Course Description: This course provides second year medical students with the basic facts and principles of Human Physiology. The Medical Physiology Course is a course which provides an understanding how cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems function together to create one organism. Our aim also is to train you to solve physiology and related clinical problems by applying physiologic principles. These principles are necessary to understand the mechanisms of disease, as well as treatments for pathological conditions. This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the unique role of each organ and organ system in maintaining health and homeostasis. Course objectives: Competent Knowledge Skills: To acquire a core scientific knowledge about humans as a physiological entity. Clinical Skills: To apply basic physiology principles in the appropriate clinical context; To acquire a list of clinical skills at the introductory level. Non-technical Skills and Professional Behaviour: To incorporate physiology into the personal path of becoming a competent and caring physician; To be aware of physiological research to improve diagnoses and treatments of diseases Head of the Department: Professor Mariusz Majewski, Ph. D Course Coordinator: Agnieszka Skowronska Ph. D Phone: (89) 524-53-34, room 7 Email: agnieszka.skowronska@uwm.edu.pl Please indicate EDM in the subject box Teaching staff: Associate Professor Agnieszka Bossowska Ph. D agnieszka.bossowska@uwm.edu.pl Ewa Lepiarczyk Ph. D ewa.lepiarczyk@uwm.edu.pl Marta Majewska Ph. D marta.majewska@uwm.edu.pl 1
Required Textbooks: Guyton and Hall Medical Physiology Twelfth Edition 12th edition, 2010, or 13th edition, 2015, Elsevier Linda S. Costanzo Physiology, Fifth Edition Alternative texts are: L.S. Costanzo. Physiology. Board Review Series. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Walter F. Boron Emile L. Boulpaep Medical Physiology A Cellular and Molecular Approach, 2 nd Edition. Berne & Levy Physiology, sixth Edition, Updated Edition. Appropriate dress code for the Physiology classes: A lab coat should be worn during laboratory experiments together with student`s code and closed toe shoe. Grading performance in Labs, Seminars and Exams: The Laboratories: Lab Work performance is assessed on a weekly basis so that students get practice in researching, analyzing and application of the information learned in the course. Groups will be determined by your group in lab (10 students to each group). Your Laboratory Grade will be based on: your presence in class for the whole term in order to receive credit for the assignment. Two absences are permitted to lab classes during the whole Physiology course. All absences must be excused. The absence of the seminars counts as the absents of laboratory classes. Written communication skills will be evaluated with the help of laboratory reports. On each report, lab values need to be documented and questions related to the lab activities need to be answered in a comprehensible and legible way. Laboratory reports for each lab will be picked up and graded, (fail or pass). The questions/material covered in the lab reports may be used as questions on the Exams. Students should answer all the lab questions to 2
help them prepare for the Exams. You must understand topics covered early in the course and be prepared for the class. In-Class Quizzes: There will be weekly quizzes (5 very short question). These will serve as a record of your attendance and as a chance for you to test your current knowledge. We will start each Lab classes with a quiz. Laboratory quizzes for each lab will be graded (fail or pass). If you fail more than one weekly quizzes or laboratory reports (from each system) you have not the right to the first attempt of colloquium. BE ON TIME, NO LATE QUIZZES WILL BE GIVEN! NOTE!! IF YOU WILL BE LATE FOR THE LABORATORIES (10 MINUTES) YOU WILL LOSE THE CHANCE TO WRITE QUIZZES AND RECEIVE A FAILING GRADE. ABSENCE FROM MORE THAN TWO LABORATORIES/SEMINARS IN TERM WILL BE DEEMED A FAILURE IN THE WHOLE COURSE. Lab attendance is mandatory. Arriving -10 minutes after the start of laboratories will be considered as an absence. Lab retake is not provided. The student is obliged to report an absence to the person conducting exercise and pass it orally. If it is not done before the test the student has not got the right to their first attempt. You will be responsible for cleaning up before you leave the lab. Distribution of course materials i.e. handouts, case studies, power point presentation etc., is strictly prohibited. The Seminars: Seminars are held weekly (always check the schedule!) In the winter semester there are 4 seminars and in the summer semester 4. Students prepare seminars in groups of 3-4 persons.seminars are held in the form of Problem Based Learning (PBL) with clinical case scenario to solve by each group. In small group discussion, the learner is expected to actively and productively participate, to further the group's performance and learning. Performance will be assessed by observation by faculty and peers. If the student will not pass the seminar, he does not have a right to resit. Passing grades: 3, 3+, 4, 4+, 5. Failing grade: 2 3
