Alumni donation helps fund STEPS purchase of virtual dissection table

A recent donation by West Virginia University alumni Dr. John Mikita and his wife has helped the WV STEPS Center purchase an Anatomage Table, a virtual dissection tool.

The Anatomage Table is a portable, interactive platform that can sit horizontally or stand vertically with a three-dimensional model of the human body. The model is an accurate representation of a real cadaver, and will allow students, faculty, staff and members of the community to have an in-depth study of the human anatomy.

Dan Summers, director of the STEPS Center, said that faculty will be trained to use the table and are working with the simulation lab to incorporate it into curriculum.

While the table currently lives at STEPS, it will eventually be moved to the WVU Museum of the Health Sciences that is currently being planned.

For more information on the Anatomage Table or learning opportunities at STEPS, contact Dan Summers at dsummers@hsc.wvu.edu