Virtual and Real: Human Anatomy and Sports Injuries: Grand Rounds

Catalog description

This eight-week undergraduate course is designed to give students who have completed SURG 100A and/or SURG 100B, the opportunity to expand their knowledge of specific sports injuries through research and through the creation and deliverance of a grand rounds (35-45 minute) presentation. Students, with guidance by faculty, will work individually or in groups and will choose a specific sports injury to study. Students are encouraged to use resources such as cadaver specimens, radiographs, CT scans, MRIs, and interactive digital applications, along with consulting experts in the field of sports medicine. Each grand round presentation will focus on a clinical case, and cover the patient's symptoms, medical history, clinical examination, lab tests, images, differential diagnosis, definitive diagnosis, treatment and treatment outcomes. The course will be given over an eight-week period. In the first week, students will research potential sports injuries and decide on a specific sports injury to study. The second class will focus on each student or group developing a presentation outline and receive approval by faculty. In sessions three and four, under faculty supervision, students will research and prepare their presentations, which will be presented in practice sessions in weeks five or six. The final draft of each presentation is presented in weeks seven or eight. Sufficient time will be allotted for thorough discussion after each presentation. The class is limited to 12 students. The class meets on Mondays from 2:30 to 4:20 PM in Huang 050.