Dobson JL. The use of formative online quizzes to enhance class preparation and scores on summative exams. Adv Physiol Educ 32: 297–302, 2008; doi:10.1152/advan.90162.2008.—Online quizzes were introduced into an undergraduate Exercise Physiology course to encourage students to read ahead and think critically about the course material before coming to class. The purpose of the study was to deter...

Online quizzes were introduced into an undergraduate Exercise Physiology course to encourage students to read ahead and think critically about the course material before coming to class. The purpose of the study was to determine if the use of the online quizzes was associated with improvements in summative exam scores and if the online quizzes were valid predictors of summative exam performance...

Burdo J, O’Dwyer L. The effectiveness of concept mapping and retrieval practice as learning strategies in an undergraduate physiology course. Adv Physiol Educ 39: 335–340, 2015; doi:10.1152/advan.00041.2015.—Concept mapping and retrieval practice are both educational methods that have separately been reported to provide significant benefits for learning in diverse settings. Concept mapping invo...

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...

Abstract Background Cardiac angiosarcoma is an exceptionally rare primary malignant tumour with aggressive course and typically poor prognosis. Diagnosis difficult, patients often present metastatic disease. We report the case of a patient cardiac who presents constrictive physiology due to encasement. Case summary A 65-year-old female past medical history Hodgkin’s lymphoma limited scleroderma...

Labor is a physiological event involving a sequential, integrated set of changes within the myometrium, deciduas, and uterine cervix that occur gradually over a period of days to weeks. Biochemical connective tissue changes in the uterine cervix appear to precede uterine contractions and cervical dilation, and all of these events usually occur before rupture of the fetal membranes. In other wor...

This study aimed to assess knowledge and skills in a respiratory physiology course in traditional versus problem-based learning (PBL) groups in two different medical schools. Two different undergraduate medical schools were selected for this study. The first medical school followed the traditional [lecture-based learning (LBL)] curriculum, and the second medical school followed the PBL curricul...

Etherington SJ. But science is international! Finding time and space to encourage intercultural learning in a contentdriven physiology unit. Adv Physiol Educ 38: 145–154, 2014; doi:10.1152/advan.00133.2013.—Internationalization of the curriculum is central to the strategic direction of many modern universities and has widespread benefits for student learning. However, these clear aspirations fo...

Ribarič S, Kordaš M. Teaching cardiovascular physiology with equivalent electronic circuits in a practically oriented teaching module. Adv Physiol Educ 35: 149 –160, 2011; doi:10.1152/advan.00072.2010.—Here, we report on a new tool for teaching cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology that promotes qualitative as well as quantitative thinking about timedependent physiological phenomena. Qu...

Meo SA. Evaluating learning among undergraduate medical students in schools with traditional and problem-based curricula. Adv Physiol Educ 37: 249–253, 2013; doi:10.1152/advan.00031.2013.— This study aimed to assess knowledge and skills in a respiratory physiology course in traditional versus problem-based learning (PBL) groups in two different medical schools. Two different undergraduate medic...