Comparison of Anatomy Classes

[somemaybedoc]

I am curious about how anatomy is conducted at different schools. (Mainly evaluation)

We have multiple choice lecture exams and write in the correct answer lab exams.

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[myKuduSlewaZulu]

UTMB....MC written and lab exams + much smaller grade components for pbl and an online tutoring program for Xsec anatomy.

 

[pseudoknot]

I am curious about how anatomy is conducted at different schools. (Mainly evaluation)

We have multiple choice lecture exams and write in the correct answer lab exams.

Same as you. (VCU/MCV)

 

[CardiacIntensivist]

Online multiple choice exams

+

3 table conferences (where a professor would come around and pimp us out as a group; then we get graded as a group)

@ Sinai

 

[DoctaJay]

At LLU we take written MC exams, and then for the anatomy lab practicals we write in our answers on a sheet with 50 numbered lines. Also about 5% of our grade comes from peer evaluations, but everyone ususally grades you perfectly.

 

[MullieWins]

I am curious about how anatomy is conducted at different schools. (Mainly evaluation)

We have multiple choice lecture exams and write in the correct answer lab exams.

same at A&M + 5% for daily quizzes

 

[coffeebythelake]

For anatomy, we had four units with exams every 4 weeks. The professors would also come around and ask questions but we were not evaluated. We were tested on back and upper extremity; head and neck; thorax and abdomen; and pelvis, perineum and lower extremity. Exams were entirely multiple choice, ~45 questions for written and 100 questions for practical. The class average was usually in the mid 80's (but our grading system is based on stdev not absolute numbers).

 

[booswim542]

At Wake we had tests for each unit (Back and thorax/Abdomen and Pelvis/Head and Neck/Extremities) spaced about 3 weeks apart.

They consisted of 120 or so multiple choice questions (embryology, radiology, anatomy, histology, etc.), and 70 practical questions (36 tags on bodies, 34 osteology, radiology, histology).

Then we had a final with about 140 multiple choice questions at the end.

We also had questions in class and during labs either as an individual or in our small groups that accounted for a small percentage of our grades.

 

[MrBurns10]

Duke- we had 3 or 4 exams total (why I can't remember considering it was only last year, I have no idea). Tests were MC, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and T/F and were usually worth about 100 points. Practicals were 25 questions each.

 

[DocPsychosis]

At LLU we take written MC exams, and then for the anatomy lab practicals we write in our answers on a sheet with 50 numbered lines. Also about 5% of our grade comes from peer evaluations, but everyone ususally grades you perfectly.

Exactly this @ UT-Houston. Written and practical each count for half of each block exam; peer-teaching eval. counts for 5% of total semester grade.

 

[Slide]

I am curious about how anatomy is conducted at different schools. (Mainly evaluation)

We have multiple choice lecture exams and write in the correct answer lab exams.

Same goes at UMiss. 4 anatomy block tests, each with a 2hr lecture exam and 2hr practical, then topped off with the boards. Our professor wrote the rapid review book, so it's both a curse and blessing in disguise (more of the latter). The cool thing about our practical exams is that we are actually allowed to touch the tagged specimens to see where they originate/attach or to get a better view. This is good, but at the same time the students that weren't prepared will play with it so much the tagged item may break/snap and there's a huge holdup during the exam.

 

[danierrr]

At Rochester, we've got a 25-question practical, with each question having two parts. Part a questions are "identify" questions, and part b questions ask a related anatomical question to whatever we identified. In addition, some short-answer questions come up on the written exam.

 

[MonkeyNuts!]

STONYBROOK

1 midterm, 1 cumulative exam. Both have a 10 page written, and a 70-80 question practical. The written is always recycled (often verbatim) from a bank of 5-10 yrs worth of midterms, exams, and quizzes, as well as a bank of online quizzes (which all are available to students).

 

[LifetimeDoc]

At USF COM (University of South Florida COM), our gross anatomy course is systems-based involving lecture for clinically-related subjects, guest speakers (surgeons, PT), and review of structures. Lab consists of cadaver dissection with supplemental pro-sected cadavers for reference and clinical demonstrations (knee surgery, placing a femoral line, intubation, insertion of a chest tube, etc. demonstrated by ER docs from Tampa General and surrounding hospitals). Another closely-related course is imaging involving learning how to read X-Ray, CT, and MRI scans. Course runs 26 weeks from November to May.

This year all of our individual cadavers were run through a portable CT scanner and images provided to each of us for simultaneous study throughout the year. Portable sonography training will be included this year at some point.

