Enhanced Musculoskeletal Anatomy

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Designed for the 4th year medical student with a potentially strong interest in pursuing orthopaedic surgery or other field focused on the musculoskeletal system as a career. This elective will allow students to revisit and delve deeper into extremity anatomy with a focus on surgical approaches and relevance to clinical practice. The course would be in the anatomy lab with guidance from both anatomy faculty and orthopaedic surgical faculty. The course will include dissection, hands on learning from the cadavers in the lab including practicing surgical approaches, didactics, and time for students to prepare a presentation on a clinically important anatomic topic to give at the end of the course.