August 22, 2022-October 7, 2022
34 half days
Course Director
Gregory Cooper, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Plastic Surgery
gmc8@pitt.edu
Course Director
Christi Kolarcik, PhD
Department of Neurobiology
clk39@pitt.edu
Course Description
The knowledge of human variability and susceptibility to disease begins with a thorough introduction to the basic structure of the human body that occurs in this course.
Course Goals:
- To introduce the fundamental organization and structure of the human body.
- To begin the process of clinical observation by attention to detail and honing of observational skills.
- To introduce imaging methods that are used clinically to image body structure.
- To begin to use knowledge of anatomical structures to solve clinical scenarios.
Educational Methods
- Lectures
- Clinical Lectures
- Disessection laboratories and videos
- Problem-based learning
- Ultrasound demonstrations
- Question-and-answer web log
Evaluation
Evaluation for this course is based on Interim Examination I (Thorax, Abdomen, Pelvis and Perineum) – 1/3; Interim Examination II (Head and Neck) – 1/3; Interim Examination III (Extremities) – 1/3
Grading: This course comprises 100% of the grade for the Foundations of Medicine Block, Section 1. Grading for the block is Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory.