My overall impression of the porcine heart dissection was that it was an educational and hands-on experience. I was expecting it to be a lot smaller, but it ended up easier to work with as all of it’s parts were blown up. I really enjoyed using the scalpel to make scores and slice the walls of the heart. I struggled to find all of the pulmonary veins as they were small and hidden in the many folds of tissue. I imagine that operating on a living human would be similar, but have a much smaller range for mistake and much higher consequences. I am not very interested in similar studies as a career path, although I would like to learn as much as I can about the topic while I am in school.