Probably one of my favourite subjects ever!! Jacinta and Rex are such lovely coordinators/educators and their lectures in particular have been super engaging. Also really enjoyed the relative lack of structure in the practicals as it allowed us to just explore and develop our curiosity for the human body. The lab demonstrators were all super helpful too! My only pet peeve is that I wish we got our MST papers back because there's literally nothing you can do with the knowledge of only what number of questions you got wrong, but I'd say the organisation is really good otherwise. Definitely a content heavy subject and you'll probably find the first few weeks the hardest, but once you adjust to the relatively different style of learning required for anatomy and build your foundational knowledge, it'll only get easier from there!

This is one of my most favourite subjects! There was a ton of subject support from the coordinators (shoutout to Rex and the anatomy lab demonstrators) which made the subject very enjoyable and engaging. A lot of this subjects focus is to get you to understand the basic concepts and then apply it throughout the whole body, which I found really helpful in getting a holistic overview of our human structure and function. I will say that it is very content heavy though and that embryology may be a common pitfall topic for many because it's the earliest topic and is extremely content heavy. So I would really recommend anyone doing this subject to really prioritise understanding and memorising the first few topics early on in the semester, as the content amount will only grow as the semester goes along.

MST1 - use diagrams from lecture slides, know muscle types and their diagram, very easy, know which region most dermatomes MST 2 - very hard. Go very specific. Know every single information written on slides. Know the muscle movements at different joints. Be VERY careful with the question wording. Practice MST not indication of actual difficulty at all. But it does get scaled since difficult. Exam - easy. Know the labelling for embryology and spinal cord. Pay attention to what Rex says in the review lecture - free marks for MST 3 in the exam. I know embyrology is difficult at first, but trust me it gets better. Revise it, then watch the lectures again and suddenly everything Dahgmar says makes sense now. I recommend previewing lecture slides before watching the lectures. Overall, H1 is accomplishable for sure.

Content understanding is limited by lecturers ability. Embryology lecturer was embarrassingly bad, yet MST was heavily based on embryology. Rex is very nice but sets up false expectations for assessment. Eg will teach something and then say don’t worry if you don’t know it, when you do need to know it. But inconsistent. Prac demonstrators were amazing, best part of the subject.

unnecessarily difficult. MST's are way too hard, the subjects throughout the semester couldn't be balanced any worse in the exam. Some topics got max 5 marks while others got more than 20. Lecturer for embryo + reproductive systems was incredibly hard to understand. Questions were very niche and it seems like they wanted to just trick you rather than test your understanding of anatomy. Pros: Rex, cadaver labs are really interesting, demonstrators in labs are great, labs really help understanding relative locations of things

Really great subject overall, I think Rex is incredible and a really involved coordinator (will be at the pracs chatting to people and really furthering your learning. The labs are ultimately the best part, however some parts can get repetitive (as in you see the same thing all the time) but when you see some new stuff with the cadavers its really cool, and it puts context to your learning as how organs look is different to the diagrams you see in lectures when it comes to real people. Some content was a bit dry, starting off with embryology which makes sense in the grand scheme of things but the lecturer for these talked quite fast. Another issue was with the cardiology lectures as well, however everything else was quite good and engaging - including upper/lower limb which is the most "dry" in content but Rex makes up for it. The MSTs were hard, but the exam was incredibly fair, I ended up with a H1 despite hovering around a H2B all semester.

interesting subject but can be a bit tedious and boring - just learning the names of a lot of parts of the body can get boring. But the pracs are great and easy, looking at cadavers with some really great demonstrators that consolidate learning. Overall pracs were good, most of the lecturers were engaging and good but content can get a bit dry

I truly enjoyed this subject. Whilst not being overwhelming, it gave a good overview of all the major body systems. The professors were clear in their explanation, and were quick to reply to concerns. Ended up with a H1 and happy with the overall experience!

Not a bad subject, but quite a bit of content. A lot of it was very dry (upper and lower limb self-learning, embryology), but nevertheless not badly taught. The lecturers varied a lot in terms of style and quality, but for the most part they get across what they need to (some are drier than others). Rex was a helpful and involved coordinator, and there was support on the forums for those who needed it. MSTs are fast-paced and somewhat difficult in that regard (MCQ format, 1min/q), but the ADSLs were free marks and the exam was very fair, nothing out of left field.

This was quite a disappointing subject, particularly as it was a principle subject for the HSF major. I found the lecturers to be extremely boring (apart from Simon Murray who was very engaging). The content was mostly read out from lecture slides and the lecturers made no effort to expand on this to increase our understanding. The online nature of this subject also made it more difficult to engage in content as the majority of lectures were from previous recordings of the subject and the online discussion board was rarely used by lecturers. The lecturers can also be quite disorganised, particularly Dagmar who delivered Embryology and Reproductive Systems. That being said, the final exam was fair and I was quite easily able to achieve a H1 in this subject. I did find the ADSLs extremely useful in giving a free 10% for the subject though. The online MSTS were quite unfair, in allowing 1 minute per question (especially taking into consideration slow internet connection!), and feedback is next to none on your progress through the subject. This subject definitely requires you to be interested in the content yourself, as the lecturers make it quite difficult to appreciate the material.