在本科病理生理学课程中关于肥胖机制的教学方法
1Department of Biology, Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, Missouri, United States.
Advances in physiology education
|March 7, 2024
概括
本科生经常误解肥胖是缺乏意志力. 这项研究引入了教育材料,教肥胖的复杂病理生理学,包括荷尔蒙因素,到护理前和生物学专业.
科学领域:
- 生理学 生理学 生理学
- 病理生理学 病理生理学
- 医学教育 医学教育
背景情况:
- 本科生通常对肥胖有着简单的看法,将其归因于行为选择而不是生物因素.
- 许多预护理和生物学学生缺乏对肥胖生理学和病理生理学的基础知识,包括调节食欲的激素,如勒.
- 解决这一知识差距对于未来的医疗保健专业人员和科学家来说至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为肥胖病理生理学开发和描述有效的教学材料.
- 为两个不同的本科生群体提供教育内容:预护理和生物学专业.
- 提高学生对肥胖症作为复杂的多因素疾病的理解.
主要方法:
- 在两个课程中为肥胖病理生理学开发了量身定制的教学材料:用于预护理专业的一般病理生理学调查,以及用于生物学专业的深入分子/细胞课程.
- 在疾病过程的分子基础上,将肥胖整合到代谢综合征单元中,强调与2型糖尿病和动脉样硬化的联系.
- 编制了一份资源清单,供教育工作者在教学肥胖时使用.
主要成果:
- 成功地将肥胖病理生理学内容适用于各种本科课程.
- 证明了肥胖在更广泛的疾病背景中的整合,例如代谢综合征.
- 提供了一个基础,以提高学生对肥胖的生物学基础的理解.
结论:
- 有效的教学策略可以解决本科生对肥胖的误解.
- 将肥胖纳入病理生理学和分子疾病课程可以提高对其复杂性的理解.
- 教育资源对于提高未来医疗保健提供者和科学家关于肥胖的科学素养至关重要.
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