Medical Gross Anatomy
Quizzes & Exams

Grading Policy:

This course is graded on a pass-fail basis for medical students and letter grade for graduate students. For medical students, 75 or above earns a passing grade. For graduate students, the standard ten-point scale is used: 100-90 = A, 89-80 = B, 79-70 = C, 69-60 = D, 59- = F.

The following elements make up the final grade: all points on quizzes, all points on the midterm, and all points on the final exams are added together and converted to a percent score. Peer presentations are evaluated at 2 percentage points and are averaged into the grade. Completion of all modules earns 2 more percentage points, and completion of the dissection notes of the medical histories earns 1 percentage point, and these are averaged into the final grade.

Material to be covered on the written quizzes:

Two questions will be taken from each dissection, radiology lecture, clinical lecture, or module covered during the previous week. Questions may cover didactic material from the course manual, radiology or clinical lecture, or module, or identification of structures on illustrations used in the previous week. Questions will be written in National Board format and generally ask for interpretation or application of the anatomy rather than just regurgitation of facts.

Material to be covered on the practical quizzes:

Three questions will be taken from each dissection covered during the previous week. These questions will usually be identification of structures on the cadaver, on the skeleton, or on radiographs. Additionally, two written questions will cover didactic material from the previous week's module.

Material to be covered on the midterm and final exams:

The midterm and final exams have both written and practical exam components. The written exams will be approximately 50 multiple choice questions, equally covering all sessions, modules, and relevant MDC's. The practical exams will be approximately 50 questions of identification of structures on the cadaver, on the skeleton, or on radiographs.
Quiz & Exam Schedule
QUIZ 18/26Intro. to gross labs (on web), Sessions 1-2, Modules 1-3
QUIZ 29/9Sessions 6-7 & Module 4
QUIZ 39/16PRACTICAL QUIZ Sessions 8-10 & WRITTEN QUESTIONS Module 5
QUIZ 49/23Sessions 11-13 & Module 6
QUIZ 59/30PRACTICAL QUIZ Sessions 14-16 & WRITTEN QUESTIONS Module 7
MIDTERM10/18Written: Sessions 1-22, Modules 1-8
Practical: Sessions 1-22
QUIZ 610/28Sessions 23-25
QUIZ 711/4PRACTICAL QUIZ Sessions 26-28 & WRITTEN QUESTIONS Module 9
QUIZ 811/11Sessions 29-31
QUIZ 911/19PRACTICAL QUIZ Sessions 32-34
QUIZ 1012/2Sessions 35-37, Module 10
QUIZ 1112/9OPTIONAL PRACTICAL QUIZ Sessions 39-42 - no course credit
FINAL12/20Written: Sessions 23-45, Modules 9-11
Practical: Sessions 23-45