students have ample time to change into our scrubs and complete the pre-survey. A late start will take time away from the participants' CADAVERS experience.
2. Before coming to campus, please ensure all participants have completed their registration. Failure to register will prevent that person from participating and require us to send them home.
3. If any of your students require language interpretation, you must bring a qualified interpreter because the lessons will only be presented in English. COAHEC will not provide an interpreter. A ratio of 1 interpreter to 4 students is required. An interpreter can count towards the ratio of 1 chaperone to 10 students.
4. You are required to provide your students with gloves and face masks. All visitors must wear closed-toed shoes, and those with long hair should have it tied up.
5. COAHEC does not provide lunch. The school must provide a sack lunch for the students to enjoy during their visit to the Anschutz Medical Campus. The students should attend the session well-fed, and we encourage a snack just before arrival. No eating is allowed in the lab. Students will have an opportunity to eat their sack lunch during our scheduled break.
6. Please have the bus drop off and pick up participants at the doors of Education 2 North at 13120 E 19^th Ave, Aurora, CO 80045 (the doors are facing 19^th Avenue). The bus can stop on the side of 19^th Avenue. A COAHEC staff member will welcome and guide you to the starting point of COAHEC CADAVERS.
7. If you need to park vehicles for the 5-hour program, COAHEC will provide complimentary passes for bus parking, not private cars. Please inform us beforehand if you need bus parking permits by emailing Joseph Martinez at [email protected].
8. Students may not participate in the COAHEC CADAVERS experience if they know a person who donated their body to science or to the Colorado State Anatomical Board (CSAB) within the last 3 years.
9. Students may not participate again in the COAHEC CADAVERS experience if they have participated in the program before.
   

The COAHEC CADAVERS program will be scheduled on selected Thursdays from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC). 

Students must have an Administrator, Teacher, or Instructor complete the COAHEC CADAVERS Interest form and reserve a session for their class for students to be able to participate.

The program is free of charge for School-Wide Title I schools.

Before arrival at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus or any other location as part of COAHEC’s CADAVERS program, the student must:

• Complete the online registration and waiver form with a parent at least 7 days before their COAHEC CADAVERS session.
• Ensure they can wear closed-toed shoes, and those with long hair have it tied up for the session. 
• Ensure that they read the Anatomy Lab rules and expectations.

If your Administrator, Teacher, or Instructor has confirmed your CADAVERS session and you are in the process of registering, please carefully read the attached important document and share it with your parent or guardian.

Anatomy Lab Rules and Regulations

This checklist is for Confirmed and registered students participating in a COAHEC CADAVERS session. Please take the time to read the following carefully:

1. Your session will start at 9:00 am sharp and end at 2:00 pm. Please arrive on time at your school that morning so your bus can leave and arrive at the AMC on time. A late start will take time away from your COAHEC CADAVERS experience.
2. Before coming to campus, please ensure you have completed your electronic registration and waiver form with your parent or guardian. Failure to register will require us to ask you to leave and prevent you from participating.
3. You may not participate in the COAHEC CADAVERS program if you know someone who donated their body to science or the Colorado State Anatomical Board (CSAB) within the last 3 years.
4. You may not participate again in the COAHEC CADAVERS experience if you have participated in the program before.
   

Participants can expect the following schedule:

09:00 am:  Arrival, Scrub Change, Pre-Survey

09:30 am: Welcome, Expectations, Arts in Medicine 

10:30 am: Microscopy Lab, Anatomy Lab 

12:30 pm: Lunch/Bathroom break

12:50 pm: Ethics in Anatomy, Post-Survey 

01:50 pm: Scrub Change and leave

Note that this schedule is subject to change without notice.

No.

COAHEC does not accept paper registrations and waivers. All registrations and waivers must be completed online via the link sent to the administrator, teacher, or instructor. If you have not received the link to the registration and waiver please contact your instructor.

Yes.

You are required to complete your electronic registration and waiver form at least 7 days before the date of their session. Minors must have a parent/guardian complete the registration form with them.

• Students who have completed their electronic registration and waiver forms with a parent or guardian.
• Students who have not participated in the COAHEC CADAVERS program before.

NO.

Out of  respect  to the donor, their family, and loved ones, students who know someone who donated their body to science or the state anatomical board are not allowed to participate in the COAHEC CADAVERS program.

No, and we are unable to make any exemptions.

The CADAVERS program curriculum allows students to participate in the program only once.