Module Description:
This self-paced module review g.i. physiology including motility, fluid and electrolyte handling, gastrointestinal drugs and includes a supplement of autonomic physiology and pharmacology with cases to reinforce rational clinical thinking and relevance.

Content: Short video presentations, content review questions, and instructor-learner and learner-learner interactions using message boards. Cases help the learner experience the clinical relevance of the physiology and pharmacology. 35 short videos totalling about 10 hours duration with 135 self-assessment questions with feedback from relevant videos.  Estimated effort during course: 15-20 hours.

Module Features
Introduction and Overview of G.I. Tract Function
Principles of G.I. Motility
Principles of G.I. Electrolyte Handling
G.I. Pharmacology Basics
Autonomic Physiology and Pharmacology (supplemental review)
4 Case Studies with Video Explanations
Content includes 35 short videos totalling about 10 hours
135 Self-review questions with Feedback from relevant segments of videos

Module Description

Module introducing the topic of pharmacology using clinically relevant concepts and clinical case discussions

MODULE FEATURES

Module Description

We have observed that entering veterinary students often have difficulty adjusting away from a rote learning style that may have led to short-term learning success in pre-veterinary courses. Considering the sheer volume, changing nature, and interdependence of medical content, we would encourage a more integrated long-term strategy to your learning. You have sought to be a veterinarian to solve clinical problems!  Veterinarians use critical thinking to work through clinical problems when the diagnosis is not immediately apparent … they do not rely as much on the memorization of facts, particularly in the digital information age.
In this course, using renal physiology concepts, widely considered by first-year students as the most difficult to master, we will introduce you to strategies for connecting these concepts to your pre-veterinary education, to each other, and ultimately to critical thinking about real-life clinical problems, i.e. cases.

Module Features
Designed for students entering veterinary school, but open to anyone interested
Learn how to master a clinically meaningful integrative "approach" to physiology
Led by 2 instructors with over 70 combined years of experience teaching veterinary and medical physiology
Consists of 2 introductory videos, 19 short videos on renal physiology totalling 8.3 hours duration
Topics include: Mass Balance, Clearance and Glomerular Filtration Rate
Transport and Reabsorption along the Nephron
Countercurrent Mechanisms and Control of Plasma Osmolality
Mechanisms and side effects of diuretic drugs
Relevant cases for each subject
Supplemental Resources: 4 short videos on the Basics of Fluid Therapy