Graduate Course 9565b
Clinically Applied Anatomy
Course Director:
Dr. M Johnson , MSB 487, ext 86756, mij@uwo.ca
Course Instructorsn:
Dr. Chan, Dr. Lala, Dr. Rajakumar
Course Description:
Three different seminar courses taken with 4th year medical students. This course complement covers topics in clinically applied gross anatomy, neuroanatomy and developmental anatomy. Aspects of clinical neuroanatomy will be delivered by various clinicians. The developmental anatomy sessions will assume a basic embryology background so clinical relevance will be stressed. The clinical anatomy seminar series is a clinical application of basic and surgical anatomy.
Students are required to attend at least 2 sessions from each seminar course listing.
Topics
Clinical Neuroanatomy of:
Brain, ventricles, cerebellum
Blood vessels
Spinal cord
Malformations and normal development of:
Heart, bronchial tree/lungs, eye, limbs, GI & GU systems, CNS
Applied anatomy of:
Cranial nerve injuries
Spinal cord injuries
Head/neck injuries
Mediastinum
Tendon and vascular injuries
Pelvic cancer
Joint injuries
GI
Etc.
Timetable: outline will be updated and posted on the course web site http://webct.uwo.ca with specific times, place and dates
Course March through April and seminars offerings vary from Mon-Friday
Clinical applied anatomy: Monday and Friday 8:30-10:30am
Clinical Neuroanatomy: Thursday 8:30-11:30 am
Cliniclal Developmental Anatomy: Wednesday 10:30-12:30 and Thursday 11:30-1:30pm
Course Wt.: 0.5 PASS/FAIL
Evaluation of Student Performance:
1. 80% attendance and a presentation on one session as part of Anat 9563
See specific criteria on course web site www.webct.uwo.ca.
Attendance is not taken but students must maintain an overall 80% in the course (see student handbook http://www.uwo.ca/anatomy/grad/studenthandbook_2010november18.pdf) and all components of the course must be completed to pass and for progression in the program.
Policy on Accommodation for Medical Illness
(https://studentservices.uwo.ca/secure/index.cfm).
Students are expected to attend the specified classes or presentation sessions. If a student must be absent from regularly scheduled presentations he/she is expected to contact the course instructor or coordinator and excuse himself/herself. A student requiring academic accommodation due to illness, should use the Student Medical Certificate when visiting an off-campus medical facility or request a Record's Release Form (located in the Dean's Office) for visits to Student Health Services.
The form can be found at:
https://studentservices.uwo.ca/secure/medical_document.pdf
- Documentation for medical or non-medical reasons, according to the Policy on
Accommodation for Medical Illness is required for absences from tests. Documentation is not required for work or attendance worth less than 10% of the total course grade. When documentation is required for missing a presentation evaluation, such documentation must be submitted by the student directly to the instructor.
- The date and nature of a make-up presentation will be determined by the instructor, in consultation with the student
Statement of Academic Offences:
Scholastic offences are taken seriously and students are directed to read the appropriate policy, specifically, the definition of what constitutes a Scholastic Offence, at the following Web site:
http://www.uwo.ca/univsec/handbook/appeals/scholoff.pdf .
Senate regulations require ALL instructors to include the following statements on plagiarism, cheating and proficiency in English in the course outline:
“Students must write their essays and assignments in their own words. Whenever students take an idea or passage from another author, they must acknowledge their debt both by using quotation marks where appropriate and by proper referencing such as footnotes or citations. Plagiarism is a major academic offence (see Scholastic Offence Policy in the Western Academic Calendar).”