Competencies and objectives

 

Course context for academic year 2013-14

Anatomy involves the study of the structures that can be observed macroscopically (without magnification techniques) and microscopically (using such techniques.) Microscopic anatomy is also called Histology because, with the microscope help, involves the study of cellular anatomy of tissues, main members of the body organs. Anatomy is the basis of medicine’s practice and by extension, many other disciplines of sanitary branch or health sciences. It is essential to have a thorough anatomical understanding to identify and interpret situations of pathology and disease of the human body or any of their organ systems, such as the visual system. The observation and visualization are the primary techniques that students need to use to learn anatomy, as they are the basis for a good direct physical examination or by modern imaging techniques.

 

Given the profile of the health professional optometrists, they must be able to perform tasks that benefit people’s eye health and welfare, including the prevention of visual system diseases and the information exchange with other health’s professionals. To acquire the relevant skills, the students must first establish fundamental knowledge of the human body and its visual system, which are provided by the basic items of Human Anatomy through the HUMAN AND VISUAL SYSTEM ANATOMY (HVSA).

 

Taken together, the eight core subjects in health sciences accounted for 27.5% of the total content of the degree. The HVSA is a compulsory subject with 6 ECTS credits (equivalent to 150 hours of classroom work and student attendance) are taught in the first semester of the first year of Optometry degree given by the Faculty of Science at the University of Alicante.

 

The HVSA is closely related to other basic subjects of health sciences, both in the first semester (ST1) (Biology and Physics) and in the ST2 (Biochemistry, Physiology and human visual system and Statistics) as they all require some prior anatomical knowledge about the organization of the human body in general and the visual system in particular, to delve into their fields. Reciprocally, the precise understanding of the basic concepts HVSA taught in these subjects.

 

For its sanitary character, the HVSA also has relation to other subjects taught along the grade such as Principles of pathology (ST3), Pharmacology (ST4), ocular pathology and public health clinic (ST5) and psychophysics and visual perception (ST6). Sequence of courses should be an important coordination and coherence between them, especially to ensure the acquisition of generic skills attributed to basic training module.

 

 

Course content (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees)

Specific competences (CE):>>Module 1: basic competences

  • CES21 : Understand and manage basic laboratory material and techniques.
  • CES4 : Understand cell structure.
  • CES5 : Understand embryonic development and organogenesis. Determine the development of the visual system.
  • CES6 : Use macroscopic and microscopic methods to recognise the morphology and structure of human body tissues, organs and systems.
  • CES7 : Use macroscopic and microscopic methods to understand and describe the structures making up the visual system and the ocular annexes.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2013-14

THEORETICAL OBJECTIVES

- Indicate the planes of the standard anatomical reference point and body movement terms.

- Describe the parts and regions that constitute the human body, their locations and anatomical relationships with systemic organs.

- Define the morphological characteristics of human embryonic development during embryogenesis, histogenesis, organogenesis and fetal development.

- Establish general anatomical concepts that define the osteology, Arthrology, Myology, Angiology and neurology.

- Describe the macroscopic overall structure of the respiratory, immune, endocrine, digestive, urinary, reproductive and tegumentary systems.

- Making a descriptive outline of embryonic origin of each of the anatomical structures that form the eye, ocular annexes and visual system.

- Represent and explain the topographic anatomy and anthropometry of the human vision system.

- Detail the location, relationships, shape and dimensions of the anatomical structures that form the walls and contents of the bony orbit.

- Specify general microscopic morphological characteristics of the layers of the eyeball wall and its topographical relations.

- Define the general macroscopic morphological ocular contents (media refracting) and their topographical relationships.

- To represent in a schematic picture the spatial location of the eyeball extrinsic muscles and its relationship to other anatomical structures of the orbital cavity.

- Describe the macroscopic characteristics, location and anatomical relationships of the ocular annexes: eyebrows, eyelids, conjunctiva and lacrimal apparatus (gland and excretory tracts).

- To explain the fundamental concepts of functional neuroanatomy of centers and visual pathway.

 

PRACTICAL OBJECTIVES

- Display pictures and video about scanning procedures by imaging and compare morphological techniques to study the constitution of the human body.

- Using anatomical models, images, videos and electronic resources to identify and describe the organogenesis in embryonic development of the human body in general and visual system in particular.

- Using anatomical models, images, videos and electronic resources to identify and describe the components of the osteoarticular and locomotor systems and organs located in topographic regions of the human body.

- Identify and point into scale anatomical models and in mute prints the skull bones that form the orbital cavity and all parts of the eye, ocular annexes and visual pathways of the visual system.

- Use the appropriate laboratory equipment to dissect an eyeball macroscopically animals and identify all parts.

- Get the ability to use the information and communication techniques for the morphological study of the human body and perform oral presentations into group projects.

- The acquisition of transversal competencies of a voluntary way with a teacher complements to acquire informational skills (CI2) 

 

 

General

Code: 24010
Lecturer responsible:
BELLOT BERNABE, JUAN LORENZO
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,20
Practical credits: 1,20
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: OPTICS, PHARMACOLOGY AND ANATOMY
    Area: HUMAN ANATOMY AND EMBRIOLOGY
    Theoretical credits: 1,2
    Practical credits: 1,2
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

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