Outcomes on which the student shall be competent at the end of the Course include:



1. Knowing and describing methodically the morphology and morphological interrelations of the body parts belonging to the Human Anatomy III Subject.



2. Knowing of the most frequent individual morphological variations of the body parts belonging to the Human Anatomy III Subject.



3. Visualizing mentally the morphology, morphological interrelations and most frequent morphological variations of the body parts belonging to the Human Anatomy III Subject.



4. Identifying and describing what is said above in Points 1-2 but on images obtained by technological means (imaging techniques).



5. Dexterity in dissecting the human body.



6. Usage of proper anatomical terminology in oral and written communication.



7. Usage of the scientific method, that is: see for yourself, compare it with that seen by others, draw personal conclusions (autopsía and hermeneía).



8. Usage of habits of searching for and selecting scientific information.



9. Knowing the current trends of anatomy research



10.Knowing the need for continuous professional training.



11.Working cooperatively in group.



12.Developping emotional skills such as compassion, detached empathy, professionalism; which appear because of working with human cadavers, procedures and contents directly related to medicine (dissections, view of final outcome of pathologies, etc.).



13.Knowing that death is but a part of the life cycle.



14.Being aware of the necessity of generous body donations for the advancement of medical knowledge and education.

Theoretical and practical contents of the course are the human gross anatomy of:



- Intero-posterior wall of the trunk

- Mediastinum

- Thoracic diaphragm

- Perineum

- Organs, cavities and cavity coatings in thorax, abdomen and pelvis

- Genitourinary system

- Great vessels (inclusive of lymphatics), major nerves, nerve ganglia and plexuses at the above-said parts

- Minute vascularization (inclusive of lymphatics)and innervation pertinent to the above-said parts

- Integument and surface anatomy pertinent to the above-said parts

- integration of the above-said parts in major body systems.



These contents are worked along 27 lectures, 32 lab practices and 6 seminars, each of them lasting 1 hour. However, notice that lab practices are grouped in sessions of two hours; so seminars do. Thus, in the Course there are 27 one-hour sessions for lectures, 16 two-hour sessions for lab practice and 3 two-hour sessions for seminars. Specific contents of lectures, seminar sessions and lab practices correspond to each other, they running in parallel along the course.



For more information, see the Syllabus of Human Anatomy III, which is to be delivered by the teacher to the students at the beginning of the Course.

Teaching/learning and assessing approaches used in the Human Anatomy III Course are:



1. Lectures, which shall be imparted by the teacher with the purpose of,

A. Supplying a core of knowledge to the Course content,

B. Discussing with the students the outcome of the student's study in books and other sources of information,

C. Guiding student's further study.



2. Seminars. Seminars shall consist of oral presentations on Human Anatomy III topics as prepared and presented by working-groups of students. Seminar topics shall be suggested by the teacher (nonetheless, students' reasoned suggestions could be accepted). Ensuing discussion among classmates under teacher's supervision shall complete each Seminar session. A written summary of up to 300 words on the content of each oral presentation shall be sent by e-mail to the teacher prior to the oral presentation by the relevant student working-group. The teacher shall provide in turn a formative feed-back to the students about both oral presentations and written abstracts, and both about contents and form.



3. Laboratory (practice sessions). The lab doings shall be worked by groups of students with teacher's guideline. The lab activities are not only to complete gaining of anatomical knowledge but also supply students with communicative, technical and professional skills (both for individuals and working-groups). In the lab, it is to be used: models in 2-D and 3-D of the human trunk and its parts; isolated human bones; skeletons; human cadavers; imaging pics of the human trunk and its parts.



4. Steady attendance and attitude to all Course doings. Consistent readiness and attendance to the activities above-said in Points 1-3 is necessary for achieving the outcomes and competences of the Course. Therefore, steady attendance to all Course doings, including part-examinations along the Continuous Assessment System, is mandatory. Readiness to do all Course activities shall be assessed too along the Continuous Assessment System.



