Introduction to medical physiology: cellular membranes and transmembrane transport of solutes and water.

1996 ◽  
Vol 271 (6) ◽  
pp. S2
Author(s):  
D J Benos
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Conceptual Basis ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
Basic Sciences ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Cellular Physiology ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Introductory Session ◽  
The University ◽  
Made In

This article summarizes the comments made in the introductory session of the Medical Physiology course taught at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. The main thesis is that learning physiology is easier when fundamental principles are first delineated. Four general principles of physiology (mass balance, force-flow, capacitance, and equilibrium) are discussed. Clinical medicine becomes more comprehensible when these basic principles are understood. Cellular Physiology is taught first because it forms the conceptual basis for what follows in the course. The idea that the root of clinical medicine lies in the basic sciences is emphasized.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1960 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 887-890
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
University Of Pennsylvania ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Temple University ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
The University ◽  
The Temple ◽  
Tuition Fee

POSTGRADUATE COURSE A continuous course of 2 weeks duration is being offered by the Departments of Allergy and Applied Immunology of the Temple University Medical Center and the Graduate School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania. Sessions will be held daily at the Temple University Medical Center from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. from February 27 to March 10, 1961. Tuition Fee—$175.00. Enrollment limited. An outstanding faculty has been assembled to review the basic principles of immunology and allergy as applied to clinical practice.

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1953 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
WARREN W. QUILLIAN
Keyword(s):  
Social Progress ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
The People ◽  
Differences Of Opinion ◽  
High Standards ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
New Generation

Economic and social progress in our practice depends upon the sustained interest and the effort of the individual physician. Courage and faith are necessary foundations for action in this critical year of decision, and there is every reason to believe that the new generation of pediatricians has every qualification necessary to continue the quest for better health among children. His adventure in "practical idealism" will not be an easy one. But, fortified by the assurance of his noble heritage of accomplishment and adherence to high standards, he will accept the challenge of the future with a deep sense of responsibility. He will keep faith with those who have gone before, and attempt to retain the confidence and trust of the people as did our fathers, by holding high the banner of service. The price of success in this undertaking involves a determination to reach our objectives regardless of adverse circumstances, concentration on the immediate problems, and by long range plans for fulfilling our obligations to the children of America. Frustration and differences of opinion are inevitable. Changing conditions require flexibility in our adaptation to existing needs. Let us keep our eyes upon the stars, but our feet upon the ground! Our responsibilities are great. The Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin, Dr. William S. Middleton, recently stated the challenge in these words: "Make no small plans; they have no magic to stir man's soul!" Medicine progresses, even in a troubled world. Changes in governments, in laws and controls, have not interfered with this progress. Civilizations of the past have been destroyed by the decay and infamy and greed within their own structure. Let us renew our faith in the simple basic principles, which have characterized the growth and development of the Academy for 22 years.

Curricular Integration at the University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Medicine

1993 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Arnold ◽  
T. Lee Willoughby
Keyword(s):  
Kansas City ◽  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Curricular Integration ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
City School ◽  
Clinical Exposure ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Advanced Students ◽  
The University ◽  
Interdisciplinary Integration

In its combined Baccalaureate-M.D. degree program, the University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Medicine endeavors to foster interdisciplinary integration by intertwining the humanities, clinical medicine, and basic sciences throughout the curriculum. Analysis over 6 years (1986–1991) of 547 students' scores on comprehensive examinations and ratings of 464 to 478 graduates' clinical abilities suggest that the integrative elements of the curriculum have a counterpart in performance. Such experience would recommend possible steps to encourage interdisciplinary integration at other schools: allow students to acquire disciplinary understandings but offer early clinical exposure for context and relevance, arrange productive repetition of material, pair more with less advanced students for integrated learning, and choose faculty who model integration and expect students to do so.

scholarly journals Do Regional Medical Campuses Contribute to the Production of General Surgeons? A Study of 789 Medical School Graduates from 3 Campuses Who Matched into General Surgery Residencies over 40 Years: 1974 to 2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Avery
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Medical School ◽  
General Surgery ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
Main Campus ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Regional Medical ◽  
Regional Campus ◽  
General Surgeons ◽  
The University

