Guest ssc427 Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Can someone please tell me where to find the UofA curriculum? I couldn't find this on the website but likely didn't look properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest summervirus Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Hi, I wrote some information on the curriculum in an earlier post. The official school manual also highlights the curriculum in greater detail. I hope this is what you were looking for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ssc427 Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Thank you, can you please tell me what the anatomy course is like? Do you do dissections of the entire cadaver or only portions or none at all? How many students per cadaver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lactic Folly Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 We dissect the entire cadaver (thorax in CPR block, abdomen in GI, pelvis in Repro, upper and lower limbs in MSK, neuroanatomy and head&neck in Neuro). The groups are 8 per cadaver in first year and 6 per cadaver in second year, but often students will come in on their own or in smaller groups for further study, as the lab is always open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ssc427 Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Thanks again. Many schools have a 8 students/cadaver ratio. This seems a bit high to me (considering 5 years ago it was 4 - and in some US schools it is 3). In your experience are you able to do enough 'hands on' to really get a feel for things? I guess, as you say, you can go back on your own later if needs be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest summervirus Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 From my experience, at first, a lot of students are quite keen on participating in the dissections. So it gets crowded. But, as time goes on, more and more students disappear, become disinterested, and opt to study on their own time outside of the scheduled lab. By the middle of 2nd year, I literally had the cadaver all to myself because nobody else showed up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lactic Folly Posted January 28, 2006 Report Share Posted January 28, 2006 Well, in MSK it's not so bad since it works out to be 3 on the left limb and 3 on the right limb. In my opinion, the most important factor with regards to getting the most out of the labs is prior preparation - know what everything is and what you expect to see. As for hands-on and getting a feel for things, I find that mostly comes in when the structure is isolated and everyone can take turns looking, tugging, poking, etc. Cutting the skin and clearing away the fat can be fun, and everyone should take a turn, but it's not essential for anyone to spend a lot of time doing that to be a decent dissector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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