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What is the American Physiological Society's ITL and who are the members of PECOP?
The American Physiological Society Teaching Section has developed a biennial Institute on Teaching and Learning (ITL) through the APS Conference Program. The first ITL was held in June 2014, and the second ITL will be in June 2016. A Physiology Education Community of Practice was created to help connect the institute participants and other physiology educators to share evidence-based teaching in physiology at all education levels and ideas for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and Discipline-Based Education Research in physiology. This editorial describes the origins and outcomes of the ITL and the advantages of joi...
Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - May 8, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Goodman, B. E., Matyas, M. L. Tags: EDITORIALS Source Type: research

House's physiology
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Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 21, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Santos, L. d., Silva, I. F. d., Estrela, H. F. G., Barauna, V. G. Tags: ILLUMINATIONS Source Type: research

The hardships of being a Sith Lord: implications of the biopsychosocial model in a space opera
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Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 21, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Berg, R. M. G., Plovsing, R. R. Tags: ILLUMINATIONS Source Type: research

Writing on the board as students' preferred teaching modality in a physiology course
This study investigated whether undergraduate biology students preferred to have lectures delivered by PowerPoint or written on the board as well as the reasons behind their preference. Two upper-division physiology courses were surveyed over a period of 7 yr. A total of 1,905 students (86.7%) indicated they preferred lectures delivered by "writing on the board" compared to 291 students (13.3%) who preferred PowerPoint. Common themes drawn from explanations reported by students in favor of writing on the board included: 1) more appropriate pace, 2) facilitation of note taking, and 3) greater alertness and attention. Common...
Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 21, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Armour, C., Schneid, S. D., Brandl, K. Tags: HOW WE TEACH: CLASSROOM AND LABORATORY RESEARCH PROJECTS Source Type: research

ClueConnect: a word array game to promote student comprehension of key terminology in an introductory anatomy and physiology course
The sheer amount of terminology and conceptual knowledge required for anatomy and physiology can be overwhelming for students. Educational games are one approach to reinforce such knowledge. In this activity, students worked collaboratively to review anatomy and physiology concepts by creating arrays of descriptive tiles to define a term. Once guessed, students located the structure or process within diagrams of the body. The game challenged students to think about course vocabulary in novel ways and to use their collective knowledge to get their classmates to guess the terms. Comparison of pretest/posttest/delayed posttes...
Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 21, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Burleson, K. M., Olimpo, J. T. Tags: HOW WE TEACH: CLASSROOM AND LABORATORY RESEARCH PROJECTS Source Type: research

A conceptual framework for homeostasis: development and validation
We have developed and validated a conceptual framework for understanding and teaching organismal homeostasis at the undergraduate level. The resulting homeostasis conceptual framework details critical components and constituent ideas underlying the concept of homeostasis. It has been validated by a broad range of physiology faculty members from community colleges, primarily undergraduate institutions, research universities, and medical schools. In online surveys, faculty members confirmed the relevance of each item in the framework for undergraduate physiology and rated the importance and difficulty of each. The homeostasi...
Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 21, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: McFarland, J., Wenderoth, M. P., Michael, J., Cliff, W., Wright, A., Modell, H. Tags: HOW WE TEACH: GENERALIZABLE EDUCATION RESEARCH Source Type: research

Visual event-related potential studies supporting the validity of VARK learning styles' visual and read/write learners
In conclusion, the result indicated that the P200 amplitude at the parietal 4 site could be used to objectively distinguish V learners from R learners. A lateralization existed to the right brain (occipital 2 site) in V learners. The ITM test demonstrated the existence of picture superiority effects in both learners. The results revealed the first objective electrophysiological evidence partially supporting the validity of the subjective psychological VARK questionnaire study. (Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education)
Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 21, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Thepsatitporn, S., Pichitpornchai, C. Tags: HOW WE TEACH: GENERALIZABLE EDUCATION RESEARCH Source Type: research

A comparison of animated versus static images in an instructional multimedia presentation
In conclusion, while increasing student satisfaction, we do not find strong evidence in favor of animated images over still images in this particular format. We also discuss the study design and offer suggestions for further investigations of this type. (Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education)
Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 21, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Daly, C. J., Bulloch, J. M., Ma, M., Aidulis, D. Tags: STAYING CURRENT Source Type: research

Is the heart a pressure or flow generator? Possible implications and suggestions for cardiovascular pedagogy
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Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 10, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Furst, B., O'Leary, A. M. Tags: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Source Type: research

Update on the growth of the International Intermedical School Physiology Quiz
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Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 10, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Cheng, H.-M., Hoe, S.-Z. Tags: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Source Type: research

Increased interest in physiology and science among adolescents after presentations and activities administered by undergraduate physiology students
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Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 10, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Vargas, L. d. S. d., Menezes, J. R. d., Mello-Carpes, P. B. Tags: ILLUMINATIONS Source Type: research

A model to demonstrate the place theory of hearing
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Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 10, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ganesh, G., Srinivasan, V. S., Krishnamurthi, S. Tags: ILLUMINATIONS Source Type: research

Effectiveness and student perceptions of an active learning activity using a headline news story to enhance in-class learning of cell cycle regulation
In conclusion, the activity improved in-class understanding and enhanced interest in cell cycle regulation. (Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education)
Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 10, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Dirks-Naylor, A. J. Tags: HOW WE TEACH: CLASSROOM AND LABORATORY RESEARCH PROJECTS Source Type: research

An active, collaborative approach to learning skills in flow cytometry
Advances in science education research have the potential to improve the way students learn to perform scientific interpretations and understand science concepts. We developed active, collaborative activities to teach skills in manipulating flow cytometry data using FlowJo software. Undergraduate students were given compensated clinical flow cytometry listmode output (FCS) files and asked to design a gating strategy to diagnose patients with different hematological malignancies on the basis of their immunophenotype. A separate cohort of research trainees was given uncompensated data files on which they performed their own ...
Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 10, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Fuller, K., Linden, M. D., Lee-Pullen, T., Fragall, C., Erber, W. N., Röhrig, K. J. Tags: HOW WE TEACH: CLASSROOM AND LABORATORY RESEARCH PROJECTS Source Type: research

Blood: tests used to assess the physiological and immunological properties of blood
The properties of blood and the relative ease of access to which it can be retrieved make it an ideal source to gauge different aspects of homeostasis within an individual, form an accurate diagnosis, and formulate an appropriate treatment regime. Tests used to determine blood parameters such as the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit, bleeding and clotting times, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, mean cell volume, and determination of blood groups are routinely used clinically, and deviations outside the normal range can indicate a range of conditions ...
Source: AJP: Advances in Physiology Education - April 10, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Quinn, J. G., Tansey, E. A., Johnson, C. D., Roe, S. M., Montgomery, L. E. A. Tags: HOW WE TEACH: CLASSROOM AND LABORATORY RESEARCH PROJECTS Source Type: research