Adventures in Medicine (COURSE FULL)     
June 8–13
See a white coat in your future? If so, start learning about the intricacies of the human body and symptomology. Examine musculoskeletal systems, physical movement, and disease on human cadavers. This adventure might also include a visit to an operating room
(limited to 10 students).

Meet the Instructor

Lance Paulman, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Anatomy, USC School of Medicine Dr. Paulman is a native of Nebraska (genuine farmboy), but has been resident in South Carolina for the past 22+ years. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the College of Arts and Sciences at USC-Columbia. He worked as a research echnician for several years before entering the Biomedical Sciences Doctoral program at the USC School of
Medicine, from which he earned his Ph.D. in 1998, specializing in neurodevelopmental biology. For the last 10 years, Dr. Paulman has been a lecturer and laboratory director in Medical Embryology and Gross Anatomy, teaching first-year medical and graduate students the intricacies of the human body. In addition to medical and graduate courses, Dr. Paulman also teaches in the USC Honors College, holding seminar courses in death and dying as well as one of the few cadaver-based human anatomy courses taught in the U.S. Dr. Paulman is married and has one son (who is a graduate of the Carolina Master Scholars program) and he and his family enjoy hiking and camping, as well as being avid readers and lovers of music. Dr. Paulman and his son are also recent and enthusiastic students of Japanese martial arts including jiujitsu and kenjitsu (samurai sword).