The Department of Physiology at the Medical College of Virginia/Virginia Commonwealth University offered a human physiology course to middle school and high school science teachers in the Richmond, VA, area. It was a three-credit course, team taught, and given at a location convenient to many area teachers. This course served the community by contributing to the continuing education efforts of ...

S OF POSTERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS Cardiovascular physiology learning objectives: the medical physiology core curriculum objectives project Robert G. Carroll Department of Physiology, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Grenville, NC 27858-3454 (E-mail: [email protected]) An appropriate understanding of physiology is essential to the intelligent practice of medicine. Consequently,...

S OF POSTERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS Interactive computer simulations for teaching basic concepts in respiratory physiology Robert A. Furilla and A. H. Sillau Department of Physiology, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan, PR 00936-5067 Over the years, we have become aware that classes are not the same as they once were. Class size continues to grow, students are unaware of fundam...

Interest in nephrology among trainees is waning in the USA. Early perceptions and attitudes to subject matter can be linked to the quality of pre-clinical curricula. We wanted to explore these attitudes in the setting of modern curriculum redesign. We utilized Q methodology to understand first-year medical student attitudes after an innovative kidney physiology curriculum redesign that focuses ...