This microscopic anatomy course covers the morphological and functional histology of cells, tissues and organs. It is a required course in the medical school curriculum, taken during the first term of the first year by BUSM I medical students. Classes meet for two two-hour laboratory sessions and three coordinated lectures per week. Students use microscopes and receive a loan collection of microscope slides to study in lab and on their own. The course is directed by Dr. Deborah Vaughan.
This fall course is open to a limited number of graduate students, including those enrolled in the Division's Masters of Medical Sciences program.
Equivalent courses, GMS AN 700 and GMS AN 700S, are offered in the spring and summer respectively. These two offerings of the histology course are equivalent to the fall course in content and faculty, although the class schedule for these corresponds to the Boston University academic calendar.
Your success in this course depends, in part, on
your understanding what we are attempting to teach.
Keep in mind the following five goals as you begin
this course in Histology:
- To learn the microscopic anatomy and function of the tissues and organs of the human body, using your syllabus and text (Gartner and Hiatt) as an indication of the detail we expect.
- To learn histological terms and concepts for the purpose of identification, precise communication, and critical reading of relevant medical literature.
- To develop a systematic, logical thinking process as a means to correctly identify histological preparations.
- To understand the inseparable relationship between microscopic structure and function, and be able to apply that understanding.
- To understand the standard preparative procedures used in histology and how they affect the visual image of histological materials.
Histology is taught by full-time faculty members of the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine. Members of this Department are also responsible for teaching the Gross Anatomy and Neuroscience courses for Medical students and for Dental students, as well as numerous more advanced courses for graduate students.
The members of the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology who will be participating in the 2004-2005 histology courses include:
- Dr. Gene Blatt, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
- Dr. Jennifer Luebke, Research Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology, and of Psychiatry
- Ms Laura Ngwenya, senior MD/PhD candidate in Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
- Dr. Julie Sandell, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
- Dr. Jean-Jacques Soghomonian, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
- Dr. Louis Toth, Research Assistant professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
- Dr. R. Jarrett Rushmore, Instructor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
- Dr. Deborah Vaughan, Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology
The course is proud to acknowledge Drs. Sandell and Vaughan, who have received awards from the BUSM faculty and students in recognition of their outstanding teaching abilities.
When these faculty members are not teaching, most are actively involved in biomedical laboratory research projects. The research interests are described elsewhere in this site.
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