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Beth Beason-Abmayr; David R. Caprette – Advances in Physiology Education, 2025
We present an alternative to the traditional classroom lecture on the topics of metabolic scaling, allometric relationships between metabolic rate (MR) and body size, and reasons for rejecting Rubner's surface "law," concepts that students have described as challenging, counterintuitive, and/or mathematical. In groups, students work with…
Descriptors: Metabolism, Body Composition, Animals, Active Learning
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Camila Aparecida Errerias Fernandes Cardinali; Yandara Akamine Martins; Rodrigo Pereira Prates; Emmanuel Veríssimo de Araújo; Felipe Jose Costa Viana; Maria Eleticia de Sousa; Eduardo da Cunha Bombardi; Marcus Vinicius Chrysostomo Baldo; Maria Tereza Nunes – Advances in Physiology Education, 2025
Games and analogies can significantly enrich the learning experience when integrated with traditional expository teaching methods. With this aim, we developed "The Mystery of the Cell Kingdom," an online game designed to enhance understanding of the physiology of thyroid hormones through a medieval analogy. In the game, students are…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Physiology, Metabolism, Educational Games
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Veronica Izquierdo; Marcos Pazos-Couselo; Maria Gonzalez-Rodriguez; Alba-Elena Martinez-Santos; Paula Andujar-Plata; Olaia Diaz-Trastoy; Antia Fernandez-Pombo; Sara Sigueiro-Paulos; Raquel Rodriguez-Gonzalez – Health Education Research, 2024
Limited data exist on educational programs for people using insulin pump (IP) therapy or those considering its initiation, and the influence of individual characteristics on their educational pathway remains unclear. Our aim was to analyze the characteristics of people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) referred for IP therapy and how these…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Diabetes, Drug Therapy, Individual Characteristics
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BoAe Im; HyunSoo Oh; SooHyun Kim; HyeSun Jeong; WhaSook Seo – Health Education & Behavior, 2024
Rheumatic diseases are known to be associated with the development of metabolic syndrome, which increases mortality rates due to cardiovascular complications. Although a variety of self-management programs for rheumatic diseases have been developed, few have concentrated on metabolic syndrome. This study aimed to develop and verify a blended (a…
Descriptors: Self Management, Patients, Comparative Analysis, Diseases