ANAT 502 - Basic Histology
Fall Semester - 2009
Lagniappe
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German polymath, 1749 – 1832)
Be on time by setting your watch to the "Official U.S. time - clock" at the NIST. Expand your working vocabulary (and raise your test scores on the DAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, etc.) by visiting the "A.Word.A.Day" web site. Expand your horizon by visiting the "Astronomy Picture of the Day" and "Earth Science Picture of the Day" web sites. Take a daily literary break and enjoy "The Writer's Almanac" hosted by Garrison Keillor. Take an art break and enjoy the (mostly) cell biological artwork of Odra Noel. A quick link to the Oxford English Dictionary On-line at IUPUI's main library. Wow! What a University! Don't forget to check out the random entry link! A quick link to the Medline Plus Medical Dictionary at the National Library of Medicine. No substitute for a real dictionary but handy! Medicine (unlike proper Anatomy) is full of eponyms (terms derived from a person's name); a good but incomplete reference for medical eponyms is "whonamedit.com". A quick link to the on-line edition of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy courtesy of Merck& Co., Inc. Useful for clinical correlations. ANGEL OneStart
Class rooms and times:
Lecture & Written Exams: MS B26 - See Course Schedule for dates and times
Lab, TBLs, Reviews & Practical Exams: MS 114 - 116 - See Course Schedule for dates and times
Office hours: During lab or by appointment
Course Coordinator: Keith Condon, Ph.D. Research Scientist Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology phone: 274.2308 (emergency only, please) e-mail: kcondon@iupui.edu Other Course Instructors: James J. Brokaw, Ph.D., M.P.H. Associate Dean Admissions & Medical Student Affairs Associate Professor Dept. of Anatomy & Cell Biology phone: 278.2891 (emergency only please) e-mail: jbrokaw@iupui.edu Course Consultants: Darl Ray Swartz, Ph.D Associate Professor Purdue University e-mail: drswartz@purdue.edu Tarah J Brown MS II Indiana University School of Medicine Matthew S Swarm MS III Indiana University School of Medicine Kelly M Vogie MS IV Indiana University School of Medicine Texts
Required: Histology: A Text and Atlas, 5th ed. (2006) M.H. Ross and W. Pawlina. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. ISBN: 0781767903. Please bring your copy to lab. N.B. Any edition of this text (e.g., 4th (2003)) can be used; however, the page numbers given in the reading assignments will correspond only to the 5th edition.
Alternate texts: None are recommended or required. If you would like another text to augment the required one, you might want to consider the following: (1) Basic Histology: Text and Atlas, 11th ed. (2005) L. Junqueira y J. Carneiro. McGraw-Hill Medical. ISBN: 0071440917; this is the text used by the Indiana University's School of Medicine medical histology course (ANAT D504 - Histology). (2) Wheater's Functional Histology: A Text and Colour Atlas, 5th ed. (2006) B. Young , J.S. Lowe, A. Stevens and J.W. Heath. Churchill Livingstone. ISBN: 044306850X; arguably the most popular medical histology text; please note, however, that popular is not synonymous with best. These texts can be ordered on-line or through the IUPUI book store.
Highly recommended: A good medical dictionary (Dorland's or Stedman's; avoid Taber's), preferably an older one; e.g., Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed. (1982), William & Wilkins. The current edition is the 28th (2005; ISBN-10: 0781733901) but it lacks a lot of etymological information which some people find helpful in learning anatomical terminology. If you do buy a new one, avoid abridged versions. . A link to an on-line medical dictionary at the National Library of Medicine is provided above, but this is no substitution for the real thing.
Recommended just for fun: The Language of Cells: Life as Seen under the Microscope (2001) Spencer Nadler. Random House. ISBN: 0375504168. What a former history teacher would term a "two-can" [of beer] book. These are short vignettes from a surgical pathologist relating the disease processes he sees in patients to their tissues observed under the microscope. Easy evening reading.
Another interesting read is Body Language: Poems of the Medical Training Experience (2006) N. Jain, D. Coppock and S. B. Clark (eds.). BOA Editions, Ltd. ISBN: 1929918860. An anthology of poems written by medical students, interns, residents and attending physicians about (talk about truth in advertising) their medical training experiences. The poems are remarkable in both their quality and the honesty with which these clinicians reveal their thoughts and feelings.
Both of these books can be ordered on-line or through the IUPUI book store; alternatively borrow them from the Ruth M. Lilly Medical Library using the IUCAT's "Request Delivery" option.
Recommended cell biology texts: For students who wish to learn more about cell and molecular biology, Drs. Swartz and Condon recommend as a reference text Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th ed. (2007) B. Alberts, A. Johnson, J. Lewis, M. Raff, K. Roberts and P. Walter. Garland Press. ISBN-10: 0815341059. For a less comprehensive but more readable text Dr. Swartz also recommends: The Cell: A Molecular Approach, 4th ed. (2006) G. M. Cooper. Sinauer Associates. ISBN-10: 0878932194.
Exams and Grading: Your grade will be based on four lecture examinations (see Lecture Exam Format and Policy), nine TBL (Team-Based Learning) modules, and three laboratory practical exams (see Laboratory Practical Exam Procedure). The dates and times of the exams are given in the Course Schedule. Except under extraordinary circumstances, no make-up exams are given. The point value of each of these is as follows:
Lecture Exam I 50 pts Lecture Exam II 100 pts Lecture Exam III 100 pts Lecture Exam IV 150 pts (2/3 new material; 1/3 comprehensive)
TBL modules 225 pts (9 modules / 25 points per module)
Laboratory Exam I 100 pts Laboratory Exam II 100 pts Laboratory Exam III 100 pts Possible total points 925 pts A straight (i.e., no sliding scale) 10% scale is used; no curves, no rounding. Students achieving 90% or higher of this total will receive an A grade (yes, pluses and minuses are given), students achieving 80 – 89% of this total will receive a B grade, and so on. Point values for the IUPUI grading system are given at the following URL: http://registrar.iupui.edu/gradecover.html.
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