5. Student's work (individual and group). By working on information from sources suggested by the teacher.



6. Personal notebooks. Each student shall keep a record of its Course work, in particular of personal lab doings and conclusions, in a notebook.



7. Tutorials. Appointed hours at which students (individuals and groups) can ask for teacher's guide on Subject-related matters.



8. Continuous Assessment System. To facilitate and accelerate student's learning, the teacher shall assess the knowledge and skills worked as said in the above-written Paragraphs 1-7 of this Methods Section. Then, the teacher shall provide a training feed-back to the student. In this way the student become aware of its learning as well as of ways to improve it.

Continuous Assessment System shall go through three part-examinations that match the teaching parts into which the Course shall be divided. Each part-examination being made up of:

A. One Multiple Choice Questionnaire test (MCQ). It shall account for up to 35% of the part-examination grade.

B. An image/oral/written test on questions concerning practice doings. It shall account for up to 35% of the part-examination grade.

C. An assessment of seminars. It shall account for up to 15% of the part-examination grade.

D. An assessment of personal notebook and steady attendance and attitude to the Course doings. It shall account for up to 15% of the part-examination grade.

E. Part examinations. In order to pass each part-examination it shall be required to score at least 80% of the total 100 possible points as described above in Points A-D of this Paragraph.

F. Passing of all part-examinations. Not having failed any part-examination through the Continuous Assessment System, the Closing Grade shall be computed by averaging the grades achieved at all part-examinations and then saved to the Ordinary Exam Call.

G. Failing part-examinations. Failing any part-examination on occasion of the Continuous Assessment System shall mean that the corresponding part should be necessarily re-examined on occasion of the Ordinary Exam Call or/and the Extraordinary Exam Call.

In such an event, scores of the part-examinations passed through the Continuous Assessment System shall be taken into account for averaging the Closing Grade.

Also in such an event, scores of the seminar assessments and the notebook, attendance and attitude assessments achieved through the Continuous Assessment System for the failed part-examinations shall be added to the scores of the new MCQ tests and the new practice-doings tests in order to average:

i. First, each of the pending part-examinations grades, with the same calcule of percentages that is stated above in Points A-E of Paragraph 8,

ii. Then, the Closing Grade, if appropriated. Any part-examination passed here shall stay until Extraordinary Exam Call but no further.

Closing Grade. Human Anatomy III Closing Grade at the Ordinary Exam Call shall be the outcome of any of the following events,



A. For students following the Continuous Assessment System:

i. The averaged grades of the part-examinations passed through the Continuous Assessment System.

ii. The averaged grades of the part-examinations passed through the Continuous Assessment System and the parts failed through the Continuous Assessment System yet passed at the Ordinary Exam Call.

Be aware that each part-examination is to be passed independently before being averaged with the grades of the remaining part-examinations. Scores of the passed part-examinations shall be then kept on record until the Extraordinary Exam Call if necessary.

iii. Renounce to the Continuous Assessment System should be done by means of notice in writing directed to the Teacher within nine weeks from the starting of the Course.

iv. Renounce to the Ordinary Exam Call should be done by means of notice in writing directed to the Teacher within the month prior to the ending of the teaching part of the Course. Then, the Closing Grade shall be 'Not Taken' and the number of spent Calls shall not run.



