Contractions of skeletal muscles provide the stability and power for all body movements. Consequently, any impairment in skeletal muscle function results in some degree of instability or immobility. Factors that influence skeletal muscle structure and function are therefore of great interest both scientifically and clinically. Injury, disease, and old age are among the factors that commonly con...

Encounter on the Airwaves This article, describing the poignant feelings of our Executive Director as he defended the use of animals in research on a Washington-based radio talk show, is important for you to read to grasp the real intent of animal rights activists and to formulate a means of communicating the importance of animal research to local citizens when you are called on to defend our l...

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...

The University of Kentucky medical curriculum was revised in 1994 to implement a more interactive approach. The Endocrine Physiology section of the new physiology course, Human Function, was modified from its former daily lecture and weekly laboratory format to eight daily 3 1/2-h sessions. Each session is composed of four components: a didactic lecture, a whole class discussion session, a quiz...

Physiology is the study of normal function in the body and how genes, proteins, organ systems interact to maintain health. It provides a foundation for the health sciences profession and life science research. Physiology education in Singapore began soon after the establishment of the Federated States Government Medical School in 1905. The importance of Physiology to medical education was recog...

THE TEACHING OF PHYSIOLOGY is indispensable in many biological and health disciplines. Physiology is one of the major components of the curriculum in a number of life science courses, including the study of life, cells, tissues, and organisms as well as their functions (7). A bigger challenge for physiology teachers is to make physiological concepts attractive to students, particularly since st...

BACKGROUND It has been proved that basic science knowledge learned in the context of a clinical case is actually better comprehended and more easily applied by medical students than basic science knowledge learned in isolation. The present study intended to validate the effectiveness of Clinically Oriented Physiology Teaching (COPT) in undergraduate medical curriculum at Melaka Manipal Medical ...