Course Director: Dennis M. DePace, PhD

• Introduction
• Goals
• Eligibility
• Medical Gross Anatomy Course Description
• Syllabus

Introduction

We have developed a web-based summer remediation course for medical students who have received a failing grade during their initial course in Medical Gross Anatomy.

Students take the course online while remaining at their own institution.

The course consists of materials from the Gross Anatomy course at Drexel University College of Medicine (see syllabus below), and is presented in a fashion that allows the students to progress at their own rate within established limits.

Some modular options will be available for remediation involving multidisciplinary integrated courses. Please contact us for pricing and availability.

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Goals

• To review the organs and relationships within the human body with an emphasis on clinical relevance.
• To demonstrate the principle that structure reflects function, and to introduce the idea that derangements in function (pathologies) often result from or cause changes in structure.
• To provide insight into the ability to recognize anatomical structures in commonly used diagnostic images from radiology.
• To correlate important surface anatomy to the practice of clinical medicine.
• To certify by means of written examinations that, upon successful completion of this course, the student has demonstrated an acceptable level of competency in the subject matter.

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Eligibility

• The course is open only to medical students who have completed a medical school course that included full cadaver dissection but who require a remediation of the conceptual principles of the discipline.
• Students must be registered in an accredited U.S. medical school, or equivalent.
• Students must provide written approval from their administrator (usually the dean of students) in order to take the course.
• Students must also supply written assurance from their administrator that a proctor will be supplied to administer the mid-term and final exams.
• Prerequisite: Completion of a first-year medical school curriculum that included Gross Anatomy.
• Students must have a computer equipped with a web browser and access to a reliable high-speed internet connection.

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Medical Gross Anatomy Course Description

• Course name: Summer Remediation Course in Medical Gross Anatomy
• Offered by the Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy at Drexel University College of Medicine
• Tuition fee: $3,000 (please contact us for pricing and availability for remediation involving integrated multidisciplinary modules)
• The course material is available from June 8 until July 14 with a midterm exam on June 23, and a final exam on July 14, 2026

The course includes:

• Approximately 35 lecture hours presented as streaming video.
• Approximately 20 hours of dissection review video.
• Lecture notes that can be downloaded for editing or viewed simultaneously with the streaming video.
• Approximately 20 clinical case reviews consisting of about two cases each to highlight the relevant clinical and radiographic anatomy.
• Clinical case reviews, including interactive handouts that the student can download and complete to reinforce the salient information.
• Section exams that will not count toward the final grade but will provide formative feedback to the students as they progress through the course, and also serve as practice for the midterm and final exams.
• A medical school faculty member who is available for questions and answers via telephone or email.

The course is divided into six sections (see detailed syllabus below):

1. Back & Upper Limb
2. Thorax
3. Abdomen
4. Pelvis & Perineum
5. Lower Limb
6. Head & Neck

Midterm & Final Exams:

• There will be a midterm exam and a final exam. These and the points accrued from the clinical case review quizzes are the ONLY exams that will count toward the final course grade.
• The midterm will be on June 23, 2026, and will cover the material from Sections 1-3. It will count for 45% of the student's final grade.
• The final exam will be on July 14, 2026, and will cover only the material from Sections 4-6. It will count for 45% of the student’s final grade.
• Each exam is composed of 100 questions and lasts for 140 minutes (1.4 min per question).
• All questions are in a multiple choice format.
• The midcourse exam and the final exam will be administered online using the Respondus Lockdown browser and Respondus Video Monitoring for proctoring.
• Upon completion of each clinical case review, the student will be given the opportunity to take a one-question quiz based on the information presented in the review. The question will be timed for one minute and the student will have one attempt at the question. For each successful completion of a quiz, the student will be awarded one point. A total of 20 points may be accrued, and these points will constitute 5% of the students final course grade.

Grade Summary:

• Midterm exam (45%)
• Final exam (45%)
• Clinical case review quizzes (10%)

Section Exams:

• At the end of each section there will be a section exam. These will help students assess their understanding of the material from that one section, but WILL NOT count toward the final grade.
• Each section exam is taken through Blackboard Learn and requires a computer and use of the Respondus Lockdown browser.

Evaluation:

• A feedback questionnaire will be requested from each enrolled student to evaluate the course resources (lecture notes, streaming video lectures, lecturers, clinical case reviews, exams, help provided by the course directors, overall quality of the course, areas for improvement, etc.).
• Success on the midcourse and final exams will indicate that the student has reached a level of proficiency in medical gross anatomy, similar to that of other medical students in this institution.
• Since the material taught and the tests used in this course are equivalent to those used in our regular Gross Anatomy course, we expect that students passing this Summer Remediation Course in Medical Gross Anatomy will be well prepared to continue their medical education.

Administration:

• The course is administered through Blackboard Learn.
• The course is offered through the Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, and all administrative tasks related to the course will be handled by the course directors.
• Final grades will be sent to the student's dean for confirmation of course completion, as well as to the student. Since the course is administered through the Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, an official transcript from Drexel University College of Medicine will not be issued.

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Syllabus

 
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