ANATOMY 1 Name of the Department: Department ... - Biomeedikum

SECTION I: SELF-EVALUATION
Name of Department: Department of Anatomy
Head of the Department: Docent Helle Tapfer
Name of the Chair: Histology
Head of the Chair: Docent Andres Arend
Subject codes: ARAN.02.003; ARAN.02.008; ARAN.02.009;
ARAN.02.010; ARAN.02.016; ARAN.02.014
I. CONTENT OF THE TEACHING
1. Describe shortly the main study and student evaluation methods applied at
the department.
Primary aims of the course are to lead the students to understand microscopic
structure of cells, tissues, and organs and to correlate structure to function.
Main objectives are:
• to familiarise students with methods applied in histology;
• to give experience of microscopy;
• to explain the interpretation of tissue sections of histological slides;
• to learn the cell structure;
• to give the overview of basic structure of four main tissues: epithelial tissue,
connective/supportive tissue, muscular tissue, and nervous tissue;
• to learn the stages of human embryonal development;
• to learn the microscopic anatomy of all organ systems.
Histology is taught by means of lectures and practical classes. In the first
semester 1-hour lecture and 2 hours of practicals per week are held, in the
second semester 2 hours of lectures and 3 hours of practicals per week take
place. During the practicals students have to master 107 histological slides.
Histology is taught in amount of 5 credit points (CP), 2 CP as General Histology
and Human Embryology in the subject block Medical Biology I and 3 CP
as Histology in the subject block Anatomy and Histology. One credit point
equals to 40 hours, thus the overall hours of the obligatory part of histology is
200, as the number of classroom hours yielding one CP is 24 it makes 120
hours of active classroom work in histology.
Assessment methods are written tests throughout both semesters, preliminary
examination after the first semester and the final examination at the end
of the second semester.
Additionally, Chair of Histology offers elective courses: Immunohistology, 0,5
CP; Histological techniques, 0,5 CP; Early stages of human development, 1
CP; Morphology of oral cavity and teeth, 0,5 CP.
2. How have the aims and objectives described in the curriculum changed
during the past five years?
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During the past five years new curriculum has been implemented resulting in
significant changes in teaching of histology. Compulsory part of histology has