Collegium Anatomicum

• The labs are located on the first floor. After entering the building, go straight to the staircase. The entrance door is kept locked and found on the right.

There is no host website.

The syllabus and test marks are posted on the course webpage in the PUMS’ ‘Curriculum Overview’ website (https://pums.ump.edu.pl/programs/adv-md-program/curriculum-overview/). Look for ‘Gross Anatomy and Neuroscience’.

Prof. Malgorzata Bruska, MD, PhD.
mbruska@ump.edu.pl

Textbooks

• Moore’s Clinically Oriented Anatomy or Moore’s Essential Clinical Anatomy
• BRS Gross Anatomy
• Sobotta’s Atlas of Anatomy + Flashcards or Netter’s Atlas of Anatomy + Flashcards
  • Flashcards are a great way to review! They contain the important parts whereas the atlases are filled with details.
• Gray’s Anatomy
• Grant’s Dissector

 

Practice Questions

• Lippincott’s and Gray’s have review books
• BRS
• Practise naming anatomical structures using University of Michigan’s anatomy website: https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/bluelink/resources/quizlink-pdfs

 

Other

• University of Michigan has a good anatomy section. Check out their resources: https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/bluelink/resources
• http://anatomyzone.com/
• http://teachmeanatomy.info/

 

Virtual apps like Anatomy 360 (https://anatomy360.info/) are great, especially if you have a tablet. Some are free, some have a fee.

Lectures

• Occur on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays in the afternoon.

Labs

• Be sure to have a lab coat by the first lab!!! Labs occur after lectures. Once the lecture is done, you can wait in front of the lab door if it is not already open. The class is divided into groups, with each group being led by different instructors. You will have the opportunity to observe and dissect cadavres, examine models, and X-rays. Be sure to take this time to ask the instructors on material that will appear in the lab practical exam. A surgical kit and gloves are required; however, by the middle of the course, some students prefer not to dissect.

Internal Tests

• There are five tests composed of 30 – 50 multiple choice questions. The tests are similar to BRS questions, which makes it a great source to practise. You need to accumulate enough points to be able to sit for the NBME. The tests take place in the same rooms as labs.

 

Practical Exam

• This is a bell-ringer exam. The models, cadavres, and X-rays that you will be tested on will be the same ones used in the labs. Only unambiguous structures will be tested. It will be held in the lab rooms.

 

NBME

• To be eligible to write the NBME, you must have enough points accumulated from the internal tests: 144 out of 240 points; failing to accumulate at least 144 points will require you to write an integrative test. Beware that this NBME also tests you on embryology, which is taught as a separate course. The embryology course will have finished by this time.

It can be difficult to remember all the terms because they do not have context like in physiology or biochemistry. Repetition using flashcards and the Michigan website are important aids to remembering material beyond the course. This is a big course so keeping regular study habits will help you avoid stressful studying in the days leading up to the NBME (and will help you remember longer).