B. For students renouncing to the Continuous Assessment System:

i. This Exam shall consist of three part-examinations corresponding with the respective contents of the three teaching parts in which the Course shall be divided (see Human Anatomy III Syllabus).

ii Each part-examination shall be taken and evaluated separately, yet all part-examinations will run one after the other in one countinuous session.

iii. Each of the three part-examinations shall be made up by an MCQ test added with an image/oral/written test of practical doings.

iv. For any part-examination here, the MCQ test shall score up to 50 points out of total 100 possible points and the image/oral/written exam shall score up to the remaining 50 points.

v. In order to pass each of the three part-examinations here, it shall be required to score at least 80% of the total 100 possible points at stake.

vi. In the event that all part-examinations had been passed here, the Closing Grade shall be computed by averaging the grades achieved at the part-evaluations.

vii. Failing one part-examination or more here shall mean failing the entire Ordinary Exam Call .

viii. Notwithstanding what is said immediately above in Point vii, scores of the part-examinations passed here shall be kept on record until the Extraordinary Call Evaluation.

ix. To decline the Ordinary Call will suffice not sit at the Exam. The Closing Grade shall be scored then as 'Not Taken' and the number of spent Calls shall not run.

In order to be admitted into the lab, each student must bring in a long and white lab coat, a kit of dissecting instruments, a pair of rubber gloves appropriate for dissection and a lab notebook.

Basic bibliography

Textbook



Gray's Anatomy for Students (3rd. Edition), Richard L. Drake, A. Wayne Vogl and Adam W.M. Mitchell. Churchill-Livingstone/Elsevier (2015). With Student Contents Online Access.

http://www.us.elsevierhealth.com/grays-anatomy-for-students-9780702051319.html



Atlases



Anatomy: A Photographic Atlas (8th Edition; available on print format and Kindle/Apple format), Johannes W. Rohen, Chichiro Yokochi, Elke Lütjen-Drecoll. Walters-Kluver Publishers (2016), https://www.amazon.es/Anatomy-Photographic-Atlas-Color-Study-ebook/dp/B00T8GX2YI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1470815394&sr=1-1



Escolar. Reconstrucciones Humanas por Planos de Disección (6ª Edición), José María Smith-Agreda. Editorial Médica Panamericana (2016).

http://www.medicapanamericana.com/Libros/Libro/5537/Escolar-Reconstrucciones-Humanas.html

In-depth bibliography

Other Books and Atlases

Pocket Atlas of Human Anatomy: Founded by Heinz Feneis (Translated from 9th Edition in German Language), Wolfgang Daube. Thieme Verlag, (2005, print format; 2007, Kindle/Apple format).
https://www.amazon.es/dp/B005NA3W98/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Netter’s Atlas of Human Anatomy (6th Edition), Frank H. Netter. Elsevier (2014).
http://store.elsevier.com/Atlas-of-Human-Anatomy/Frank-Netter/isbn-9781455704187/ With Student Contents Online Access.

Terminología Anatómica (Terminologia Anatomica Internacional), FCAT, IFAA, SAE Committees. Editorial Médica Panamericana, 2001. (Trilingual: Latin, English and Spanish.) Print edition available at: https://www.amazon.es/Terminologia-Anatomica-International-Anatomical-Terminology/dp/3131143614
Internet free site (Latin and English): https://www.unifr.ch/ifaa/Public/EntryPage/ViewSource.html

Terminologia Histologica: International Terms for Human Cytology and Histology, Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology (FICAT). Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2008). (Bilingual: Latin and English.)
Print edition available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Terminologia-Histologica-International-Cytology-Histology/dp/0781766109
Internet free site: https://www.unifr.ch/ifaa/Public/EntryPage/ViewSource.html

Terminologia Embryologica: International Embryology Terminology, Federative International Committee on Anatomical Terminology (FICAT). Thieme Verlag (2013).
(Bilingual: Latin and English.) Print edition available at: https://www.amazon.es/Terminologia-Embryologica-International-Embryological-Terminology/dp/3131701412
Internet free site: https://www.unifr.ch/ifaa/Public/EntryPage/ViewSource.html

Journals

- Journal of Anatomy
- Annals of Anatomy
- European Journal of Anatomy
- Clinical Anatomy
- Acta Anatomica
- The Anatomical Record
- The New Anatomist
- Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
- Anatomical Science Education
- Nature Neuroscience Reviews
- Nature
- Science
- Journal of Comparative Anatomy
- And many others, print and online.