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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 CU Anschutz. 

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 CU Anschutz.

 

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 1:7 (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 complete the electronic CADAVERS registration.
• Provide a 1:7 chaperone/school staff to student ratio throughout the visit.
• Provide an English as a Second Language (ESL) chaperone/instructor for language accommodations (1:4 ratio) if needed.
• Provide ASL or any language interpreter as required per your students (1:4 ratio).
• Ensure safe transportation to and from the University of Colorado Anschutz.
• Provide participants with face masks.
• Ensure all participants wear closed-toed shoes; long hair should be tied up. 
• Provide a sack lunch for students to enjoy during their visit to the Anschutz. (Please note: external deliveries are not permitted due to location and timing constraints.)
• Ensure you only bring students who have not participated in the COAHEC CADAVERS before.

Chaperone/School Staff Requirements

To ensure student safety and compliance with program policies, the following requirements must be met by the participating school:

Chaperone/School Staff-to-Student Ratio

• Schools must provide a minimum 1:7 chaperone-to-student ratio.
• Both male and female chaperones must be present to accommodate students changing into and out of scrubs and for restroom breaks and supervision.
• The required ratio must be maintained during all sessions.

• Example: A group of 20 students requires a minimum of 3 chaperones. A group of 30 students requires a minimum of 4 chaperones.

Supervision Responsibilities

• Students may not go to the restroom or be on campus without a school chaperone.
• Chaperones must arrive with their students and remain with them at all times, including during sessions, breaks, and transitions.

Accountability

• Chaperones are responsible for supervising their students at all times.
• COAHEC staff should never be left alone with students.
• It is the school’s responsibility to ensure these requirements are fully met.

 

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 take place on (DATE), starting promptly at 9:00 a.m. sharp and ending at 2:00 p.m. Chaperones and Students must change into scrubs and be ready to begin the session by 9:30 a.m. If this requirement is not met, the session will be canceled, and all participants will be sent home.
2. Please ensure all participants complete their registration by going to the link provided to you via email. Failure to complete the online registration will prevent that person from participating and require us to send them home. 
3. If any of your students require language interpretation, such as ESL or ASL, 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 7 students.
4. Chaperone/School Staff Requirements

   To ensure student safety and compliance with program policies, the following requirements must be met by the participating school:

   Chaperone/School Staff-to-Student Ratio

   • Schools must provide a minimum 1:7 chaperone-to-student ratio.
   • Both male and female chaperones must be present to accommodate students changing into and out of scrubs and for restroom breaks and supervision.
   • The required ratio must be maintained during all sessions.
     • Example: A group of 20 students requires a minimum of 3 chaperones. A group of 30 students requires a minimum of 4 chaperones.

Supervision Responsibilities

• Students may not go to the restroom or be on campus without a school chaperone.
• Chaperones must arrive with their students and remain with them at all times, including during sessions, breaks, and transitions.

Accountability

• Chaperones are responsible for supervising their students at all times.COAHEC staff should never be left alone with students.
• It is the school’s responsibility to ensure these requirements are fully met.

5. You are required to provide your students with face masks. All visitors must wear closed-toed shoes, and those with long hair should have it tied up.

6. COAHEC does not provide lunch. The school must provide a sack lunch for the students to enjoy during their visit to the CU Anschutz. 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. (Please note: external deliveries are not permitted due to location and timing constraints.)

7. You must ensure safe transportation to and from the CU Anschutz.

8. Please have the bus drop off the students 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.

9. If you need to park any vehicles for the 5-hour program, COAHEC will provide complimentary passes for bus parking, not private vehicles. Please email Joseph Martinez at [email protected] ahead of time if you need parking permits for your buses.

10. Please plan to pick up the students at the same location where you dropped them off at 2:00 pm.

11. Students may not participate in the COAHEC CADAVERS experience if they know someone who donated their body to science or the Colorado State Anatomical Board (CSAB) within the last 3 years.

12. Students may not participate 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 CU Anschutz. 

 

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 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 10 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 a.m. sharp and end at 2:00 p.m. Please arrive on time at your school that morning so your bus can leave and arrive at the CU ANSHUTZ on time. Students must change into scrubs upon arrival and be ready to begin the session by 9:30 a.m. If this requirement is unmet, the session will be canceled, and all participants will be asked to leave.
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.
5. You must wear closed-toe shoes. Those with long hair must tie it up.
6. Students must remain under the supervision of their designated school-assigned chaperone at all times, including during restroom breaks.
   

Students can not reserve COAHEC CADAVERS sessions on behalf of their teachers, instructors, or school administrators. School administrators, teachers or instructors must complete the interest form and reserve the CADAVERS session. We encourage you to share the CADAVERS information with your teacher or school administrator.

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 10 days before the date of their session. Minors must have a parent/guardian complete the registration form with them.

 

If you don't have a completed electronic registration and waiver form on file on the day of the session, you will be asked to leave and will be unable to participate.

• 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.