AP&P 2017 Syllabus
▾ Resources
• The Anatomy Coloring Book (Kapit, Elson); ISBN-10: 0321832019- Required for weekly assignments
• The Physiology Coloring Book (Kapit, Macey, Meisami); ISBN-10: 0321036638 - Required for weekly assignments
Optional - Stephen Gascoigne, The Clinical Medicine Guide; ISBN 0-9522189-3-3
the Coloring Books are both far more sophisticated than implied by their titles, and are in widespread use as supplements to more conventional and expensive texts in conventional medical training; I’ve selected these as they provide a visual-kinesthetic experience to assist the student in learning terminology and in cementing facts & concepts
other (free) online resources will be recommended in the course of study
Optional, recommended resources for specific topics:
• Anatomy of Movement (Blandine Calais-Germain); ISBN-13: 978-0939616572; for Module 4
• Anatomy of Breathing (Blandine Calais-Germain); ISBN-13: 978-0939616558; for Module 2
• The Human Brain Coloring Book (Diamond, Scheibel, Elson); ISBN 978-0-06-460306-5; for Module 6
• Cellular and Molecular Immunology (Abbas, Litchtman, Pillai); ISBN-10: 0323222757; for Module 6
other resources will be recommended for optional deeper study into particular topics as we encounter these
▾ Syllabus
▾ General structure
▾ 60 1½-2-hour sessions recorded as streaming video, accessed online via our course support site, taught by Will Taylor M.D., originally as interactive webinar & recorded for self-paced participation & review; broken into 6 10-week modules
• supplemented with materials from other online resources (Khan Academy &c.)
• Once-monthly Live Videoconference-based Online sessions for Discussion (est. 60 minutes monthly), beginning in January 201
• Anatomy, Physiology & Pathology will be closely integrated, rather than taught as discrete & unrelated topics
• Throughout, I will present the living organism as a complex adaptive system, investigating what we might glean from the simple local interactions / reductionist model that characterizes contemporary medical science (iatromechanism), while also investigating the pitfalls of this philosophy and the insights that a complex systems perspective might offer
• As it is essential to appreciate how we have come to believe what we do about the operations of the living organism, in order to have confidence in & generate meaningful questions about those beliefs, I’ll take an historical perspective throughout; not so much a survey of names & specific contributions, as a broad view of the development of our understanding, appreciation, & the pregnant questions posed to current medical science.
▾ We’ll employ Two Online Platforms
• a Webinar service for Live discussion using Citrix GoToWebinar & GoToMeeting, providing live video- and screencasting, and live instructor/participant interaction
▾ this (the courses.homstudies.com) course support site, an asynchronous eLearning platform, hosting:
• steaming video recordings (typically 90-120 minutes each) of each session, 10 per module; for a total of 120 hours of recorded instruction for the course overall (20 hours / module).
• downloadable handouts, resources
• an online asynchronous discussion forum to supplement our live Q&A between the Live sessions
• online participant journals, for “virtual office-hours” interaction with the instructor
• online electronically-graded quizzes - for self-review & assessment; focussing on the learning objectives for each session; repeatable as often as desired
• downloadable participation documents, contingent on participation & passing (80%) quiz scores on each segment of the course
▾ Interaction/Discussion:
▾ Once Monthly Live Sessions
• question submission via text feature in webinar interface, for live instructor response
• live audio & video participation, optionally (encouraged) via participants’ computer microphone & webcam - will review operation in session 1
▾ Between Live Sessions
• course support page discussion forum
• course support page participant journal (asynchronous “office hours”)
Topics:
Module1
wk 1 - Introduction & Orientation to the course & course deliver platforms
wk 2 - History of European Medicine | Hippocratic/Galenic Medicine
wk 3 - Motion of the Heart
wk 4 - Electrical Activity of the Heart | Electrocardiography
wk 5 - Coronary Arteries, Angina, Myocardial Infarction
wk 6 - The regulation of Blood Pressure
wk 7 - Atherosclerosis
wk 8 - Veins
wk 9 - Capillaries, Interstitial Fluid, Lymphatics; Peripheral Exchange
wk 10 - Red Blood Cells, Hemoglobin, as exchange
Module 2
wk 1 - CO2 transport, Acid/Base Balance
wk 2 - Urinary Tract, kidneys, Renal physiology part 1
wk 3 - Renal physiology part 2 - the renal glomerulus & proximal tubule
wk 4 - Renal physiology part 3 - the Loop of Henle, distal tubule, collecting duct
wk 5 - the Lower Urinary Tract & Prostate
wk 6 - the Respiratory Tract - Lungs & ventilation (respiration)
wk 7 - the Respiratory Tract , part 2 - Asthma
wk 8 - Lower Respiratory Pathology - Bronchitis, Pneumonia, COPD, tuberculosis
wk 9 - The Upper Respiratory Tract
wk 10 - Upper Respiratory Pathology
Module 3
wk 1 - Heart Failure
wk 2 - Cardiopulmonary Regulation
wk 3 - the Digestive Tract - overview
wk 4 - the Digestive Tract, part 2
wk 5 - the Digestive Tract, part 3
wk 6 - Gastrointestinal Pathology
wk 7 - Appendicitis & the Acute Abdomen
wk 8 - the Liver
wk 9 - Hepatic (liver) Disease
wk 10 - Cancer, part 1
Module 4
wk 1 - Cancer, part 2
wk 2 - Connective Tissue
wk 3 - Bone | Osteoporosis
wk 4 - the Axial Skeleton
wk 5 - Musculature of the Axial Skeeton | the Pelvic Girdle
wk 6 - the Lower Extremity | the Shoulder Girdle
wk 7 - the Upper Extremity
wk 8 - Physiology of Muscle, part 1
wk 9 - Osteoarthritis | Physiology of Muscle, part 2
wk 10 - Myofascial Pain & Dysfunction
Modules 5 & 6 are currently in development, & will be presented Live for the current 2017 enrollee cohort between January - May 2018; these will be posted for self-paced participation for the 2018 enrollee cohort once they air live; specific session content is currently being considered, but will address the topics below):
Modules 5, 6
the Endocrine System
Cellular microanatomy & physiology
Reproduction & Development
Genetics & Heredity
the Nervous System
Peripheral nerves | peripheral neurologic disease
the organs of special sense
the Spinal Cord
the autonomic nervous system
interpersonal neurobiology
the Brain | historical & contemporary neurobiology
sleep
Mind
Behavior, Psychiatry; historical & contemporary perspectives
Immunology
Innate Immunity, Inflammation
Acquired Immunity, Immune Surveillance
Immunization ("vaccination")
Autoimmune Disease
Psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology