 Mr
Wesley Fisk
Wesley Fisk has been the Technical
Officer in charge of the Dissecting Room since October 1992. He is responsible
for the effective operation and maintenance of the Dissecting Room, Mortuary,
Prosectory and Specimen storage, Cadaver Store and the Neuro collection.
His responsibilities include:
- the receipt, embalming
and storage of bodies donated to the University of Adelaide under the
provisions of the Anatomy Act including the maintenance of the Cadaver
Register
- the subsequent selection
and distribution of cadavers and prepared teaching specimens for undergraduate
and postgraduate use in the Medical Schools of the University of Adelaide
and the Flinders University of South Australia,
- the selection, preparation
and distribution of teaching specimens for use in undergraduate and
postgraduate teaching at the University of South Australia
- management and technical
support for SOMA Medical & Scientific
Anatomy Services
- set up of all gross anatomy
practicals, workshops, tutorials and examinations conducted by the Department
and the selection of appropriate specimens and resources in conjunction
with Course co-ordinators
- the supervision of the
duties of the HEO3T and of prosectors employed by the Department
- the supervision of the maintenance
of potted specimens in the Dissecting Room and the Abbie Centre for
Teaching and Research.
As well as the above responsibilities
Mr. Fisk liaises with Medical and Paramedical groups and individuals with
regard to visits to and the use of the Dissecting Room and The Abbie Centre
for Teaching and Research. He is responsible for the arrangement of all
Surgical Workshops and for the set-up and selection of suitable specimens
for the gross anatomy examinations of the Royal Australasian College of
Surgeons.
Mr Fisk has broad experience
and high level skills in his field stemming from a background in the Funeral
industry including embalming and grief counselling, the evaluation of
clinical case notes for the State Coroner of South Australia and the provision
of high level dissection techniques as an autopsy technician as well as
management, co-ordination, policy making, technical, OH&S and public
relations skills gained from his experience as the Director and Transplant
co-ordinator of the Eye Bank of NSW.
Mr Fisks' strategies have led
to a consolidation of gross anatomy teaching resources within the area
with the Neuro collection now being housed in an adjacent room as well
as a division in the use of the Dissecting Room into "wet" and
"dry" areas to facilitate both dissection and prosection based
teaching in workshop format to take place at the same time. He has also
achieved a reduction in the levels of formaldehyde exposure through the
introduction of new embalming fluids and wetting sprays, cadaver storage
in individual zippered bags, safe handling methods, protective apparatus
and ongoing monitoring of levels within the area.
Contact Wesley: wesley.fisk@adelaide.edu.au
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