Effectiveness of a peer tutoring system developed for an advanced physiology course was assessed in terms of academic performance and perceived value. Forty-five students took the course without the peer tutoring system, and sixty-nine students took the course with peer tutoring. Grades from both groups of students were compared with grades earned in an introductory physiology course. Tutored s...

Undergraduate exercise physiology is a ubiquitous course in undergraduate kinesiology/exercise science programs with a broad scope and depth of topics. It is valuable to explore what is taught within this course. The purpose of the present study was to facilitate an understanding of what instructors teach in undergraduate exercise physiology, how it compares with various guidelines, and to cont...

In the past year, as my growing interest in physiology education encountered the realities of the “soft money” environment in which I lived, I was afforded the opportunity to broaden my perspective from that of faculty member focused on a single institution to that of consultant concerned with issues common to many institutions. As a result of this transition, I became more aware of a number of...

Renal function is characterized by different physiologic aspects, including perfusion, glomerular filtration, interstitial diffusion, and tissue oxygenation. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows great promise in assessing these renal tissue characteristics noninvasively. The last decade has witnessed a dramatic progress in MRI techniques for renal function assessment. This article briefly des...

Time course of renal ischemia/reperfusion and distance organ; lung dysfunction in male female rats

Renal Unit, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK, CHU Lapeyronie, Nephrology, Dialysis, Intensive Care, Montpellier, LR, France, Division of Renal Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Renal Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Stockholm, Sweden, Ospedale Bolognini—Seriate, Nefrologia e Dialisi Seriate, It...

Physiology is often considered a challenging course for students. It is up to teachers to structure courses and create learning opportunities that will increase the chance of student success. In an undergraduate exercise physiology course, concept maps are assigned to help students actively process and organize information into manageable and meaningful chunks and to teach them to recognize the...