Physiology
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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'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Some quantum weirdness in physiology. 6 Oct 2009
• Online mentoring through MentorNet.net. 29 Sep 2009
• 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
• A forgotten moment in physiology: the Lovelace Woman in Space Program (1960-1962). 30 Aug 2009
• Standing on the shoulders of giants: Dean Franklin and his remarkable contributions to physiological measurements in animals. 30 Aug 2009
• Association of classroom participation and examination performance in a first-year medical school course. 30 Aug 2009
• Integrative physiology. Preface. 30 Aug 2009
• Re: research in areas of transport physiology. 17 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
• Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen Award lecture. Mentoring: a fun collaborative activity. 30 Jul 2009
• Novel daily energy expenditure estimation by using objective activity type classification: where do we go from here? 21 Jul 2009
• The evolution of evolutionary physiology. 20 Jul 2009
• [Contribution to the biography of Dr. József Goldberger] 3 Jul 2009
• [The Report on Scientific and Scientific-Organizational Activity of Section of Physiology of Branch of Biological Sciences RAS in 2008] 29 Jun 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