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Year 2 Medicine.
Contact: Three lectures/seminars, a tutorial, and up to nine hours of laboratory classes a week (averaging seven hours contact teaching a week).
Timetable: First semester.
Objectives:
On completion of this subject, students should:Comprehend: the terminology of physiology; the principles and essential information regarding the functions of different cell types and how they interact in organ systems; the mechanisms by which these different organ systems are controlled in the normal human being; the normal numerical values for those physiological variables that are commonly used as indices of disease in medical practice.
Have developed: observational and organisational skills to use experimental techniques in investigating physiological systems and document the findings reliably; skills in analysing and evaluating physiological experimental data.
Appreciate: the ranges of normality for physiological parameters; the factors which influence the significance of results obtained from investigating physiological systems.
Content:
Whole body metabolism; temperature regulation; lung mechanics; gas exchange and transport; respiratory control; regulation of electrolyte and water balance; acid-base balance; digestive tract motility; digestion and absorption of foodstuffs; patterns of nutrition; properties of blood cells; control of blood cell formation; haemostasis.
Assessment:
A 3-hour written examination at the end of the first semester covering both semesters of the Physiology course (85 per cent). Assessment is also based on work undertaken in laboratory classes (15 per cent). Where performance is judged to be unsatisfactory, a student will be required to pass a 3-hour practical examination.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Volume 4 page 134)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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