PATH 605 - Gross Anatomy Teaching Assistant

1 Credit Hours
The students will participate in ongoing educational activity in the Gross Anatomy course for first year medical students or physician assistants and surgical assistants. It is anticipated that the PathA teaching assistant rotation (60 contact hours; approx. 8 weeks) will facilitate the learning experience of students currently enrolled in the course. Activities that the teaching assistant will conduct include dissection of cadavers for prosection presentation, photo documentation of dissection specimens of sufficient quality to be used for educational purposes. Conduct processing, dictation, and photo documentation of collected specimens of various pathologies encountered in the cadavers. The teaching assistants will participate in setting up formative quizzes, assisting in setting up of laboratory practical exams, opening of the calvarium and removal of brains and evaluations of student presentations.