Foundations in Physiology: An Introductory Course Using the Core Concepts
| Autor: | Karen L. Ball |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Advances in Physiology Education. |
| ISSN: | 1522-1229 1043-4046 |
| DOI: | 10.1152/advan.00135.2022 |
| Popis: | As part of a larger revision to program curriculum, the Integrative Physiology and Health Science Department at a small, private, liberal arts institution developed an introductory course for the major, focusing on use of the "core concepts" of physiology. Intended to provide explicit scaffolding for student success and transfer of knowledge across the curriculum, assessment of the initial offering of the course was completed. In the fall of 2021 IPH 131: Foundations in Physiology was launched. The specific course concepts covered were: causality, scientific reasoning, physics/chemistry, structure-function, homeostasis, flow down gradients, cell membrane, energy, cell-cell communication, and interdependence/integration. To assess learning, the Phys-MAPS assessment tool was administered to students during the first week of class and again in the final week of the semester. Average scores revealed significant learning gains by the end of the semester (33.8 ± 4.0 vs 36.6 ± 7.3 total points, p |
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