Spring 2025: January 9, 2025 to April 17, 2025
Thursdays, 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM
In-person
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
GENERAL COURSE GOALS
Establish a foundation of knowledge which will allow for exploration of human anatomy, including: orientation to the anatomical position, directional terms to move around the body, interpreting anatomical sections, etc.
Identify the anatomical structures which comprise the back and lower extremity (e.g., bones, muscles, nerves, and blood vessels).
Comprehend how different organ systems work together to allow for function of the back and lower extremity.
Apply anatomical concepts to understand common pathologies of the musculoskeletal system in the back and lower extremity.
TEACHING FORMAT:
This course is taught in the Team Based Learning (TBL) format. Team based learning involves teams of students discussing and practically applying anatomical concepts to attain a higher level of understanding.
Students will be placed into teams of 5 or 6 by the course director. In advance of class, students will have reviewed the TBL word document (posted on Canvas) which will be covered during that day’s class (and will have done their best to assimilate the learning topics and answer the questions for application of knowledge). During class, students will get into their teams and review the TBL document (line by line) and answer the questions for application of knowledge collectively. If teams are unable to come to consensus in regards to their understanding they will consult the anatomy faculty for clarification. Following review of the TBL document, students will then explore the structures they were just discussing by dissecting human anatomical donors or reviewing prosections.
INTENDED AUDIENCE:
Students who are interested in the health professions as a future career. Masters and PhD level graduate students, as well as post-doctoral fellows.
Minimum number of participants: 15 students
Maximum number of participants: 30 students
NUMBER OF CREDITS: 3
GRADING SCHEME:
Students take written assessments (i.e., quizzes and exams) both individually and in their teams (all written assessment questions are multiple choice). Students take the individual assessment first, and then retake the same assessment with their team (which includes immediate feedback of the correct answers). This allows for all students to fully understand the questions, and the correct answer choices. The learning topics and questions for application in the TBLs are the basis for the written assessment questions. Practical exams do not have a team component, and are strictly identification of structures on the bones or cadavers (i.e., fill in the blank).
Written individual assessments will be taken on ExamSoft; thus students will be expected to bring a personal device to class, on quiz and exam days, to access the assessments.
Make-ups are NOT given for any of the exams. If an absence is excused, the individual scores on the attended exams will be weighted more heavily. If an absence is not excused the grade will be a zero.
Individual TBL/Cadaver Team
Attendance - 5.0
3 Quizzes 15.0 6.0
2 Exams 40.0 14.0
2 Practical Exams 20.0 -
Totals 75.0% 25.0%
Letter grades will be given as per the Graduate School policy.
REQUIRED:
Text Book:
Clinically Oriented Anatomy (9th Edition)
Keith L. Moore, Arthur F. Dalley II, and Anne M. R. Agur
Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Company
Dress Code:
Wear old clothes, scrubs, or lab coats and comfortable shoes.
Please contact the course director, George Holan, via email with any additional questions, holange@njms.rutgers.edu.
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