MBI Graduate program: ME:130.600

Scientific Foundations of Medicine: Human Anatomy

with Developmental Anatomy

Offered: Fall Term, First Year
Instructors: Faculty in the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution with guest lectures by faculty from the clinical department
Credits: 12 credit hours

summary

This seven-week course is the lead-in for medical students into the Scientific Foundations of Medicine curriculum, using a regional approach to teaching anatomy. This follows along smoothly with dissection of the human body, which is essential for learning the details, the three-dimensional relationships and the anatomical variation, necessary for a good grasp of anatomy. Students are given lectures on human gross anatomy (and embryology wherever relevant), dissect that region of the body, receive relevant clinical correlations and participate in team-based learning and small-group activities.

Course Description

Objectives

  • Comprehensive understanding of the human body through a regional approach to teaching anatomy
  • Understand the three-dimensional relationships and the anatomical variation, necessary for a good grasp of anatomy
  • Dissection of the body
  • Presentation of body regions through group prosection
  • Relevant clinical correlations
  • Participation in team-based learning and small-group activities

Resources

In-class demonstrations

  • Blackboard/Canvas Lectures
  • Armstrong Medical Education Building
  • SOM resources

Schedule

Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, Mid August to early October.

Assignments

  • Lab Dissections
  • Group Discussions
  • Clinical Correlation Session Participation

Student Evaluations

  1. 3 Exams
    • Thorax, Abdomen, Pelvis
    • Limbs
    • Head and Neck
  2. Lab Presentation
  3. Various Quizzes

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