{"id":188,"date":"2023-04-25T18:58:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T18:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/?p=188"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:06:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T19:06:20","slug":"paying-it-forward-with-a-selfless-gift-for-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/moments\/2023\/04\/25\/paying-it-forward-with-a-selfless-gift-for-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Paying it forward with a selfless gift for learning"},"content":{"rendered":"
They don\u2019t know each other, but they all share a common bond.<\/p>\n

Loved ones of family and friends who have passed on, gathering together with educators and students who are training to become the next class of doctors, physician assistants and physical therapists.<\/p>\n

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The memorial service honors the 56 donors to the Human Gift Registry from 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The group assembled for one purpose: to honor the lives of those who chose to leave a different kind of legacy in death, by donating their bodies to science.<\/p>\n

For some, that selfless gift means closure. For others\u2014a new beginning, as a medical student\u2019s very first patient.<\/p>\n

\n\t“Every single day that we entered the lab, we acknowledged the sacrifice they gave in order for us to learn.”<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t- Ryan Bashour<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

\u201cI would like their families and friends to know, first and foremost, that their loved ones were treated with the utmost respect and dignity\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Ryan Bashour is a first year physician assistant student at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery single day that we entered the lab, we acknowledged the sacrifice they gave in order for us to learn and used it as inspiration to understand the material.\u201d<\/p>\n

He, like so many other medical students, had the unique opportunity of gaining a deeper understanding of the human body with his first patient, a donor who wanted their body to continue to help others, even after death.<\/p>\n

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A student speaks at the Human Gift Registry Memorial Service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis is an enormous opportunity that the donors and their families have given,\u201d said Chris Dunmore, director of the human gift registry at the school of medicine. \u201cI tell people when they say they want to help someone to live, that they are not just helping one or two people live longer\u2014they are going to help thousands of people. Every student will help thousands of people throughout their careers. They learned to do that with their first patient here at the medical school.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLearning something so complex like human anatomy from a PowerPoint or a textbook can only get you so far,\u201d said Bashour. \u201cTo truly understand the fragile, yet resilient nature of the human body, you need to see it firsthand.\u201d<\/p>\n

And\u2014Bashour says, those firsthand learning opportunities create a priceless Marshall Moment for them\u2014an educational experience like no other, laying the groundwork for their own important life-changing work that lies ahead.<\/p>\n

\n\t“The service is to honor the donors, but it is also for the families that are still here.”<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t- Chris Dunmore<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n

\u201cFor example, you\u2019re taught about cardiac enlargement during serious cardiac pathologies, like heart failure, but it\u2019s difficult to fathom the changes that occur. With the lab, you not only hold the enlarged heart within your hands, but you also see the downstream effects it can have on other areas within the body. It truly is eye-opening.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe students\u2019 reflections are my favorite part of the service,\u201d said Dunmore. \u201cIt lets the family see how meaningful their loved one\u2019s gift was to them. The service is to honor the donors, but it is also for the families that are still here.\u201d<\/p>\n

The memorial service on Saturday, April 22, honored 56 donors to the human gift registry in 2022. Aside from a brief interruption of in-person services during the COVID-19 pandemic, it\u2019s a ceremony that has taken place for decades.<\/p>\n

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Veterans are honored at the memorial service<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThis program means a lot to these families and their loved ones who donated,\u201d said Dunmore. \u201cThey are able to come to the service and meet the students that their loved ones helped on their journey to become future medical professionals, while getting some form of closure that everyone needs to finalize their loved ones\u2019 lives and move on with theirs. It allows families to be at peace knowing they carried out their loved ones\u2019 final wishes.\u201d<\/p>\n

A selfless gift to help other lives, long after death.<\/p>\n

Paying it forward with the priceless gift of hands-on learning.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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