PP3201:03
Applied Physiology
Townsville
Prerequisites: (BC2401 or PP2101) (BC2402 or PP2201)
Inadmissable Subject Combination: PP3102
36 lectures, 24 hours practicals. Second semester.
Staff: Dr R Towner.
This subject will build upon the basic and theoretical concepts of physiology taught at levels 2 and 3. Specifically, it will teach students about the array of technologies and methods currently employed in monitoring/quantitating physiological processes and the application of these methods to solve physiological problems. The subject will cover methods used in a variety of physiological systems with some emphasis on the cardiovascular system.
Learning Objectives:
- the classical and more recent methods for measurement of physiological variables in vivo and in vitro;
- methods of analysis available for monitoring metabolic/biochemical and physiological responses in intact tissues;
- molecular approaches to physiology as alternatives to (e.g.) classical pharmacological manipulations;
- methods of image acquisition and analysis in isolated and in situ tissues;
- concepts of experimental design and the pros and cons of the different experimental methods in the in vivo and in vitro settings.
Assessment by examination (50%); seminars (20%); laboratory work and assignments (30%).
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