536-203 Physiology (Integrative Physiology) |
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This is a practical subject. Students enrol separately for the lecture subject 536-211 Physiology:Control of Body Function.
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 | Physiology 536-201, 536-202.
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Corequisites | Physiology 536-211.
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Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | 36 hours of practical work and laboratory workshops |
Subject Description | Experiments will be performed that build on concepts taught in Physiology 536-202. Emphasis will be given to the study of areas of physiology that relate to coordinated function (including brain, endocrinology and exercise physiology).
Students completing this subject should:
understand experimental design including the use of appropriate statistical methods in both the design and the analysis of physiological experiments;
understand the reasons for careful selection of appropriate controls in physiological experimentation;
comprehend the relationship between psychophysical experiments and experiments on isolated nervous tissues in the analysis of the behaviour of the nervous system;
appreciate the way in which experiments on human subjects should be carried out to derive useful physiological information; and
understand the principles of physiological experimentation on anaesthetised animals.
Skills to be covered will include:
experimental design taking into account different experimental approaches and the ways in which such approaches can be integrated;
accurate recording of physiological observations;
statistical analysis of physiological data;
developing the ability to draw appropriate conclusions from the results, and place those conclusions into the context of theoretical knowledge; and
concise and unambiguous writing.
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Assessment | Continuous assessment of report writing, assignment and a 1-hour open-book examination at the end of semester.
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