Anatomy Dissection and Teaching (ADT) Elective
Title of Clerkship: Anatomy Dissection and Teaching (ADT) Elective
Elective Year(s): Fourth-Year Elective
Department: Department of Medical Education
Type of Elective: Non-Clinical
Clerkship Site: Gross Anatomy Laboratory
Course Number: MDED 705
Blocks Available: Fall, Spring
Number of Students/Block: 4 Students
Faculty: Hamoun Delaviz, MD, MS
Elective Description/Requirements: The student will need to enroll in a specific two-week time period when registering for this elective. The four-week version of this elective is MDED 711.
All requirements must be completed in the semester for which the student is registered. The expectations include approximately 4 hours of work per day in the anatomy laboratory. In addition, students are expected to read 2 hours daily scientific literatures or textbook chapters pertinent to what they do in the lab to supplement/fortify their laboratory work.
The purpose of the elective is to provide fourth-year medical students the opportunity to advance their anatomical dissection skills and to teach anatomy content to their peers. Given the importance of human anatomy as a foundational base of knowledge for a range of specialties, this elective may be of value for students who would like to refresh their gross anatomy knowledge before entering residency. Furthermore, this elective may benefit students intending to enter a surgical specialty, since students have an opportunity to solidify their dissection skills and enhance their hands-on learning through this elective.
Upon completion of the elective, students are encouraged to submit course feedback and suggestions for improving the elective to the course director.
- Creation of a Prosected Cadaveric Specimen
A student enrolled in the elective will be expected to work alongside anatomy faculty to help prepare prosected specimens for specific body regions needed for the gross anatomy lab experience. Body regions to be prosected will be determined by educational needs, but the course director will take the student’s preferences and interests into account. In addition to creating a prosection, a student in the elective will review relevant plastinated specimens available in lab in preparation for their teaching lab sessions.
- Attendance at M1 and M2 or ANAT 5000 experiential laboratory sessions
A student enrolled in this elective is required to attend gross anatomy lab session(s) of the medical curriculum, during which time they will guide M1 and M2 students at a designated lab table through their prosected specimen, as well as through other prosected specimens and other relevant plastinated specimens (if available). Depending on the timing that the student takes this elective, he or she may be asked to facilitate learning during ANAT 5000 lab sessions, in which Physician Assistant students, MSBS-MS students, and Pathology Assistant students are enrolled.
To student is expected to lead multiple small groups through prosected and plastinated specimens, and is encouraged to rotate in the lab between groups/tables and ensure students’ questions are answered and that groups are making satisfactory process with their dissections.
The required hours involve a combination of contact hours and non-contact hours.
Contact hours include time:
- Dissecting (creating a prosection) under the guidance of the course director
- Teaching the M1 and M2 students or graduate students during experiential lab sessions
- Participating in review session(s), if a review session occurs during the span of the elective
Non-contact hours include time:
- Dissecting and creating a prosection alone or with other students in the elective without the guidance of the course director
- Reviewing their gross anatomical prosection and preparing for teaching
- Reviewing structures of relevant plastinated specimens
- Reading related anatomical content
Length of Clerkship: The length of this elective is 2 weeks. A student is permitted to take this elective up to two times, for a total span of 4 weeks, in which case they would enrolling in the 2-week elective (MDED 705) twice (during two separate two-week time periods).
Links to Core Competencies/Educational Course Objectives: At the end of this elective, the student will be able to:
- Show anatomical structures accurately to M1 and M2 and ANAT 5000 students during designated laboratory sessions. (EPOs: MK-1)
- Explain key anatomical relationships, especially as it pertains to clinical cases and surgical procedures during designated laboratory sessions. (EPOs: MK-1)
- Explain answers to questions in a manner that enhances learner understanding during laboratory dissection sessions and anatomy lab review sessions. (EPOs: MK-1)
- Recognize and locate anatomical structures during laboratory dissection sessions and anatomy lab review sessions. (EPOs: MK-1)
Professionalism: UT/COM students will meet or exceed the institutional standards for professionalism as stated in the current Educational Program Objectives and the current Educational Course Objectives for the Sponsoring Department.
Instructional Methods:
- Creation of anatomy prosection under the guidance of course director
- Attendance of anatomy lab sessions, during which time the student is involved in the teaching of the relevant structures from multiple cadaveric specimens to their M1 and M2 peers
- Answering student questions during anatomy review sessions
Evaluation Methods:
- Student must complete the prosection of an anatomical specimen.
- Depending on the anatomical region, this may take up to 20-40 hours. The quality of the prosection will be evaluated by the course director and will be based on ease of visualization, as well as the student’s understanding and communication of the relevant anatomical structures to the course director.
- The student is required to perform the following duties:
- Creation of a prosection
- Teaching during M1 and M2 or ANAT 5000 laboratory dissection sessions
Prerequisites: A student enrolled in the elective must be a UTCOM fourth-year medical student in good academic standing.
Clerkship Director: Hamoun Delaviz, MD, MS.
Clerkship Coordinator: Hamoun Delaviz, MD, MS.
Phone Number: 419-383-4632
Email: Hamoun.Delaviz@utoledo.edu
Special Requirements: None
ECC Approved
April 2024