SCHOOL OF 2012-2013 - St. George's University

School of Medicine
Course Descriptions
This practical experience is felt to be a crucial part of
any educator’s training. Students are eligible to take this
course twice. The first is Instructional Development I
(ANAT 803) and the second is Instructional Development II
(ANAT 813). Students cannot apply these to the same core
subject. If they elect to take both courses, they must select
two of the four core anatomy courses (Human Gross and
Developmental Anatomy, Embryology, Histology and Cell
Biology, or Neuroanatomy). Letter grades will be based
on the course director’s evaluation and the delivered
lectures to colleagues and other course instructors, as well
as to students of the course. The subjective evaluation
of attendance and work effort in relevant labs, as well as
the quality of oral presentations will be considered as a
component of the grade. It is intended that students will be
formally evaluated at the end of the term by the students of
the course, but it is up to the course director as to whether
or not to use this feedback in their evaluation.
ANAT 804
Seminar in Anatomical Sciences
A core course requirement for the MSc and PhD, this
course aims to provide an awareness of important current
issues in clinical anatomy education and improve student
understanding of both the educational issues confronting
the profession and the ethical issues associated with the
use of human tissue. Members of the department will meet
with graduate students to discuss topics, to be determined
by the course director, that are issues in the field of clinical
anatomy education. The seminar will be held three times
each term and graduate students will participate in the
seminar for a minimum of four terms. The course is graded
as satisfactory/unsatisfactory and performance will be
determined by the level of student participation in the
discussions over the four terms.
ANAT 820
Graduate Gross Anatomy
An independent study course that aims to provide
graduate students with the knowledge of gross anatomy
necessary for postgraduate teaching, Graduate Gross
Anatomy goes beyond the level attained in the Human
Gross and Developmental Anatomy (ANAT 550) course
and includes historical perspectives and anatomical
variation. Students will be responsible for preparing
full-body prosection following the same sequence as the
dissection in Human Gross and Developmental Anatomy.
The prosection will be used as a teaching specimen for
current ANAT 550 students. Students will work under the
supervision of a full-time member of the department.
Students will be responsible for assigned readings
for the area prosected and will be evaluated by oral
examination periodically. The course will be taken the term
immediately following the completion of Human Gross and
Developmental Anatomy.
ANAT 831
Anatomy Prosection and Preservation
The goals of this course are to improve students’
understanding of a region or regions, improve their
dissection and presentation skills, develop a body of
high-quality teaching materials with anatomic purpose,
and develop the ability to discuss and educate others
on a particular region of the body. Graduate students
are provided the opportunity to enhance their general
anatomical knowledge and explore in far greater detail
areas of the body that were covered only superficially
in their previous coursework. They will learn the finer
anatomical points of the body, as well as be exposed to
and trained in the various means of specimen preparation,
preservation, and display available today. They will be able
to revisit anatomical areas of interest to obtain a deeper
understanding of those areas, in addition to the production
and study of detailed anatomical preparations for future
application in their teaching careers. This one- or two-term
course will give participants the opportunity to undertake
detailed, professional-quality dissections of the human
body. The various techniques involved in the preparation
of cadaveric material for display and teaching include dry
bone/ligamentous preps, plastic embedding, and various
plastination procedures. This course gives a letter grade
and involves 24 lecture hours and 70 lab hours. A formal
50-minute seminar/presentation must be presented to
departmental faculty and invited guests a minimum of
twice per term, as well as a formal presentation of the
students’ finished program projects will be given to peers
and faculty.
ANAT 980
Research for the PhD
10 credits
ANAT 991
Doctoral Dissertation in PhD
9 credits
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