Chewing over physiology integration.
An important challenge for both students and teachers of physiology is to integrate the different areas in which physiological knowledge is didactically divided. In developing countries, such an issue is even more demanding, because budget restrictions often affect the physiology program with laboratory classes being the first on the list when it comes to cuts in expenses. With the aim of addressing this kind of problem, the graduate students of our department organized a physiology summer course offered to undergraduate students. The objective was to present the different physiological systems in an integrated fashion. The strategy pursued was to plan laboratory classes whose experimental results were the basis for the relevant theoretical discussions. The subject we developed to illustrate physiology integration was the study of factors influencing salivary secretion.
Abdulkader
Fernando
F
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. fkader@icb.usp.br
Azevedo-Martins
Anna Karenina
AK
Miranda
Manoel de Arcisio
Mde A
Brunaldi
Kellen
K
D000681:Amylases / Q000378:metabolism; D001938:Brazil; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003906:Developing Countries; D004064:Digestive System / Q000294:innervation; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007753:Laboratories; D008409:Mastication / Q000502:physiology; D009424:Nervous System Physiological Phenomena; D010827:Physiology / Q000193:education*; D012106:Research; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism; D013663:Teaching
D000681:Amylases