Available resources will include computer projection or OHP for majority of lecture content plus colour plate slides. Lectures will take place in a raked theatre (SMH 1.4). Comprehensive lecture material is made available on the Dept. of Physiology Web Pages (and linked in the Medici web pages). The lecture course is supplemented with three practical classes, a histology class (nerve and muscle), a practical class in which students will make percutaneous measurements of action potential propagation (Ulnar nerve) and a practical that will investigate the role of the autonomic system in the response to exercise. Appropriate levels of technical support to run these practicals is provided. The lecture course can be supported by the following texts:

Critical comparison: Texts often differ in detail and interpretation.

Deductive reasoning: Only principals are covered in the lecture course so many connections remain to be made be students in self-directed work.

Assessment will be in the form of tutorial problems (4% to final year mark) and 3 examination papers. Paper 1 covers elements 1-4 and paper 2, elements 5-9. The 3^rd paper (Form and Function) covers all the anatomical, histological and data interpretation material seen in terms 1 & 2. Papers 1 & 2 count 38% each to the final mark, Form and Function accounts for 20% and the tutorials (4%) account for the remainder. Grades for Med I provide a filter for admission into year 2.