Physiology - Education
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Cardiac structure and function in humans: a new cardiovascular physiology laboratory.

30 Aug 2009 As the traditional cardiovascular control laboratory has disappeared from the first-year medical school curriculum, we have recognized the need to develop another "hands-on" experience as a vehicle for wide-ranging discussions of cardiovascular ... Read more...

The situational interest of undergraduate students in zoophysiology.

30 Aug 2009 Situational interest has been identified as an important motivational variable that has an impact on students' academic performances, yet little is known about how the specific variable of the learning environment might trigger students' situational ... Read more...

What makes the learning of physiology in a PBL medical curriculum challenging? Student perceptions.

30 Aug 2009 Physiology is an integral component of any medical curriculum. Traditionally, the learning of physiology has relied heavily on systems-based didactic lectures. In 2001, the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine (NRMSM; Durban, South Africa) embarked ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Physiology - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Merging departments: dealing with the good, the bad, and the ugly. 29 Sep 2009
• The bottom line: students must be engaged. 29 Sep 2009
• Jacques de Champlain, Md, PhD, FAHA, 1938-2009. 29 Sep 2009
• Cardiac structure and function in humans: a new cardiovascular physiology laboratory. 30 Aug 2009
• The situational interest of undergraduate students in zoophysiology. 30 Aug 2009
• What makes the learning of physiology in a PBL medical curriculum challenging? Student perceptions. 30 Aug 2009
• Association of classroom participation and examination performance in a first-year medical school course. 30 Aug 2009
• Letter to Clark Blatteis. 30 Jul 2009
• A string of pearls--what I wish someone had told me when I started teaching. 30 Jul 2009
• [Physiological sciences in Russian Academy of Sciences] 30 Mar 2009
• In pursuit of a holistic learning environment: the impact of music in the medical physiology classroom. 27 Feb 2009
• Promoting student-centered active learning in lectures with a personal response system. 27 Feb 2009
• Student interaction characteristics during collaborative group testing. 27 Feb 2009
• Understanding data collection in the modern physiology laboratory. 27 Feb 2009
• Exercise- and hypoxia-induced anaerobic metabolism and recovery: a student laboratory exercise using teleost fish. 27 Feb 2009
• Human respiratory mechanics demonstration model. 27 Feb 2009
• Learning styles of physiology students interested in the health professions. 27 Feb 2009
• A trial of the objective structured practical examination in physiology at Melaka Manipal Medical College, India. 27 Feb 2009
• Learning our L.I.M.I.T.S.: less is more in teaching science. 27 Feb 2009
• The "core principles" of physiology: what should students understand? 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Physiology'

Definition: The science which treats of the functions of the living organism and its parts, and of the physical and chemical factors and processes involved. (Dorland, 27th ed)

Descriptor UI: D010827

Alternative terms: Physiology;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H01.158.782;

Technical Notes: the discipline (education, history, etc) only; use PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA or specifics treed under it for functions and processes of organisms, or the qualifier / physiology with specific anatomical terms, organisms, and physiological and psychological processes; DF: PHYSIOL