Exams are multiple choice (written and practical exams) consisting of both a written exam (combined with other courses), and a lab practical which includes cadaver structure identification, dry-bone identification, X-Tay/CT/MRI scan identification, and histology print-out identification.

 

[Flaxmoore]

Toledo

Exam I was Thorax, Back, Upper Extremity. 155 MC questions for the lecture half, 85 MC questions for the lab practical. Lab practical was about 60% tags on bodies, 40% histology, bone/structure, radiology.

The two exams are weighted roughly equally.

 

[tacrum43]

We have multiple choice lecture exams and write in the correct answer lab exams.

Same at GW. We had three sets of exams: 1. Shoulder/back, arm & leg; 2. Thorax and abdomen; 3. Head, neck and pelvis/perineum. The lab exams also included some X-rays, MRIs and pictures of cross sections.

 

[ZipsPwn]

3 modules (musculoskeletal, body cavities, head and neck) with three exams.

exams are 100 multiple choice questions divided among gross and micro, 25 cadavers pinned with 2 questions each, and 25 microanatomy images with 2 questions each (a few of the images are usually radiology).

Written is worth 100 points and the lab practicals 50 points each.


How long are other schools' exams? Ours were 4 hours long (written for two hours, practicals for an hour each)

 

[JustBreathe]

Wash U does three exams. Each consists of 30 short-answer questions, each involving a pinned cadaver or image and lasting 2 minutes. That's it.

 

[BahamaDude]

Penn State

Practical
50 tagged parts.

Written
About 40 Multiple Choice Questions
A few identifications on diagrams
5 Short Answer Questions
3 Essay Questions

Also an individual Embryology Exam usually just True/False and identifications

 

[chela47]

Columbia P&S:

MC exam on lecture material + fill in the blank, "name-the-tagged-body-part" type practical exam.

 

[shreypete]

at the Charles First Faculty of Medicine, we have a slide test, followed by a written test (where you have to write short sentences and draw diagrams) and usually this is further accompanied by an oral test (where the prof. asks a certain number of questions based on a structure). The dissections course is conducted at the end of the semester where there is an oral test to pass (failure of the anatomical dissections course will not enable a student to go to the next sem.).

 

[ItOnlyTakesOne]

At SLU we take Anatomy (and only Anatomy) for the first 10 weeks, and then that's it.

3 exams (non-cumulative)
- MC Written (50 questions)
- MC slide test (50 questions)
- Fill-in Practical Exam (50 tags)

about 4 hours each time.

wow I'm glad that's over

 

[ubcredfox]

Our anatomy is spread over two years, and is taught independently of the system-based curriculum.

Examinations involve practical exams in December and May/June testing the previous terms material. Practicals involve naming the correct structure, it's function or innervation etc. etc. Multiple choice questions placed into the cumulative system-based written examinations.

From personal experience, a very general knowledge is expected. We're not tested on details.

 

[notdeadyet]

We have multiple choice lecture exams and write in the correct answer lab exams.

Ditto for UC Davis.

 

[pguin]

At Indiana University - TH Campus - it's one semester with 4 tests (upper limb with associated back and neck, lower limb and thorax, abdomen and pelvis/perineum, and head/neck) and a final exam which is the NBME shelf exam. Each individual test consists of approximately 40 multiple choice written worth 60% of grade and 60 multiple choice lab identification questions worth 40%...and thank god its all done for me!!!

 

[OncHeme2B]

god I Hated Anatomy!!! Despite The Human Body Being Interesting And All, I Am So Glad That Nightmare Is Over!!!

 

[ejjman]

FSU

We had a ten week summer anatomy class with a written mid-term and final as well as a practical mid-term and final. The written was USMLE style questions and the practical was identifying tagged cadaver specimens. We also had a quiz every Monday (even test weeks).

 

[mahasanti]

At University of Chicago - Pritzker it goes like this:
We have a practical and written test for each unit. The units are back/thorax, abdomen, pelvis, head and neck, upper extremities, lower extremities. We also had a tissue histo unit and an organ histo unit as part of the class.

The pracitcal is 50 points. We are tested on pinned cadavers, radiology images, cross sections, and bones. We get 1 min 15 seconds at each station.

The written is multiple choice (the "circle each right answer" kind-- which suck because you can't use elimination), short answer, matching, and long (2-4 sentences) answer--like explain to a patient why he/she has hemmoroids... They usually contain some radiology images to identify too. They are anywhere from 130-150 points.

Unlike our other classes, you need a pass on each test not just a cumulative pass in the class.