REFRESHER COURSE FOR TEACHING MUSCLE PHYSIOLOGY

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APS REFRESHER COURSE REPORTSREFRESHER COURSE FOR TEACHING MUSCLE PHYSIOLOGYRobert Hester, and George OrdwayRobert HesterDepartment of Physiology, Univ. of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216, E-mail: , and George OrdwayDepartment of Physiology, Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, E-mail: Published Online:01 Dec 2003https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00041.2003MoreSectionsPDF (32 KB)Download PDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesGet permissionsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInEmail This report presents highlights of a Refresher Course sponsored by the American Physiological Society at Experimental Biology ’03 on Friday, April 11, 2003, in San Diego, California.The Education Committee of the American Physiological Society presented a Refresher Course at Experimental Biology 2003 in San Diego, California that focused on teaching muscle physiology to undergraduate and professional students. The major purpose of this Refresher Course was to present new information that may not be readily available in standard textbooks.The course consisted of morning and afternoon sessions. The morning session featured four lectures by outstanding researchers on different areas of muscle physiology. Dr. Clinton Webb spoke about smooth muscle contraction and the regulation of contraction by RhoA/Rho kinase; Dr. Susan Brooks presented an overview about skeletal muscle and the effects of training on the prevention of muscle injury; Dr. Donna Korzick’s presentation addressed new concepts in cardiac excitation-contraction coupling; and Dr. Russell Richardson described how smooth, skeletal, and cardiac muscles are integrated in the overall response to exercise. Each of the speakers did an outstanding job conveying new concepts that should be included in current courses on muscle physiology. Their lectures are summarized in a series of articles in this issue of Advances in Physiology Education, and their PowerPoint presentations have been submitted to the APS Archives that can be accessed at http://www.the-aps.org/education/refresher/MuscleRefresherCourse.htmFor the afternoon session, three commercial vendors, iWorx, ( http://iworx.com), BIOPAC ( http://biopac.com), and ADInstruments ( http://www.adinstruments.com/), provided a number of hands-on laboratory activities that complemented the lectures in the morning session and addressed the question, “Can Skeletal Muscle Influence Cardiac and Smooth Muscle?” The activities utilized static and rhythmic handgrip exercise to examine EMG activity and demonstrate the reflex effects of muscle contraction on heart rate and blood pressure. These and other laboratory activities suitable for undergraduate and professional students can be found on the vendors’ web pages.APS-sponsored Refresher Courses provide teachers with important, up-to-date material needed by today’s students. We sincerely thank each of the speakers and companies who participated in this year’s course and contributed to its overwhelming success.FOOTNOTESThis section, guest edited by Robert Hester, presents articles inspired by presentations given in the APS Refresher Course “Muscle Physiology: from Cellular to Integrative” at Experimental Biology 2003.This article has no references to display. Previous Back to Top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedInformation More from this issue > Volume 27Issue 4December 2003Pages 170-170 Copyright & Permissions© 2003 American Physiological Societyhttps://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00041.2003History Published online 1 December 2003 Published in print 1 December 2003 PDF download Metrics Downloaded 267 times