Establishing consensus for the core concepts of physiology in the Australian higher education context using the Delphi method

K Tangalakis, L Lexis, DH Hryciw… - Advances in …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
A set of core concepts (“big ideas”) integral to the discipline of physiology are important for
students to understand and demonstrate their capacity to apply. We found poor alignment of …

Core concepts: views from physiology and neuroscience

JE Schaefer, J Michael - Frontiers in Education, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Core concepts are “big ideas” that are central to a discipline, provide frameworks of
understanding for disciplinary content, and aid student transfer of learning. Core concept …

Unpacking the homeostasis core concept in physiology: an Australian perspective

EAH Beckett, V Gaganis, AJ Bakker… - Advances in …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Australia-wide consensus was reached on seven core concepts of physiology, which
included homeostasis, a fundamental concept for students to understand as they develop …

Unpacking and validating the “cell membrane” core concept of physiology by an Australian team

SJ Etherington, AJ Moorhouse… - Advances in …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
A task force of physiology educators from 25 Australian universities generated an Australia-
wide consensus on seven core concepts for physiology curricula. One adopted core concept …

Unpacking and validating the “physiological adaptation” core concept of physiology

S Estaphan, GD Wadley, G Todd… - Advances in …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
A national Task Force of 25 Australian physiology educators used the Delphi protocol to
develop seven physiology core concepts that were agreed to nationally. The aim of the …

Unpacking the “movement of substances” core concept of physiology by an Australian team

D Brown, T Uebergang, N Masters… - Advances in …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
Australia-wide consensus was reached on seven core concepts of physiology. The
“movement of substances” core concept with the descriptor “the movement of substances …

Unpacking the renal system component of the “structure and function” core concept of physiology by an Australian team

BD Perry, MS Cameron, MB Cooke… - Advances in …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
An Australia-wide consensus was reached on seven core concepts of physiology, one of
which was “structure and function” with the descriptor “Structure and function are intrinsically …

A case study of actual versus desired inclusion of community-derived core concepts into neuroscience courses in different disciplines at a large university

I Maita, MT Owens, AL Juavinett - Frontiers in Education, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Neuroscience is an inherently interdisciplinary and rapidly evolving field. While many
universities have neuroscience or related majors, they are highly heterogeneous, and it is …

Unpacking and validating the “cell-cell communication” core concept of physiology by an Australian team

LK Chopin, J Choate, JA Rathner… - Advances in …, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
An Australia-wide consensus was reached on seven core concepts of physiology, one of
which was cell-cell communication. Three physiology educators from a “core concepts” …

Australian core concepts to align learning outcomes, curriculum design, and assessment

A Hayes, K Tangalakis - Advances in Physiology Education, 2023 - journals.physiology.org
What started out as an attempt to design an Assessment Framework to improve assessment
in the biomedical sciences has grown into a reevaluation of the way physiology is taught, to …