Clinical Human Anatomy

Clinical Human Anatomy Home
I. Course Overview
II. Course Goals, Competencies, & Learning Objectives
III. Learning Activties
IV. Resources for Learning
V. Student Progress
VI. Student Performance
VII. Laboratory
VIII. The Cadaver
IX. Course Policies

  1. ASSESSMENT OF STUDENT PROGRESS
  1. Formative (Feedback) and Summative Evaluations
  1. Mid-Course Formal Formative Feedback & Student Self-Assessment

Sometime during the middle of the course, each student will be scheduled to meet with a member of the course teaching faculty. Prior to the meeting, a student will be asked to reflect on their level of mastery of each assigned course competency, using the formative-summative evaluation form. At the meeting, a course faculty member will identify the faculty’s perspective of the student progress in each competency domain, and discuss ways that a student might enhance his/her performance. Note that students can schedule meetings at any time during the course and discuss their performances in relation to assigned competencies.

  1. Quizzes
There will be three mid-unit quizzes. Each quiz will consist of a set of online questions and laboratory questions. The online questions will relate to the learning objectives. The laboratory questions will be answered both individually and as assigned teams. Individual and team points will be averaged for each mid-unit quiz.

The objective of quizzes are:
  1. to provide continual formative feedback to students for assessment of their progress in learning the assigned materials and tasks.
  2. to provide feedback to the teaching faculty as to the progress of the students and to assess the effectiveness of the teaching methods.
  1. Unit Examinations. The course is divided into three units:
    • Unit I - Back, Upper Extremity and Lower Extremity
    • Unit II - Thorax, Neck and Head
    • Unit III - Abdomen, Perineum and Pelvis
Three written and laboratory examinations will be given in conjunction with other Block I courses. The written examinations will consist of multiple choice, matching, and/or short answer questions. Unit II and III examinations will be comprehensive. In the laboratory examinations, the student will be expected to 1) identify structures indicated in cadaveric specimens, on dry specimens (bone or plastinated specimens) and cross-sectional materials, and 2) respond to questions related to given structures. Approximately 10% of questions will be derived from the assigned reading. The written and laboratory examinations will be weighted equally.

Unit II & III examinations (written & laboratory) are cumulative.


Questions regarding the grading of the quizzes and unit examinations must be brought to the attention of the instructors within one week after examinations.

  1. Student Self-Peer Team Assessments

    During each unit of the course, a student will conduct a self and peer assessment in relation to their assigned laboratory team, using an online assessment form. Peer feedback from each team member will be forwarded in order that a student can reflect on his/her role as a valued team member in assigned learning exercises and team leadership roles.
  1. Summative Evaluation (External Measure)

    NBME - subject examination. A national Board Medical Examiner's subject examination will be administered at the end of the course. It will be a multiple choice format. The examination will cover gross anatomy and embryology of the human body. This examination will serve as an external assessment of students' performances.
  
created: August 9, 2000; modified: August 3, 2004
contact: glenda@dean.med.ufl.edu

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