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1Department for Animal and Human Physiology, Institute for Physiology and Biochemistry "Ivan Djaja", Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
Abstract:
NEW & NOTEWORTHY Physiology education rarely addresses the biological processes that occur at the end of life. This article proposes that teaching the physiology of dying provides a powerful integrative framework for reinforcing core physiological concepts such as homeostasis, energy use, and systems integration. Using interactive teaching and pattern recognition-based learning in an undergraduate physiology course, we demonstrate how the physiology of dying can help students consolidate conceptual understanding while completing the physiological narrative of the human lifespan.
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