Cardiac physiology for biomedical engineering

A novel approach to physiology education for biomedical engineering students.

It is challenging for biomedical engineering programs to incorporate an indepth study of the systemic interdependence of cells, tissues, and organs into the rigorous mathematical curriculum that is the cornerstone of engineering education. To be sure, many biomedical engineering programs require their students to enroll in anatomy and physiology courses. Often, however, these courses tend to pr...

Polymers for Biomedical Engineering

Demand for interdisciplinary laboratories for physiology research by undergraduate students in biosciences and biomedical engineering.

Physiology as a discipline is uniquely positioned to engage undergraduate students in interdisciplinary research in response to the 2006-2011 National Science Foundation Strategic Plan call for innovative transformational research, which emphasizes multidisciplinary projects. To prepare undergraduates for careers that cross disciplinary boundaries, students need to practice interdisciplinary co...

Teaching With Problems And Cases A novel approach to physiology education for biomedical engineering students

DiCecco J, Wu J, Kuwasawa K, Sun Y. A novel approach to physiology education for biomedical engineering students. Adv Physiol Educ 31: 45–50, 2007; doi:10.1152/advan.00054.2006.—It is challenging for biomedical engineering programs to incorporate an indepth study of the systemic interdependence of cells, tissues, and organs into the rigorous mathematical curriculum that is the cornerstone of en...

Development of concept-based physiology lessons for biomedical engineering undergraduate students.

Physiology is a core requirement in the undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum. In one or two introductory physiology courses, engineering students must learn physiology sufficiently to support learning in their subsequent engineering courses and careers. As preparation for future learning, physiology instruction centered on concepts may help engineering students to further develop the...