I am a lecturer at the School of Medicine at Swansea University in South Wales, and I teach anatomy and embryology to our graduate entry medical students.

On this page I will provide learning materials to the students of the course. For copyright reasons I cannot share my lecture presentations or handouts here, but these may be available on the Swansea University Blackboard system. Most of the material on this page will also be available on Blackboard.

The DGR module contains 11 embryology lectures, which I will supplement with audio material: podcasts. How many students don't have iPods? iTunes is a free download from Apple, and is useful for this type of material as Apple's AAC format allows me to include images that I can change during the podcast. As the podcasts are also encoded as MP3s pretty much any software or hardware "MP3 player" will play them. Podcasts will give you flexibility in learning, and allow you to listen to whatever you need whenever and wherever you can.

The original embryology lecture series:

• Introduction to embryology and development.
• Development of the embryo up to 18 days.
• Development of the alimentary tract in utero.
• Embryology of the musculoskeletal system.
• Development of the heart and blood vessels.
• Embryology of the respiratory tract.
• Embryology of the urinary system.
• Embryology of the endocrine system.
• Embryology of male and female reproductive tracts.
• Formation of the pharyngeal (branchial) arches.
• Neuroembryology.

If your MP3 player will also play AAC files you can use the RSS link in the podcast box on the right (orange square with a dot and some quarter circles) to pull the podcast into whichever bit of software you prefer to use.

Phil Newton and I have begun a new podcast series in which Phil teaches me (a poor, uneducated anatomist) about the wonders of neuroscience. This podcast is linked to the Swansea University School of Medicine Neuroscience lecture series, but should be useful to medical students and others with an interest in neuroscience anywhere.

Subscribe in iTunes or listen to the MP3 files below.

• Neuroscience 1 - Action potentials and synapses
• Neuroscience 2 - Apetite regulation
• Neuroscience 3 - Neurotransmitters
• Neuroscience 4 - Autonomic nervous system
• Neuroscience 5 - Addiction
• Neuroscience 6 - Pain pathways

We are also recording anatomy podcasts. Some are in video, and some audio only. For the video you'll probably need to download Apple's Quicktime video player.

• Anatomy 1 - The posterior triangle of the neck
• Anatomy 2 - The anterior triangle of the neck
• Anatomy 3 - Cervical plexus
• Anatomy 4 - Brachial plexus

Take a look at our twitterwall for anatomy and embryology questions. Use the hashtag #anatsw to contribute, ask questions, answer questions, feedback, comment, or anything else you can think of (but be nice!) If you don't want to contribute, that's fine too!

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The Swansea Radiology Teaching website is a growing resource of radiological films, cases of the week, and teaching modules.

University of Wisconsin Medical School Anatomy Teaching Resources - a collection of streaming videos of human dissection, many up to 25 minutes long, a useful collection of annotated histology slides, and a number of interactive neuroscience tutorials and videos. An excellent resource recommended to me by Mr Heikke Whittet.

Embryology.ch is an online course in embryology for medicine students developed by the universities of Fribourg, Lausanne and Bern (Switzerland) with the support of the Swiss Virtual Campus. This is a really nice, informative resource, pointed out to me by Bas Tindall.

Genes and Disease is almost an online textbook, holding a compilation of articles briefly describing an array of genetic disorders. I particularly approve because it is also offered in a PDA format.

The Visible Human Project is a definitive anatomy resource. Two cadavers (one male, one female) sectioned at 1mm or less horizontal intervals through their entire length and imaged, plus radiological images, all digitised. This is a resource for developers, but products and resources based upon this project are linked to from the website. See also anatomy.tv.

Developmental Biology, 6th edition, by Scott F. Gilbert - available from the NCBI Bookshelf this textbook has more information than the typical medical student needs, but is searchable, relevant and full of interesting information.

Arnold's Glossary of Anatomy - the language of anatomy is derived from Latin and Greek, because those were the languages of many of the originators of the science. If you understand where some of the terms come from, it becomes easier to reocgnise new words. This resource is both useful and interesting, and is provided by the University of Sydney.

RadiologyEducation.com is a comprehensive compilation of online teaching resources for medical imaging. Huge.

Instant Anatomy has a lot of information prepared specifically for the website. It is the creation of Robert Whitaker, an anatomy teacher and uroogical surgeon. They now have a weekly podcast too.

The Student BMJ's Anatomy Web Links. There are more links to online anatomy learning resources on the Student BMJ, compiled by a fifth year medical student.

Recommend an online anatomy or human development resource.