Unveiling the Future of Learning: The Anatomage Table

It’s here! The Anatomy Table has made its way to Perkiomen Valley High School! Dr. Fitzhenry is thrilled to be able to start using it in her classes.

Upon arrival, Dr. Kathleen Fitzhenry said of the table, “My goal has been to create a more clinical classroom that gives PV students a look at what they might see in future healthcare training programs, and this generous gift from the foundation and the district, will help us move in that direction. The students and I have a lot to learn and create, and I am excited to get started.”

Dr. Fitzhenry went right to work acclimating herself to the table and tablets that will revolutionize how she teaches anatomy and zoology this year. “I am very eager to learn and utilize the Anatomage table with my students. At first look, it will offer students many ways to learn, review, and collaborate around an actual patient.”

What is an Anatomage Table?

An Anatomage Table is a lifelike, interactive 3D anatomy visualization table that allows students to explore the human body (and various animals) in great detail.

This groundbreaking technology offers an immersive and engaging way to study anatomy, physiology, and medical procedures. It’s not just a table; it’s a window into the world of science and healthcare, offering an experience that textbooks and traditional teaching methods cannot match.

Why an Anatomage Table?

An Anatomage Table will make the anatomy classroom more humane by eliminating the need for preserved specimens such as cats, fetal pigs, starfish, and worms. Currently, cat specimens come from shelters, and most other animals used for dissection are farmed or the refuse of the commercial meat industry. An Anatomage Table will free up education dollars that might have been spent on space, and/or equipment (cooling, air handling, plumbing, storage, circulation), disposal, and more that would have been needed to keep the preserved specimens.

An Anatomage Table will allow students to see parts of the body that would be difficult to see with a traditional cadaver or that would require extra dissection and work to access since the device allows students to constantly add or remove layers. Also, while organs and other body parts may be removed from a body after a person has died, they are all available on the table.

An Anatomage Table will give Perkiomen Valley School District students the experience of learning anatomy from real organisms. The Anatomage Table would offer a clinical learning experience on actual human and veterinary specimens, with corresponding clinical scans and images, instead of models so learning is direct and immediate without the need to associate between organisms.

Dr. Kathleen Fitzhenry, PVSD Biology Teacher

“My hope for the future is that we can offer students a focused track of study with advanced science electives. Having the latest technology in medical education, as used by clinical training programs across the country, can give PV students that head start when pursuing post-secondary training.”

Thank you for your support!

Thank you to the Perkiomen Valley community for helping us raise the money to purchase the Anatomage Table for PV High School! This technology will revolutionize how teachers teach and how students learn. We invite you on the next journey of the Anatomage Table – seeing it in action! Follow our social pages for more updates. Join us on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.