BELLARMINE UNIVERSITY
Gross Anatomy Dissection
BIOL 515
Summer 2005
Class meetings
Lecture: Monday, Wednesday & Friday
Time(s): 8:30-9:20 AM
Room(s): Pasteur 109
Laboratory:
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
9:30-11:50 AM
Tuesday and Thursday
8:30-10:00 AM
Room(s): Norton Health Science Center 118
Review to First Year Students: Friday
Time(s): 1:00-2:00 or 2:00-3:00 PM
Room(s): Norton Health Science Center 118
Bellarmine Mission Statement: Bellarmine University serves Kentucky and the region by
providing an educational environment of academic excellence in the Catholic liberal arts tradition,
where talented and diverse persons of all faiths and ages develop the intellectual, moral, and
professional competencies to lead, to serve, and to make a living and a life worth living. Bellarmine
University 2003 – 2005 Catalog.
Physical Therapy Program Mission Statement: The Physical Therapy Program mentors and teaches
diverse learners to lead and serve with integrity and sensitivity. This is accomplished by integrating Catholic liberal
arts tradition with scientific inquiry, clinical expertise and emphasis on life long learning. January 2002.
Course Description: This course provides a guided experience in the dissection of the musculoskeletal and peripheral nervous system of a human cadaver to students in the Physical Therapy
Program. Permission of course director and program director required. Summer semester. Offered
yearly.
Credit Hours: 4.0 credit hours
Number of Lecture Hours/Week: 3 hours/week (21hrs/semester)
Number of Lab Hours/Week: 11.5 hours/week (80.5 hrs/semester)
Number of Recitation Hours/Week: none
Number of Weeks: 7 weeks
Total Contact Hours: 101.5 hours/semester
Prerequisites/Placement: Second Year Physical Therapy Program or by special permission of the
course director
Corequisites: PT 610
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Number of Students/Class or Section: 36 students
Faculty:
Office
Phone
E-Mail
Office Hrs.
Dr. David Porta
Pasteur 158
452-8009
dporta@bellarmine.edu
tba
Dr. Mark Wiegand
Miles 103
452-8368
mwiegand@bellarmine.edu
tba
Mr. Peter Kik
Pasteur 154
425-1915
pkkik001@louisville.edu
tba
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the student will:
1. perform directed dissection on the limbs, trunk and neck of a human cadaver
2. demonstrate the ability to correlate and relate gross anatomical structures (muscular, osseous,
neural, viscera, articular) to surface anatomy
3. describe gross anatomical components of the muscular, skeletal, thoracic and abdominal
viscera, peripheral nervous, peripheral vascular, articular and integument systems, and
structural relationships within and between each system
4. describe the effect of joint and limb position on nervous, fascia, circulatory and muscle
tissue tension
5. correlate gross anatomical structures and structural relationships of the circulatory, nervous,
muscular, osseous, neural and articular systems to patient peripheral neuromuscular and
musculoskeletal problems
6. relate extremity special tests and evaluative processes to gross anatomical structure and
function
7. prepare review sessions/in-service presentations of regional dissection for first year students
Course Methodology:
This course will consist of lectures that guide the laboratory dissection experience. Students will
dissect the cadaver under faculty direction, and will demonstrate weekly dissections to first year
students enrolled in BIOL 513. The dissection will proceed regionally and will correspond to
material presented in PT 610. Students are expected to demonstrate mastery of information
presented in PT 532, PT 540, PT 545, PT 555 and PT 560.
Expectations of Students:
Students are expected to
1. treat cadavers with respect at all times
2. to exhibit professional behaviors at all times in conversations regarding cadaveric dissection
3. sign and return the course agreement form
4. follow all laboratory rules
5. maintain the laboratory and all dissection tools appropriately
6. come prepared to class by reading all assignments prior to the lecture and dissection and
having appropriate lab clothes and tools available
7. review past course information as appropriate and necessary to facilitate the learning
experience
8. adequately prepare for dissection demonstrations for first year students enrolled in BIOL
513
Evaluation methods:
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The evaluation for this course will be based on performance on two written and two laboratory
practical tests, a reflection paper of 2-3 typed pages and by participation in first year student
instruction. The written examinations will be comprehensive while the laboratory examinations will
cover information only from the first or second half of the course. The examinations will be
broken down as follows:
Exam I Written =
34 points
Exam I Laboratory =
33 points
Exam II Written =
50 points
Exam II Laboratory = 33 points
Total = 150 points
The final grade will be determined as follows:
A
AB+
B
BC
F
92-100%
90-91%
88-89%
81-87%
80-81%
72-79%
below 72%
A reflection paper on the experiences in the gross anatomy dissection course will be required of all
class participants. The paper will be 2-3 typed pages and be worth up to 5 bonus points toward the
semester point total. Guidelines will be forthcoming.
Academic Honesty:
Bellarmine students are expected to demonstrate a high standard of academic honesty in all aspects
of their academic work and college life. Without intellectual integrity there can be no genuine
learning. Academic dishonesty represents a direct attack on this integrity. In taking tests and
examinations, completing homework and laboratory work, writing papers, and using information
technology, students are expected to perform honestly. Refer to Bellarmine University 2003-2005
Catalog, p. 55-56 for University policy regarding detected acts of academic dishonesty.
Required Text(s):
Moore KL and Dalley AF. Clinically Oriented Anatomy (4th Ed). Philadelphia: Lipponcott, Williams &
Wilkins, 1999.
Tank P. Granst’s Dissector (13th Ed.) Philadelphia: Lipponcott, Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
Recommended/Reference Texts:
Agur AMR and Lee MJ. Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy (10th or 11th Ed). Philadelphia: Lipponcott, Williams
& Wilkins, 1999.
or any other atlas of your choice
Class Attendance:
Attendance in this class is mandatory. Excessive absenteeism and tardiness to class is disruptive to
the individual’s and class’ learning process, and demonstrates a lack of respect for class colleagues
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and faculty. If you are ill or have an emergency, you are required to call the Physical Therapy office
(452-8356) as soon as possible to explain why you cannot come to class. If no one is available in the
office, it is expected that the student will leave a message or call the Lansing School of Nursing and
Health Sciences (452-8414) to leave a message. You may also e-mail Ann Hinkle
(ahinkle@bellarmine.edu). Students are allowed to be absent without permission once for all
physical therapy classes during each year of the curriculum. A student may be placed on probation
following the first unexcused absence and may be dismissed from the program after the second
occurrence.
Tardiness will be noted by the instructor. Three (3) late appearances will lower the course grade by one (1)
letter grade and five (5) late appearances will drop the grade two (2) letter grades.
A student who is absent without permission once or tardy twice for this class may be called to meet
before a faculty panel to defend his/her position in the Physical Therapy Program.
Class Cancellation:
Refer to the current schedule of classes regarding changes in schedule due to bad weather or other
campus related adversity. Faculty may re-arrange class schedules to meet the necessary course
objectives in the event classes are cancelled.
Changes in Course Outline:
Course outlines serve as a guideline and may be subject to change based upon circumstances that
occur throughout the semester. Students will be notified of any changes that occur.
Disability Services:
Students with disabilities who require accommodations (academic adjustments and /or auxiliary aids
or services) for this course must contact the Disability Services Coordinator (Room 225, Horrigan
Hall or 452-8150). Please do not request accommodations directly from the professor.
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