Passing grade for the Seminars will be 3,0 (this is the average of all your seminars) in each semester. If a student receives an average below 3.0, at the end of the term he is obliged to have an oral exam concerning all seminar topics. The lectures: Lectures are mandatory. Your presence will be checked. 100 % attendance is required during the whole year (two terms). Otherwise you will have to pass the material from the lecture you were absent and prepare the written report. Exams: There will be 7 regular colloquiums (3 in fall term and 4 in spring term). Each colloquium (20 questions) can be a combination of multiple-choice test -10 questions, matching, true/false and open 10 questions (you will be asked to illustrate your answer please draw neatly!). Some of the answer questions will be based on diagrams/figures that you should be familiar with and able to interpret. Test questions will be evaluated as follows: answer correct +1 point, incorrect -1 point, no answer 0 points. Colloquium have a 90 minute time limit, each colloquium consists of 100 points (100%). In order to pass colloquium you must score 65 points (65%). Dates of colloquiums will be provided in the schedule. All colloquiums must be taken in order to receive credit for the course. All colloquiums must be taken during scheduled time, unless due to extenuating circumstances. Make-up colloquiums may be given to those students who, for extenuating reasons, cannot take colloquium at the appointed time. A note from student health or physician is required if you miss the colloquium for reason of illness. Student is expected to arrange make-up colloquium in a timely manner (need to be taken within a maximum of 3 days) after the time of the original exam. The instructor, at all times, reserves the right not to allow a make-up colloquium. I strongly recommend all students to come to the first attempt of colloquiums. Colloquiums are held in order to measure your ability to learn and comprehend basic human physiology. Colloquiums results will be returned approximately 1 4
week after exam date. Student has the right to three colloquiums. The third term is the closing date for the colloquium. The student has the right to apply in writing form to the Head of the Department of the possibility of conducting a third colloquium in the oral form in front of examination committee. Absence from an examination without a justifiable reason will result in a fail grade for the missed colloquium, except for one missed due to extraordinary circumstances. In those cases of genuine emergency, prior notice or subsequent documentation must be provided (within 3 days) in order for a makeup to be allowed. Failure to do so will result in a fail grade of being posted for that exam. Colloquiums are NOT released to the students except the open part. They can only be reviewed once and reviews must be completed by the first week after the specific colloquium. Student is obliged to pass every test from the given system. If the student would not pass the colloquium, he does not complete a course and does not have the right to attend classes. EVALUATION CRITERIA Form of receiving credit in a subject: *: criteria grade 93,0 100% 5 (very good) 86,0 92,5% 4,5 (more than good ) 79,0 87,5% 4 (good) 72,0 79% 3,5 (rather good) 65 71,5% 3 (satisfactory) < 65% 2 (failed) *Your grade will be determined by your own achievement. There is no curve. 5
Final Exam: The exam consists the theoretical part. The last exam will be worth 350 points and will be comprehensive and will cover material from the entire course. It will have the same general format as the regular exams. The multiple-choice test (first day) 60 questions (you can get maximum 300 points, minimum required to pass is 210 points (70%), and 10 open questions the following day (maximum 50 points, minimum required to pass is 30,0 points (60%). The Final Exam has a 2.5 - hour time for MCQ and 3,0 h for descriptive part. If student fails the test, does not participate in the descriptive part of the exam. In order to pass final exam student must receive positive grade from both; the test and descriptive part. Student has the right for two retakes. The third term is the closing date for the final exam. The student has the right to apply in writing form to the Head of the Department of the possibility of conducting a third term of the final Exam in the oral form in front of examination committee. It is possible for the best students to accede to the oral exam if they would get a good grade 4.0 from lab classes and 4.5-5.0 from seminars in two terms and participate in all lectures. EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR FINAL EXAM Grade Criteria-Test Criteria-Descriptive part 5 (very good) 94-100% 92-100% 4,5 (more than good) 88-93% 84-91% 4 (good) 82-87% 76-83% 3,5 (rather good) 76-81% 68-75% 3 (satisfactory) 70-75% 60-67% 2 (failed) <70% <60% Academic Honesty: It is expected that all students help to maintain an environment of academic honesty. If I suspect you are cheating on an exam I will report you to the Dean. The following behaviors are strictly forbidden during the administration of the exam: cell phone use (or any electronic devices, including spy glasses with ear phones ), passing of papers or notes. All backpacks, coats, etc. are to be placed in the front of room. 6