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Clinical Anatomy Summer Program (CASP) Curriculum

  • The Clinical Anatomy Summer Program focuses on teaching anatomy that has a clinical significance. Although our agenda may vary slightly from year to year, the basic format remains the same. Students will begin each day with an anatomy lecture from Clinical Anatomy faculty. After lunch, activities vary from campus tours, lab visits, learn from guest speakers, and participate in hands-on activities such as dissection, suturing, instrument handling, and more.
Clinical Anatomy Summer Program

2025 AGENDA

Please note that the below schedule is tentative and subject to change at the discretion of anatomy staff, with or without notice. 

9 - 10 am Student Orientation

10 - 11 am Lecture: Directional Terms and Thorax Anatomy

11 - 12 pm Prosection Demo: Bones and Prosections (hearts, lungs, bones)

12 - 1 pm Lunch

1 - 3 pm CPR instruction

3 - 4 pm Surgical Demo: Chest tube insertion and thorax case study

 

9 - 10 am Lecture: Upper Limb Anatomy

10 - 11 am Lab: Basic Suturing Techniques (with suture pad)

11 - 11:30 am Prosection Demo: Thorax

11:30 - 12 pm Surgical Demo: Carpal Tunnel Surgery

12 - 1 pm Lunch

1 - 3 pm Tour: Goodman Simulation Center

3 - 4 pm Upper Limb Case Presentation

9 - 10 am Lecture: Pelvis and Abdomen Anatomy

10 - 11 am Tour: Surgical Simulation Lab

11 - 12 pm Surgical Demo: Laparoscopy

12 - 1 pm Lunch

1 - 2 pm Prosection Demo: Pelvis and Abdomen

2 - 3 pm Dissection: Pig Hearts

3 - 4 pm Lab: Auscultation and Blood Pressure

9 - 10 am Lecture: Head and Neck Anatomy

10 - 11 am Guest Lecture: Dentistry

11 - 12 pm Surgical Demo: Cricothyroidotomy

12 - 1 pm Lunch and Learn: Guest Speaker

1 - 2 pm Lab: Advanced Suturing (with pig's feet)

2 - 3 pm Prosection Demo: Brain

3 - 4 pm Dissection: Sheep Brain

9 - 10 am Art and Anatomy: Drawing the Human Form

10 - 11 am Guest Lecture: Rodin's Hands and Anatomy in VR

11 - 12 pm Anatomy Jeopardy!

12 - 1 pm Lunch

1 - 3 pm Mock OSPE Exam

3 - 4 pm Cantor Center Tour, Rodin Hands

4 - 5 pm Student Graduation!

Important Dates

December 1, 2025

Application opens

March 8, 2025

Application closes at 11:59PM PST

May 9, 2025

Remaining tuition due

June 9-13, 2025

CASP Session 1

June 23-27, 2025

CASP Session 2

July 7-11, 2025

CASP Session 3