This elective is designed to allow students to serve as teaching assistants in block 1, Teaching Assistant - Fundamentals I: Human Structure. Students will be expected to assist in cadaver dissection (lab sessions), facilitate peer teaching (cross-teach sessions) and participate in flipped classroom, small group conferences where anatomical knowledge is applied in case-based presentations. Students will also have the opportunity to prospect selected regions of the body under faculty supervision to prepare for teaching sessions and to increase their knowledge of relevant anatomic structure.

This elective will have five teaching venues: (1) hands-on counseling of patients, (2) online learning at http://www.nutritioninmedicine.org/portal/, (3) case study discussions, (4) student presentations, (5) cooking to appreciate cultural and socioeconomic diversity.

This non-clinical elective will enhance the student's knowledge in anatomy of one or more of the following areas: 1) thorax, abdomen and pelvis/perineum, 2) head and neck, or 3) back and limbs, based on the individual student's interests/career choice as well as the application of this knowledge to the underpinnings of clinical medicine. Class activities will include a combination of directed dissections, presentations to review normal anatomy and common pathologies, and discussion of the application of this information in the diagnosis and treatment of patients including choices of surgical approaches/medical procedures and possible morbidities. The use of various imaging modalities will be emphasized.