Dissecting the Meanings of “Physiology” to Assess the Vitality of the Discipline

Lemoine, Maël; Pradeu, Thomas

doi:10.1152/physiol.00015.2018

Cited by 18 publications

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“…In our medical curriculum, the physiology course is offered in the first three semesters. Physiology courses are considered complex, but also very interesting (8), so we made a careful evaluation of the material that the students would be expected to learn, as well as the specific challenges for enhancing their learning of physiology mechanisms. Furthermore, teachers should be able to design their strategies, so as to improve buy-in from both students and other faculty members (4).…”

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Lectures and collaborative working improves the performance of medical students

Montrezor¹

2021

Advances in Physiology Education

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Snapshot: The use of short lecture classes associated with collaborative group work, which involved the elaboration of a portfolio, with well-defined modalities and objectives, improved the students’ grades and decreased the percentage of incorrect answers on tests. Most of the students believed that the collaborative work contributed to their learning about digestive physiology, and most of them reported being comfortable working in their groups, without feeling dominated by other group members.

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Lectures and collaborative working improves the performance of medical students

Montrezor¹

2021

Advances in Physiology Education

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“…Biology refers to any chemical, molecular, cellular, immune or physiologic process or mechanism which is activated inside the human body [ 18 ]. Central to the description of the type biology are the functions and mechanisms which work within the human body and relate to how organisms, organ systems, cells and molecules carry out their chemical and physical functions and how these interactions are regulated, including control mechanisms and communication between cells [ 19 ]. For the type ‘biology’ there are three categories of potential additional ‘internal’ and ‘external’ person (host) effects.…”

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A comprehensive framework for considering additional unintended consequences in economic evaluation

Nymark

Vassall

2020

Cost Eff Resour Alloc

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Background: In recent years there has been a growth in economic evaluations that consider indirect health benefits to populations due to advances in mathematical modeling. In addition, economic evaluations guidelines have suggested the inclusion of impact inventories to include non-health direct and indirect consequences. We aim to bring together this literature, together with the broader literature on internalities and externalities to propose a comprehensive approach for analysts to identify and characterize all unintended consequences in economic evaluations. Methods: We present a framework to assist analysts identify and characterize additional costs and effects beyond that of direct health impact primarily intended to be influenced by the intervention/technology. We build on previous checklists to provide analysts with a comprehensive framework to justify the inclusion or exclusion of effects, supporting the use of current guidelines, to ensure any unintended effects are considered. We illustrate this framework with examples from immunization. These were identified from a previous systematic review, PhD thesis work, and general search scoping in PubMed databases. Results: We present a comprehensive framework to consider additional consequences, exemplified by types and categories. We bring this and other guidance together to assist analysts identify possible unintended consequences whether taking a provider or societal perspective. Conclusions: Although there are many challenges ahead to standardize the inclusion of additional consequences in economic evaluation, we hope by moving beyond generic statements to reporting against a comprehensive framework of additional effects we can support further consistency in this aspect of cost-effectiveness analysis going forward.

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“…In the case of evaluation of the heart, the function component is often captured by EF. The discipline of physiology is a field within the basic sciences that employs exploratory methods to characterize functional aspects of living systems (50). Investigations rely on systematic measurements using appropriate tools, explorations of the consequences of selective disturbances, and modeling work, both in experimental animals and in in silico studies.…”

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“…In the past, it has been voiced that physiology is an "old science" that can be dropped to stay "current" (5). Despite such worries, it was pointed out that physiology is a vital discipline (50), and the field is flourishing (63). The present contribution illustrates that, in a certain sense, the area of cardiac physiology may be even more vibrant than thought, if its exponents are indeed ready to take the lead in developing new (and better) methods to analyze the cardiovascular system.…”

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Ratiology and a Complementary Class of Metrics for Cardiovascular Investigations

2019

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Cardiovascular investigations often involve ratio-based metrics or differences: ejection fraction, arterial pressure augmentation index, coronary fractional flow reserve, pulse pressure. Focusing on a single number (ratio or difference) implies that information is lost. The lost companions constitute a well-defined but thus far unrecognized class, having additive value, a physical dimension, and often a physiological meaning. Physiologists should play a prominent role in exploring these complementary avenues and also define alternatives.

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Dissecting the Meanings of “Physiology” to Assess the Vitality of the Discipline

Cited by 18 publications

References 96 publications

Lectures and collaborative working improves the performance of medical students

Lectures and collaborative working improves the performance of medical students

A comprehensive framework for considering additional unintended consequences in economic evaluation

Ratiology and a Complementary Class of Metrics for Cardiovascular Investigations

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