LAB FORMAT FOR ANATOMY, BIOLOGY 03048, FALL 1999
W. Crone (303 FTZ, 629-7439, cronewil@hvcc.edu, http://www.hvcc.edu/academ/faculty/crone/index.html)
OVERVIEW OF LAB
First 30-45 minutes: preview of lab with overheads and slides
Next 1:45 to 2 hours: dissection
Last 20 minutes: clean up of lab
Preview. I will try to highlight dissection approaches and pointers, as well as some review of structures in this time. You will still need to read over the dissector dissections and the objective list beforehand, as this is too brief a period to face the material for the first time. Radiographic images that correspond with the body region being dissected will be available for viewing.
Dissection. There are four cadavers available for the course, two male and two female. As a result, there will be four dissection groups in each laboratory. The dissection groups will rotate from cadaver to cadaver each week. You will be expected to check out all cadavers each session, however, as seeing variation is a major component of cadaver-based dissection. A laminated list of the laboratory objectives will be available for each group, so that you can"check off" your progress. Please note that your laboratory group may not clearly see all of the objectives in a particular lab, so that you may need to spend the first part of the following week reviewing structures before starting out on the current objective list. Make sure to take turns in the different roles of lead dissector, objective list follower, atlas checker, etc.--everyone really needs to experience the three-dimensional aspects of cadaver dissection.
Clean up. At half-past before the end of lab, please finish up what you are doing. The cadavers will be rewrapped and put back in the cooler, all instruments washed and put back, and all surfaces wiped down with Quinticare (blue fluid). The sinks are to be scrubbed out with Comet or similar cleanser, and the floor wet-mopped. I need to have everyone one out before I can leave, so I will want the morgue cleaned and you changed by ten of the hour.
LAB PRACTICALS:
There will be alloted review time in the same week before the lab practical: your vote on your"Set up of dissection groups" sheet will help determine that! Given the day and evening schedule in the morgue with mortuary science courses, there will be no other review time available outside of scheduled labs. If you want to go over slides and bones while other PA groups are dissecting each week, you are welcome to do so. The PA lab slots are:
Wednesday, 8-11 AM
Thursday, 9-12 AM
Friday, 8-11 AM
Since all students will be taking the same test,"DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL" about the structures asked to your colleagues. Students will be in small groups, with me pointing out structures on bones, on slides, and on cadavers (sorry, no pins and no conga lines of the"typical" lab practical!). In that way, I will be gowned and"getting dirty" showing you the length of nerve, muscle, etc. You will want to bring eye protection, your lab coat, and a hard surface to write on, as we will be surrounding a cadaver for many of the questions. There will be somewhere between 30 and 45 questions, depending on the format that you vote on.
Grading: each non-cumulative lab test will be worth a total of 100 points. These are strictly based on identification of laboratory objectives. Be precise in your answer--left gastric artery is a different structure than the right gastric artery. Or for another example:"femoral" isn't good enough--is it the femoral nerve, femoral vein, or femoral artery? If you do not label it as a muscle, bone, artery, vein, nerve, or ligament, I will mark it wrong. In addition, there is a spelling aspect: you will be allowed up to four (4) misspellings without penalty. After that, if your answer is phonetically close and cannot be confused with another structure, you will be deducted half credit for each additional misspelling. I will include several"left" vs."right' structures on each test, just to make sure you're ok with that (you don't want to be part of a team that takes out the wrong kidney, do you?).
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