Teaching Physiology in Nepal – an integrative approach in basic sciences

An integrated approach to teaching writing in the sciences

First year biology courses at the University of Sydney have traditionally incorporated assessment activities requiring students to write reports. Despite increases in the size of the student cohort during the past 10 years (n=1000 – 1600), we have maintained the philosophy that writing is integral to learning biology (Moore, 1993) and to the development of generic skills. The curriculum therefo...

Teaching With Technology Quantitative Circulatory Physiology: an integrative mathematical model of human physiology for medical education

Abram SR, Hodnett BL, Summers RL, Coleman TG, Hester RL. Quantitative circulatory physiology: an integrative mathematical model of human physiology for medical education. Adv Physiol Educ 31: 202–210, 2007; doi:10.1152/advan.00114.2006.—We have developed Quantitative Circulatory Physiology (QCP), a mathematical model of integrative human physiology containing over 4,000 variables of biological ...

Teaching Styles of Teachers in Basic Sciences Classes in Medical School of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: Teachers’ teaching style is effective on promotion of learning. To achieve this goal, teachers should use different teaching styles. This study has tried to determine teaching styles applied in basic sciences classes in Medical school of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. Methods: In a descriptive study in 2008, 74 teachers of basic sciences in medical School of Isfahan Univ...

Basic sciences review Acid-Base Balance: Part I. Physiology

Objective: To review the normal human acid-base physiology and the pathophysiology and management of acid-base disturbances in a two-part presentation. Data sources: Articles and published peer-review abstracts and a review of studies reported from 1990 to 2000 and identified through a MEDLINE search of the English language literature on acid-base balance. Summary of review: In a healthy indivi...

Ac 2007-2318: an Integrative Approach to Teaching Engineering Ethics