Year 1 MEDD 411 Integrated Histology & Pathology Examination

InformationDr. Karen Pinder, k.pinder@ubc.ca, LSC 1543

Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences

The Faculty of Medicine

The University of British Columbia

First:

While you’re studying, if you have a question about a lecture or lab, please

contact faculty member who delivered session:

Drs. Maurice, Nimmo, Oyedele, Pinder or Yule

MEDD 411 Exam:Integrated Histology & Pathology

Wednesday, December 12th, 2018

Class split into groups A, B, C & D.

Where: Life Sciences Centre-2 (LSC-2)

Histo-Path Times: ~7:45 a.m. to ~11:30 a.m.

Groups & Times EXAMPLES[An email containing this information for your class of 2022 will be sent

from MDUP Staff – watch your UBC email account. That email is the final authority and may be different from this example.]

• Arrive 10 minutes before your allotted time –but please wait for direction to enter LSC-2.

• Electronic devices: must be turned OFF andunderneath your own seat – not the seatbeside you. Same goes for backpacks /anything else.

• Observe silence once you enter the room.

• You may write in pen or pencil.

Histology Exam Logistics

Barcode Labels & Answer Sheet

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Exam Format OverviewPre-recorded voice-over-PPT

Total Time of Exam: ~40 minutes

23 questions (17 histology, 6 pathology)

OBJECTIVES BASED

àLectures & labs – questions map to sessionobjectives.

àHistology-pathology website: if it’s not onthere, it won’t be on histo-path exam.

• Two Part Answers: 23 questions

• Question asked twice; take your time & listen.

• 1 min each after question is asked.

• Questions deal w/ identification, structure, function, histo-path and/or clinical significance.

• No diagnosing pathologies.

If the question asks “Give the full and specific name of the basic tissue”: specify!

Connective Tissue: loose connective tissue, dense connective tissue, adipose tissue

Epithelium: “give the full and specific name of the epithelium” = detailed name

Not detailed enough

Not detailed enough

Other Information / FAQs• Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium with goblet

cells à respiratory epithelium.

• Transition in epithelium vs. transitional epithelium àurinary epithelium or urothelium.

• Review quiz on histology website (randomized Qs).

• Will never ask what kind of stain on slide.

• Does spelling count?

• Hand marked by a team of happy histologists.

Introductory Slide

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3 Example Questions

(Which will allow you to experience just how long 1 minute is to answer each question …)

Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences

The Faculty of Medicine

The University of British Columbia

Integrated Histology & Pathology Examination

MEDD 411 – Fall Term 2018

Q# 1

Q# 2

Q# 3

Answers &

Mapping to Objectives

Q# 1

Answers: dense (regular) connective tissue, 2nd part = multiple possible answers (i.e. tensile strength, connection, support).

Maps to Introduction to Four Basic Tissues MEDD 411 Lab objectives: Identify and describe the normal micro-anatomical

structures and functions of each basic tissue type and Recognise each basic tissue in routine histological sections.

Q# 2

Answers: muscularis externa or propria, peristalsis (or uni-directional movement of food or something to that effect).

Maps to Histo-Path of Upper GI MEDD 411 Lab objective: Identify the key histological features of the four layers of the

esophagus and relate them to function.

Q# 3

Answers: fewer crypts, branched crypts, crypts don’t extend to muscularis mucosae, increased inflammatory cells.

Not! neutrophils, or any other specific cells à at this mag.

Maps to Histo-Path of Lower GI MEDD 411 Lab objective: Describe the pathological changes that occur in prototypical

diseases of the lower gastrointestinal tract.

Questions? Comments? Concerns?

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