MED620: Human Structure

My Role:

• Prosect to teach medical students

• Assist medical students with their dissections

• Set-up and grade student exams

Course Description:

Human Structure (HS) is a broad, intensive, and integrative exploration of the developmental processes and microscopic-to-macroscopic structural organization of the human body. The course objectives are designed to provide students with a solid framework for understanding disease and treatment as they advance in their education and training. The course is divided into four blocks that follow the progression of regional dissections with associated embryology and histology woven into each block: Block 1 (Back and Upper Limb), Block 2 (Thorax and Abdomen), Block 3 (Pelvis/Perineum and Lower Limb), Block 4 (Head and Neck). Pre-laboratory lectures familiarize students with anatomico-medical terminology central to medical communication, teach the basic principles and concepts of histology, gross and developmental anatomy (embryology), and highlight the application of this knowledge to understanding diagnostic procedures, injuries, and diseases. Gross anatomy laboratory sessions will use a peer-teaching model, while after the first week of the course, histology laboratory sessions are designed to be self-directed out-of-class activities. Throughout the course, students are also introduced to basic radiology concepts and radiologic-anatomic correlates that are pertinent to the regional anatomy.