536-202 Physiology (General Practical) |
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Not available for students enrolled in BBiomedSc.
This is a practical subject. Students enrol separately for the lecture subject 536-201 Principles of Physiology
Students must attend the department to enrol. Web-generated personal timetables are a guide only, and do not enrol students in a practical session.
Students must enrol between 9.00am and 4.00pm during the week prior to the start of semester. The enrolment location is in the Physiology Teaching Laboratory, Room N306 (Level 3, North Wing) Medical Faculty Building. The size of each session group is restricted. Early enrolment with a full preference list from the available practical class sessions is advisable. Students unable to attend in person must communicate their full preference list by letter or email.
Experiments involving the use of animals are essential to this subject; exemption is not possible.
Students must have a white laboratory coat and close-topped footwear to comply with safety regulations. Also required: dissecting instruments, record book (No. 536 from the University Bookroom); free laboratory manual obtained from the Physiology Teaching Laboratory, Room N306 (Level 3, North Wing) Medical Faculty Building.
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Credit Points | 6.25 |
HECS Band | 2 |
Coordinator | Dr R Kemm |
Prerequisites | Chemistry 610-141 and 610-142 or 610-161 and 610-162 (before 1998: 610-121 plus 610-122); and biology 600-141 and 600-142.
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Corequisites | Physiology 536-201.
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Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | 36 hours practical work and workshops |
Subject Description | Experiments will be undertaken that lead to an understanding of experimental design, report writing and the acquisition of data for testing physiological concepts. Teaching will be computer based for recording and analysis.
Emphasis is given to comprehending:
the way experimental methods can be used to answer physiological questions;
the methods needed to study physiological mechanisms at the level of an individual organ; and
the design of experiments to analyse the mechanisms that maintain normal physiological behaviour in humans.
Students will develop:
skills to accurately record physiological observations, and the ability to draw appropriate conclusions from the results of physiological experiments; and
the ability to write clear and concise descriptions of experimental data and the conclusions that can be drawn from them.
Discussions in workshops will:
place experimental data into the context of theoretical knowledge;
explore the difference between experimentally and theoretically derived knowledge;
cover ethical issues;
cover reasons why some experiments are carried out on isolated tissues and why other experiments are performed on living subjects; and
explore the importance of relating results obtained in living subjects to those obtained from isolated tissues and vice versa.
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Assessment | Continuous assessment of report writing, and a 1-hour open-book examination at the end of semester.
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