Re: [HAPS-L] What is anatomy?

[Elizabeth Harper <eh403@xxxxxxx>]

I certainly will take a bit more time on this but my first reaction
would be to add the term "understanding"...students believe if the
memorize everything they know anatomy but ask a question that requires
comprehension and they fall of the edge.... 



----- Original Message -----
From: John Waters <johnwaters@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 1:57 pm
Subject: [HAPS-L] What is anatomy?

> 
> Hello HAPSters,
> 
> I've been doing some reading about anatomy education, and as I 
> consider how I teach, I find myself wondering what exactly it means 
> to *learn anatomy*.  When we evaluate whether or not our students 
> have learned anatomy, what is it that we are looking for?  How do 
> we 
> know they have learned "anatomy"?  I realize our answers will 
> differ 
> sometimes by the nature (gen ed. or clinical) and level 
> (introductory 
> through graduate/professional) of the course, but I'm wondering if 
> at 
> least some of the things I list would apply to all types of anatomy 
> education.
> After talking with a couple of you, I scribbled out the 
> following.  I'd appreciate hearing if you would add, subtract, or 
> rephrase any of it as you consider your own students.
> 
> Anatomy includes:
>    * Learning the names of specific structures
>    * Learning the organization and positions of groups of 
> structures 
> relative to one another
>    * Learning how structures interact (bones, joints, muscles, 
> nerves, blood vessels, connective tissue) to make function possible 
> (limb movement, digestion, breathing, etc.)
>    * Learning to make predictions about the function of a novel 
> structure, based on what is known about similar structures (the 
> ability to generalize)
>    * At some levels, learning the skills necessary to isolate and 
> manipulate anatomic structures
> Thanks in advance!
> -John
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> John Waters (johnwaters@xxxxxxx)
> 208 Mueller Laboratory
> Department of Biology
> Penn State University
> University Park, PA 16802
> 
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