Note: the proposed methodology may be modified depending on any restrictions on face-to-face teaching imposed by the health authorities. The teaching team will use the Moodle classroom or the usual communication channel to provide details of whether the different directed activities will be delivered face to face or virtually, taking into account the Faculty’s instructions and the prevailing health situation.

In accordance with the objectives of the subject, the teaching methodology is based on the following activities:

Directed activities

Lectures

Systematic presentation of the subject content, with particular emphasis on fundamental concepts. Students will acquire the basic knowledge, which they will be expected to supplement through independent study of the topics covered.

Seminars

Sessions designed to address different subject contents through applied activities. The embryology seminars will cover aspects related to the development and main congenital abnormalities of the respiratory, urogenital and digestive systems.

Case-based learning will be used in the clinical anatomy seminar. Students will apply their anatomical knowledge to interpret the morphological basis of different clinical manifestations.

Laboratory practicals —dissection room—

The practical sessions are intended to study the subject content through dissections and preparations of human specimens and to correlate these findings with diagnostic imaging techniques such as radiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and ultrasonography.

Autonomous activities

Critical reading of texts and articles, independent study, preparation of diagrams and summaries, and conceptual assimilation of the subject content.

Fifteen minutes of one class session will be reserved, within the timetable established by the centre or degree programme, for students to complete the surveys evaluating the teaching performance of the lecturers and the subject.

Tutorials

Tutorials will be provided on an individual basis, by prior appointment with the teaching staff. Their purpose is to clarify concepts, consolidate acquired knowledge, facilitate study and resolve questions relating to the preparation of seminars and the other subject activities.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

Single assessment

This subject does not provide for the single-assessment system.

Repeating students

Marks obtained in previous academic years will not be retained. The assessment system will be the same for all enrolled students, regardless of whether they are taking the subject for the first time or repeating it.

Partial examinations

Two partial examinations will be held, each accounting for 48% of the final mark:

• First partial examination: content from the lectures, seminars and laboratory practicals relating to the respiratory and urogenital systems.
• Second partial examination: content from the lectures, seminars and laboratory practicals relating to the digestive system and the other organs included in the third part of the syllabus.

Students are not required to sit the partial examinations in order to be eligible for the resit examination.

Each partial examination will consist of two sections:

1. Multiple-choice section: questions with one correct answer.
2. Short-answe section: short-answer questions based on anatomical preparations or images, together with other questions involving association, identification, selection or brief written development.

The announcement for each examination will specify the number of questions, the scoring method or penalty applicable to incorrect answers, and the relative weighting of the two sections.

The partial-examination mark will be the weighted sum of the two sections, expressed on a scale from 0 to 10. A minimum mark of 5.00 is required to pass the partial examination and be exempted from reassessment of the corresponding content.

Continuous assessment of practical sessions

Continuous assessment accounts for 4% of the final mark.

At the end of each laboratory practical, students will complete a brief activity based on the identification of anatomical structures or on the content of the practical-session guide.

The continuous assessment mark will be calculated by adding the scores obtained in all activities completed during the semester and converting the total to a scale from 0 to 10.

Any activity not completed by a student will receive a mark of 0. These activities cannot be reassessed.

Resit examination

The continuous assessment of practical sessions cannot be reassessed. Only the two partial examinations can be reassessed.

The corresponding resit examination must be taken by:

• Students who obtained a mark below 5.00 in one or both partial examinations.
• Students who did not sit one or both partial examinations.

In these cases, students will only be required to resit the partial examination that they did not pass or did not sit.

Students who have passed the partial examinations will not be required to sit the resit examination.

The resit examination for each partial examination will have the same general structure as the corresponding partial examination and will consist of a multiple-choice section and a non-multiple-choice section. The examination announcement will specify the number and characteristics of the questions, the scoring method or penalty applicable, and the relative weighting of the two sections.

Students required to resit both partial examinations will take the resit for the first and second partial examinations separately and will receive an independent mark for each.

Taking the resit examination to improve a mark

Students who have passed one or both partial examinations may take the corresponding resit examination to improve their mark. In this case:

• They must inform the subject coordinator by email at least one week before the examination.
• They must complete both the multiple-choice and non-multiple-choice sections of the partial examination for which they wish to improve their mark.
• To retain a pass in the partial examination, they must obtain an overall mark of at least 5.00 in the resit examination. A mark below 5.00 will mean that the partial examination has been failed.
• When the overall resit mark is 5.00 or higher, the higher mark obtained in the original partial examination or the resit examination will be selected separately for each section—multiple-choice and non-multiple-choice—and the corresponding weightings will then be applied.
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Final subject mark

To pass the subject, students must obtain a minimum mark of 5.00 in each of the two partial examinations.

Once this requirement has been met, the final mark will be calculated according to the following formula:

Final mark = first partial examination × 0.48 + second partial examination × 0.48 + continuous assessment × 0.04.

If the mark for either partial examination is below 5.00, the subject will be failed and the maximum final mark will be 4.8, even when the weighted average is 5.00 or higher.

The final mark will be expressed to one decimal place on a scale from 0 to 10 and will have the qualitative equivalence established by UAB regulations:

• Fail: 0-4.9.
• Pass: 5.0-6.9.
• Good: 7.0-8.9.
• Excellent: 9.0-10.

Honours distinctions will be awarded in accordance with the requirements and limits established by the current UAB academic regulations.

Not-assessable criterion

Students will be considered not assessable if they have not sat either of the two partial examinations or any of the corresponding tests in the resit examination.

Completing only the continuous assessment activities for the practical sessions, which account for 4% of the final mark, does not provide sufficient assessment evidence for a final mark to be awarded and therefore does not prevent the result from being recorded as “Not assessable”.

Examination announcements and review of marks

The dates, times and rooms for examinations and review sessions will be announced through the subject’s Moodle classroom.

The results of assessment activities will be published through the system established by the UAB within the period stated in the corresponding examination announcement.

Examination review will be conducted individually and in accordance with the current UAB academic regulations.

Use of artificial intelligence

In this subject, artificial intelligence technologies may be used exclusively as support tools for non-assessed autonomous learning, for example, to conduct preliminary information searches, proofread texts or produce translations.

Students must always verify information obtained through these tools against the recommended bibliography and the subject’s teaching materials. Artificial intelligence tools may provide incomplete, inaccurate or incorrect information and are not considered bibliographic sources.

Artificial intelligence technologies may not be used during partial examinations, the resit examination or continuous assessment activities completed at the end of practical sessions.

Irregularities in assessment activities

Any irregularity committed in an assessment activity—including academic fraud, plagiarism or improper use of artificial intelligence unless such use has been expressly authorised in the course guide—that may lead to a significant change in the mark will result in a mark of 0 for that assessment activity.

When obtaining a minimum mark in the affected assessment activity is an essential requirement for passing the subject, or when several irregularities occur in assessment activities within the same subject, the final mark for the subject will be 0.

Irrespective of these academic consequences, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who commits such irregularities.