HSF-ANA 526: Human Structure and Function

Assistant Professor Davis, Associate Professor Blair

Credit: 16 credit hours

This 14-week course provides a rare opportunity to join the medical school curriculum in learning the essential concepts and mechanisms underlying human biology from an integrated perspective, including both basic and clinical applications. Didactic lectures are matched with problem-based learning sessions, problem-solving conferences, and laboratory exercises that introduce you to the systematic study of human structure and function. This integrated course encompasses the disciplines of anatomy, embryology, histology, and physiology. The course includes comprehensive laboratory sessions in gross anatomy and histology, and the qualitative and quantitative aspects of human physiology, including fundamental principles and clinical relevance. Students of the nervous system will appreciate first hand the intricacies and ubiquity of the brain's structural and functional interactions with the various systems of the body, as well as their developmental attributes. The course provides an introductory foundation for students interested in understanding and teaching these disciplines in undergraduate, graduate, allied health, and medical school settings. (mid-September - late December)