Syllabus Distinction in Anatomy

Syllabus and Schedule 2018
Anatomy Summer Dissection Course - 6 weeks, May 22 - June 29

The summer dissections for the Distinction in Anatomy (medical students) and Anatomy Elective (graduate students) are intended to provide the student with a firm foundation in clinically oriented human gross anatomy. This is a 6-week course that incorporates self-directed learning materials that prepare the student for each day's lab experience, followed by dissection labs that expose the student to the detailed structure of the human body, and completed by review of the material using organized learning materials after lab.

Labs will begin each morning at 8am in MEB 4120, except when there is a practical exam. There will be a short quiz (do not be late - there are no make-up quizzes), followed by a brief overview of the day's dissection. After the overview, we will perform the day's dissection. Labs are scheduled from 8am-noon on most days, although some of the dissections will take time in the afternoon to complete. Practical exams are scheduled for 3pm.

Lectures and prelab learning modules are online at: anatomy.elpaso.ttuhsc.edu. Students should review the narrated PowerPoint lab overview lectures and the prelab learning modules, and watch the online dissection videos, before coming to labs. The daily quiz questions will be drawn from the online lectures and prelab learning material. Students should use the computers in the gross anatomy lab to review dissection procedures and adhere closely to the instructions in the online Lab Manual when performing dissections. Students must make records of their dissections on the forms provided, including notes and photographs of any pathology, evidence of surgery, and anatomical variation.

After lab, students should use the online Dissector Answers to review the material dissected that day, and review any Learning Modules assigned to the lab. The final step in reviewing is to look over the online Review Questions.

Grades will be based on the average of all of the prelab quizzes, together representing 25% of the grade, and the average of all of the practical exams, together representing 75% of the grade. Up to 5% bonus credit may be awarded for the quality and completeness of dissections and dissection records, the care of the cadaver, and cleaniness of the tank and surroundings. Distinction students need to attain a course average of 70% to remain in the program.

Week 1
Monday: CBSE, no class
Tuesday: Introduction to Dissection & Lab Safety; Superficial Back; Deep Back & Spinal Cord
Wednesday: Pectoral Region & Breast; Posterior Shoulder, Axilla, & Arm
Thursday: Forearm & Wrist; Hand
Friday: Joints of the Back & Upper Limb
Week 2
Monday: Memorial Day, no class
Tuesday: Practical Exam 1: Back and Upper Limb
Wednesday: Anterior & Medial Thigh; Hip & Posterior Thigh
Thursday: Leg & Foot
Friday: Joints of the Lower Limb
Week 3
Monday: Practical Exam 2: Lower Limb
Tuesday: Thoracic Wall, Pleura, & Pericardium
Wednesday: Heart
Thursday: Superior Mediastinum & Lungs
Friday: Posterior Mediastinum
Week 4
Monday: Practical Exam 3: Thorax
Tuesday: Abdominal Wall; Inguinal Region
Wednesday: Peritoneal Cavity & Intestines; Stomach & Spleen
Thursday: Duodenum, Pancreas, Liver, & Gallbladder
Friday: Kidneys & Retroperitoneum
Week 5
Monday: Practical Exam 4: Abdomen
Tuesday: Pelvic Viscera; Pelvic Muscles & Neurovasculature
Wednesday: Perineum
Thursday: Practical Exam 5: Pelvis & Perineum
Friday: Anterior Triangle of the Neck; Posterior Triangle & Root of the Neck
Week 6
Monday: Larynx & Pharynx
Tuesday: Scalp, Cranial Cavity, & Brain; Parotid Gland & Face
Wednesday: Infratemporal Fossa & Oral Cavity
Thursday: Orbit & Eye; Ear & Nasal Cavity
Friday: Practical Exam 6: Head & Neck