All parts of the course are held in Collegium Anatomicum.

http://kzf.amp.edu.pl/index%20GB.htm
Look for the ‘Policies’ document, which will layout every administrative thing you need to know for the course.

Prof. Mądry will likely also create a Facebook group and ask students to join. The name of the group should something like “4yMD-PHYSIOLOGY-2018-2019”

Prof. Edyta Mądry MD, PhD
emadry@ump.edu.pl

Textbooks

• Physiology (Costanzo)
• Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology
• Physiology (BRS)

Practice Questions

• BRS
• Lippincott’s Illustrated Reviews will be more useful for the NBME and less helpful for the internal tests

Lectures

• There are a few lectures on topics such as thermoregulation, sleep, respiration.

Seminars

• These comprise the bulk of the course. They are located in–for lack of a better word–”Physiology Wing” of Collegium Anatomicum. After entering the building, turn right and walk down to the end of the hallway; on your right will be a staircase. On the first landing, turn left and go through the set of doors. The room numbers for seminars, labs, and PBLs start in this area. Only attendance is marked.

Labs

• There labs that cover some of the major topics: for example, cardiovascular, nervous, and respiratory systems. Only attendance is marked.

Problem-based learning (PBL)

• At the beginning of the year, there will be one PBL. Your seminar group will be divided into two. Each group is given a topic to research and present in the following seminar.

Internal Tests

• At the end of each module is a review test. Each review test is composed of sections, where one section is about one seminar (e.g. one section may assess your knowledge from the cardiovascular seminar). