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During the Summer 2025 term, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences will offer its annual Anatomy Prosection Program.

Campus Montreal: The program will run for a three-week period from July 14 to August 1, inclusive.
Campus Outaouais: the program will run for a two-week period from July 14 to July 25, inclusive. Medical students from the Outaouais Campus are expected to do their dissections at the Outaouais Campus.
During this time, students will work as anatomy prosectors in the Human Anatomy Laboratory in the Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building.

Applicants must be currently registered at McGill in one of the following undergraduate programs: Medicine (year 1 or 2) and Physical or Occupational Therapy (year 1 or 2).

Supervision will be provided by at the Montreal Campus by Dr. Jackson Radler, Dr. Gabriel Venne, Dr. Mette Coleman, and Dr. Campbell Rolian, and at the Outaouais Campus by Dr. Mina Zeroual.
Students will be assigned to work on one or more body regions (e.g., back, upper/lower limb, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, head/neck) and scheduled to work throughout the program period with guidance from the supervisors.

With supervision and guidance, students will be involved in dissecting an allocated number of specimens to grow and improve the laboratory's existing specimen collection.
The laboratory will be open for dissection from Monday to Friday between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Students may only attend the laboratory during times outlined in their individual schedule (to be determined) unless otherwise approved by a supervisor.
Within the program dates, each student must complete a total of 45 hours of dissection to finish their assignment. Students' laboratory schedules will be determined by the program's supervisors, depending on student availability and physical distancing requirements in the lab. Students are expected to be flexible with their availability to accommodate the rotating schedules that may include partial and non-consecutive days in the laboratory.

Each Anatomy Prosection Program award is valued at $500 and will be paid in a single installment after the program's completion. (Expected to be scheduled in mid-August)

Applications are due by noon on Wednesday, April 23, 2025.
Students must log in to view and complete the online application form. After pressing the submit button at the bottom of the form, the applicant will see a message on the screen confirming that the application has been received.

Students must be in good academic standing to receive an Anatomy Prosection Program award. If the Faculty feels that a student's education is in jeopardy by completing this program, it reserves the right to advise the student not to continue with their plans.
Should an award recipient not fulfill their commitment to this program, the faculty reserves the right to recall all or part of the student's funding. Depending on the situation the student’s funding may be revoked.
Anatomy Prosection Program awards are allocated on a competitive basis. The Selection Committee for the Anatomy Prosection Program will give preference to those students who demonstrate strong anatomical knowledge through past performance in anatomy courses.
Preference will also be given to students who have not concurrently applied for the Summer Research Bursary Program. Please note that past dedication, motivation in previous anatomy labs, and proficiency in dissection are strong assets.
For the Summer 2025 period, the faculty will offer up to 25 Anatomy Prosection Program awards. The number of allocated positions will be approximately evenly distributed between the 4 eligible applicant groups (Med 1, Med 2, PT/OT 1 and PT/OT 2).

By early June, applicants will be notified by email regarding the results of their application.

For questions regarding the Anatomy Prosection Program, please contact the Trainee Awards Coordinator at rbursary.med [at] mcgill.ca

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