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ME2020: ANATOMY 1 (2020-2021)

Last modified: 05 Aug 2021 13:04


Course Overview

This course delivers the anatomy content for Year 1 MBChB.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term Full Year Credit Points 20 credits (10 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mr David Chorn

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme
  • Either Degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery or Bachelor Of Clinical Medical Science

What other courses must be taken with this course?

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This is a compulsory course for first year medical students. It is not available to students not enrolled on the MBChB programme. The course runs across the whole academic year.

During the first term students will be introduced to the discipline of anatomy. They will learn anatomical terminology and will be expected to be fluent in its use by the end of the year. The anatomical organisation of the body will be described. 

During the second term the structure, and how this relates to the function, of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems will be described.  

During the year students will spend around 30 hours in the Anatomy Laboratory studying bones, wet specimens, anatomical models, radiological images, microscope slides and 3-dimensional clinical presentations. In addition to the laboratory based material, a further 30 hours of lectures and tutorials supplement the teaching on this course. Each student is provided with a practical workbook in which the programme of study for each week is organized. Some degree of preparation before each class is expected by way of completion of the relevant section of the workbook for that week’s teaching. Specimen review and a short formative OSPE (with answers provided) is presented at the end of each week for progress self-assessment.

 

 


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

2 online in course Assessments – 20 SBA each (2 x 5%)

Objective Structured Practical Exam (OSPE) – (90%)

 

Resit (for students taking the course in Academic Year 2020/2021):

Resit OSPE in August

 

Resit (for students who took the course in Academic Year 2019/2020 and C8 students):

Students who failed in Academic Year 2019/20 allowed one repeat year.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the structure-function relationship of the cardiovascular system
FactualApplyUnderstand and apply anatomical terminology appropriately and confidently
ConceptualApplyApply knowledge of respiratory and cardiovascular anatomy in order to demonstrate integration between the two systems
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the organisation of bones, joints, muscles, vessels and nerves in the body
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the structure-function relationship of the respiratory system

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