IDSP 214: FOUNDATIONS IN BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES I:
THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM (1 credit)
GENERAL INFORMATION – SPRING 2009
Course
Director: Lynn Harrison, Ph.D.
675-4213
BRI F4-21
Faculty: Omar Skalli, Ph.D. (Cellular Biology and Anatomy)
Lynn Harrison, Ph.D. (Molecular and Cellular Physiology)
James Zavecz, Ph.D. (Pharmacology, Toxicology and Neuroscience)
COURSE OBJECTIVES: A major goal of this course is to give you an integrated understanding of the mechanisms that underlie the normal function of the cells, tissues and organs of the respiratory system and a view of the anatomical organization. This information will formulate the basis for understanding the actions of drugs, desired and undesired, as well as their therapeutic use in respiratory disorders.
Lectures: Lectures will be held in room 5-337, Monday through Friday 8-8.50 am.
Supplementary Material: To assist the students, the following text books are recommended:
Histology, a text and atlas, Ross, Romrell and Kaye
Textbook of Medical Physiology, Hall and Guyton 10th edition
Respiratory Physiology, The essentials, 8th edition, John West
Goodman and Gilman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics,
Harman, Limberd, Molinoff, Ruddon and Gilman 9th edition
Examination and Final grade: There are two exams for the course. The first is on March 27th and will cover lectures 1-7. The second exam is on April 9th. The exams will be essay and short answer questions. There will also be 1 take home exam that will consist of 1 question. The question requires a 1-2 page answer and will count for 5% of the final grade. This take home will be given at the beginning of the respiratory section and is designed to help students prepare for the type of questions that will be given on exams I and II. I will give the question on March 18th and it will need to be handed in on the 23rd March.
Letter grades will be assigned as follows:
Exam Average Grade
90-100 A
80-89.9 B
70-79.9 C
60-69.9 D
< 60 F
Course schedule:
|
Lecture |
Teacher |
Date |
Time |
|
Lung anatomy/histology |
Dr. Skalli |
March 16th |
8 am |
|
Lung anatomy/histology |
Dr. Skalli |
March 17th |
8 am |
|
Dr. Harrison |
March 18th |
8 am |
|
|
Respiratory Mechanics II |
Dr. Harrison |
March 19th |
8 am |
|
Dr. Harrison |
March 20th |
8 am |
|
|
Gas Diffusion |
Dr. Harrison |
March 23rd |
8 am |
|
Pulmonary Circulation |
Dr. Harrison |
March 24th |
8 am |
|
Ventillation-Perfusion Matching |
Dr. Harrison |
March 25th |
8 am |
|
Review |
Dr. Harrison |
March 26th |
8am |
|
Exam I (lectures 1-7) |
|
March 27th |
1-4 pm |
|
Circulatory gas transport: O2 |
Dr. Harrison |
March 30thth |
8 am |
|
Dr. Harrison |
March 31st |
8 am |
|
|
Dr. Harrison |
April 1st |
8 am |
|
|
Integrative respiratory physiology |
Dr. Harrison |
April 2nd |
8 am |
|
Integrative respiratory physiology |
Dr. Harrison |
April 3rd |
8 am |
|
Dr. Zavecz |
April 6th |
8 am |
|
|
Dr. Zavecz |
April 7th |
8 am |
|
|
Exam II (lectures 8-15) |
|
April 9th |
1-4 pm |