COURSES :: ME120.750 :: surgical illustration

Offered: First Quarter, Second Year
Instructors: Gary P. Lees, Associate Professor, Lead Instructor
Timothy H. Phelps, Associate Professor
David A. Rini, Associate Professor
Corinne Sandone, Associate Professor
Ian Suk, Associate Professor
Jennifer Fairman, Assistant Porfessor
Juan Garcia, Assistant Professor

Credits: 10 Credits: 3 Lecture hours and 12 Studio Hours per week

Illustration of surgical procedures from operating room sketches for medical education. The illustrations can be prepared for publication, presentation, patient education, advertising, or use on the web or in the court room.

COURSE objectives

Upon completion of this course, the students will be able to:

• Describe common surgical procedures with related anatomical structures.
• Arrange layout of images and prepare digital files to specific formats for publication, projection or the internet.
• Determine concise "word story" including labels and leader lines.
• Complete illustrations in line, continuous tone, and color in a variety of styles.
• Utilize technical and mechanical illustration equipment when necessary.
• Produce effective surgical illustrations to meet a deadline.
• Record production time to determine cost estimate and pricing.
• Develop an individual identifiable style.

resources

• Operating Rooms at Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Department library
• Surgeons, Residents, Scrub Nurses
• Operating room supervisors
• Surgical pathology
• Autopsy
• Operative Reports and films
• Department collection of surgical instruments

COURSE assignments