Proposed Changes to the Graduate and Physician Assistant Anatomy Courses in the Wake of CV19

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Proactive Changes to Scheduling

• Move Graduate and PA anatomy to Spring
• Synchronize PA and Graduate Anatomy content areas
• Core in the Fall in synchrony with other graduate curricula
• Integrate Human Neuroantomy into Human Anatomy

The Projected Time Course of CV19

• Hospitalization rate peaking in June July
• Death rate peaking in August/September
• Access to MDL during Fall semester may be limited

Virtual Classroom Limitations for Laboratory Based Courses

• Forfeits consolidation of classroom presentations by way of laboratory dissection
• Social distancing not tenable for cadaveric dissection
• Masks limit communication
• Forfeits much of the teamwork inherent to laboratory dissection

Advantages and Disadvantages of Synchronizing PA and Graduate Anatomy

• Sharing of resources in the classroom and in the laboratory
• Simplified scheduling of clinical faculty to provide clinical correlates
• Sharing of graduate and clinical faculty in the laboratory dissections

Advantages and Disadvantages of Moving Core to first Semester

• All incoming graduate students would begin their curriculum together
• Enhanced opportunities for early networking with faculty may facilitate laboratory rotations and selection

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