Please note: This is a Sole Source Notification. Francis Marion University seeks to sole source the procurement of a fully virtual dissection table, Anatomage model, for anatomy learning modalities. FMU’s Biology Department needs a fully virtual dissection table that will provide digitally dissectible specimens that can also be manipulated to see all aspects of the structures being studied. For students taking BIOL202 (Verterate Zoology), BIOL217 (Principles of Animal Nutrition), BIOL205 (Human Anatomy), BIOL236 (Human Physiology for Healthcare Workers), BIOL 302 (Developmental), BIOL305 (Vertebrate Comparative Anatomy), BIOL406 (Human Physiology), and BIOL410 (Animal Physiology), they must be able to take part in dissection to study anatomical structures to be successful in the classroom and be competitive in their chosen career path. Dissection allows students to learn how the tissues and organs are interrelated, it gives students an appreciation of the complexity of organisms in a hands-on learning environment, and it also helps to provide a memorable and instructional unit in a biology course.
