Bones, sweat, and tears: Creating comics to explore student experiences in dissection
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Authors
- Daniela Krahe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8834-2966)
- Yeon-Jae Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6073-9654)
- Elizabeth J. Vojvoda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8201-0450)
- Nathan Gray
Institutions
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Anatomical Sciences Education
- Published
- 2026-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ase.70346
- Primary Topic
- Comics and Graphic Narratives
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00