Course Description
This laboratory intensive course uses a problem-based learning approach in helping students develop critical thinking skills for scientific inquiry in evaluating organ systems physiological functions, homeostasis and factors that can alter them.
For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.
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Rationale
This course employs Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Exercises and Clinical cases/scenarios to develop critical and analytical reasoning in the solving simulated physiologic and pathologic problems. It aims to introduce students to the concept of evidence-based medicine.
Course Assignment
1. Pre-Lab Quiz (8)
Students will complete a pre-lab quiz each week basedon the assigned readings related to each week’s lab focus.
2. Lab Report (8)
Each student will complete a lab report with datat collection and analyses based on the simulated experiment for each week.
3. Case Study Report (8)
Each week, a case study is utilized as a background to investigating physiological processes of an organ system and students will complete a report based on the case study presented in the week.
4. Case Study Evaluation (8)
This weekly evaluation combines the lab report and case study report to give a complete review of the system and disorder analyzed each week.
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