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.

LOVED THIS SUBJECT!!! I was heartbroken that we weren't able to do any of the pracs as the subject was run online but they made the MSTs and exam questions reflect that which was very fair. The embryology topic can be very confusing at first but once i revisited it during preparation for the first MST, everything seemed to start making sense! The MSTs were pretty quick but you will be fine if you have notes by your side and are organised (also knowing the content will REALLLYY help). The subject seems to be quite content heavy but later lectures will correspond to earlier ones and everything will really start to make more sense. I found all the lecturers to be super passionate about teaching the subject, especially Simon Murray!!!!!!!! When you take the subject, don't get caught up on trying to remember where every bone and muscle are located, it's more important to know their function and to take special note of any injuries/ailments associated with it as that is what is really tested. I found the exam to be VERY easy and so was easy to score high in. If you are organised and good with self guided learning i would definitely recommend taking the subject! Although disappointing there are no pracs, the online nature of the subject makes it super easy to score high and it really helped to boost my WAM

I did this subject online (due to covid) and it was great. There was a real shame on missing practicals, but some lecturers tried to make up for it using 3D models of the structures. Assessment was very fair, especially with a free 10% from ADSL tests. Some students complained about having spotty internet during MSTs which led to their score dropping (we were given 20 minutes for 20 questions). The key to doing well on the final exam here is to go through ADSLs and makes sure you're able to answer all the questions they ask on the worksheets, and maybe think more about applications of the theory. Though there wasn't much support from lecturers themselves (only Dagmar and Simon answered forum posts), we were given a lot of resources to work with, e.g. anatomedia. I thought it was a really good example of a subject where you needed independence to do well.