Background A Regional Medical Campus (RMC) is a medical school campus separate from the main medical school at which a portion of preclinical or clinical training of medical students is carried out. The College of Community Health Sciences of The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the Tuscaloosa Regional Campus of the University of Alabama School of Medicine (UASOM). The question we sought to answer with this study is whether or not regional campuses produce general surgeons. Design, Setting and Participants Publicly available data for 6271 graduates of the University of Alabama School of Medicine from the Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and Huntsville campuses from 1974 to 2015 was obtained by using Google Search Engine. The list was expanded to include the data described by the variables in Table 1. Results Between 1974 and 2015, 789 graduates of the University of Alabama School of Medicine assigned to the Birmingham, Tuscaloosa and Huntsville Campuses matched into Categorical Surgery. All three campuses matched similar percentages of students ranging from 10.4% to 13.3% (Table 2). The main campus at Birmingham matched 599 medical students into general surgery and 202 practice general surgery. The Tuscaloosa Regional Campus matched 88 medical students into general surgery and 47 practice general surgery. The Huntsville Regional Campus matched 103 medical students into general surgery and 41 practice general surgery (Table 2). Conclusions A comparable percentage of medical students at each campus matched into general surgery. The main campus contributed a larger absolute number of practicing general surgeons while regional medical campuses contributed a higher percentage of practicing general surgeons. Regional medical campuses contribute significantly to the deficit of general surgeons in this country.

scholarly journals Science Majors and Nonscience Majors Entering Medical School: Acceptance Rates and Academic Performance

1997 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norma E. Sorenson ◽  
James R. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Medical School ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Science Majors ◽  
University Of Alabama ◽  
Nonscience Majors ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Acceptance Rates ◽  
The University

As undergraduate students, most applicants to medical schools have majored in a natural science area. This study compared rates of acceptance and medical school academic performance of science and nonscience majors applying to 13 classes of The University of Alabama School of Medicine. There was no significant difference in acceptance rates between the two types of majors. Upon matriculation, medical students with nonscience majors performed as well as those with science majors on most standard measures of medical school academic performance.

scholarly journals Proceedings From The 11th Annual University Of Calgary Leaders In Medicine Research Symposium

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. E42-57
Author(s):  
Courtney L. Schubert ◽  
Jessica Tjong ◽  
Benjamin W. Ewanchuk ◽  
Robert T. Moore ◽  
Morley D. Hollenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Medicine ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Medicine Research ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Decision Sciences ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
Canada Research Chair ◽  
Poster Presentations ◽  
The University

On November 8th, 2019, the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary hosted the 11th annual Leaders in Medicine (LIM) Research Symposium. Dr. Donald A. Redelmeier, Professor at the University of Toronto and Canada Research Chair in Medical Decision Sciences, served as the keynote speaker with a talk entitled “Pitfalls of Reasoning and Clinical Medicine”. In addition, there were five oral and 64 poster presentations. These presentations covered topics ranging from health promotion to neuroimaging. The event celebrated the continuing success and diversity of the LIM program and the training of clinician-scientists at the University of Calgary.

scholarly journals A simple device to illustrate the Einthoven triangle

2012 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin E. Jin ◽  
Heike Wulff ◽  
Jonathan H. Widdicombe ◽  
Jie Zheng ◽  
Donald M. Bers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Physiology ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
University Of California ◽  
First Year ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
School Of Medicine ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Solid Foundation ◽  
Electrocardiographic Leads ◽  
The University

The Einthoven triangle is central to the field of electrocardiography, but the concept of cardiac vectors is often a difficult notion for students to grasp. To illustrate this principle, we constructed a device that recreates the conditions of an ECG reading using a battery to simulate the electrical vector of the heart and three voltmeters for the main electrocardiographic leads. Requiring minimal construction with low cost, this device provides hands-on practice that enables students to rediscover the principles of the Einthoven triangle, namely, that the direction of the cardiac dipole can be predicted from the deflections in any two leads and that lead I + lead III = lead II independent of the position of heart's electrical vector. We built a total of 6 devices for classes of 30 students and tested them in the first-year Human Physiology course at the University of California-Davis School of Medicine. Combined with traditional demonstrations with ECG machines, this equipment demonstrated its ability to help medical students obtain a solid foundation of the basic principles of electrocardiography.

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