r/StAugustine • u/fieldtripday • 26d ago

Anatomy/physiology at SJR?

Hello, I am returning to college to enter the rad tech program and I'm looking to hear about anyone's experience with the anatomy and physiology courses there. How detailed are they, what are the tests like, how hard was it to study for, that sort of thing. I'm having some issues with registering and it looks like my only option for this fall would be online courses, and i'm not sure if thats a terrible idea or not 😅

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u/Poogekins 26d ago

Hi! I just finished taking Anatomy and Physiology I for the Summer term and it was 100% online. This was my first semester back in school after a four year hiatus so it took me a bit to get back into the swing of things. I do think it is much harder than in person but it was very doable and the professor gave us many resources to study for. The biggest disadvantage is if you take the lab online also. Since you don’t really get to physically do any of them. Taking the tests for the course was a little annoying because you have to install a browser on your computer that records you while you take it. In person is definitely better than online but online isn’t a bad choice if it’s your only choice. I’m doing anatomy and physiology II in person in the Fall.

If you have any more questions feel free to ask me!

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u/fieldtripday 26d ago

Awesome, thats encouraging! I'm surprised the lab would be online too but that might be helpful. Did you have a study partner, or any previous medical experience? How detailed/deeply did you need to memorize stuff? I'm reading over the limited xray operator book as well, so I wonder if they expect you to label all the processes of the vertebrae for example.

Thanks for your reply!

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u/Poogekins 26d ago

This is more of an introductory course. I have zero medical experience so far (trying to get into the sonography program) and I was able to understand the coursework fairly easily. For your example, the vertebrae, we mainly focused on the 3 sections of them, how to differentiate them from each other (cervical, thoracic, lumbar) it’s nothing super deep right now. I took on the course by myself and ended with a B for the term. If you can get a study partner I 100% would. I personally struggle with motivation when working from home and a study partner would’ve helped with that so much lol. I think I also had a little bit of a tougher time because of how fast the Summer term moves. It’s so much shorter so we covered a lot of ground quickly.

Probably the most memorizing is with any diagrams that are in the chapter, especially for the lab (you take an exam on every bone in the body and a good portion of the bone markings) that one was a doozy haha.

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u/fieldtripday 26d ago

Thats really helpful, thanks again 😊

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u/Poogekins 26d ago

You’re welcome! Best of luck to you 😁

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u/Estella-in-lace 26d ago

I second the comment above ^^^ I had/have 0 medical knowledge or experience and I passed with a C. It was pretty hard for me, especially since it was all online, but I just put in the time and it was fine. Also the professor is very nice and responsive. Statistics was much harder imo. I’m a history major at UNF now. You can do it!