Electives - Anatomy and Cell Biology

Clinically Oriented Gross Anatomy

Elective Number: 3801 (arranged)

Rotation Supervisor: Dr. Michael Iwanik, Jordan Hall room 1-29

Duration: 4 weeks

Available:

Head and Neck anatomy - Rotation 9 - Class of 2008; Rotation 10 - Class of 2009 (updated 1/7/08)

Musculoskeletal anatomy - Rotation 10 - Class of 2008; Rotation 11 - Class of 2009 (updated 1/7/08)

Trunk anatomy - Rotation 11 - Class of 2008; Rotation 12 - Class of 2009 (updated 1/7/08)

Report to: Dr. Iwanik

Time to Report: 9:00 am

Place to Report: Room 1-29, Jordan Hall

Typical day: 8:00 am - noon

Attendance: Attendance at elective activities is mandatory.

• Anyone who is ill or has a personal or family emergency must contact Student Affairs and the Attending on Service.
• Students are allowed to take off up to 1 day per week to interview between November 1 and February 1.
  • Specific days missed must be approved by the Attending on Service.

Number of Students Per Rotation: 4/8 

Course Description - Class of 2008: By the fourth year of medical school, students have acquired a greater appreciation for the importance of anatomy in their future medical practice. The Department of Cell Biology offers students the opportunity to review one or more regions of the body with emphasis on clinical relevance. For otolaryngology, ophthalmology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery and dermatology aspirants, the head and neck anatomy offered in Rotation 9 is the obvious choice. For students interested in orthopaedics, rehabilitative or sports medicine, musculoskeletal anatomy offered in Rotation 10 is appropriate. Students contemplating residency in surgery, medicine, obstetrics/gynecology or urology should consider trunk anatomy offered in Rotation 11. Any of the three offerings would be appropriate for students going into radiology or anesthesiology.

The primary focus of this elective is on quality dissection including review of basic structures and on special dissections not done in the first-year course such as plantar foot, temporal bone and surgical approaches. During conferences with the supervisor, students discuss various clinical considerations and surgical approaches for repair or removal of specific structures. Anatomical landmarks and relationships, fascial planes, muscular layers, regional innervation and vascularization, common variation and anomalies are all considered. The students are expected to use the library and clinical facilities in preparing for these sessions and are encouraged to attend appropriate surgeries and conferences. Independent dissections, from two to four weeks in duration, can be arranged outside the first semester, dependent on the availability of dissection material.

See: Basic Science Teaching and Curriculum Development - Human Gross Anatomy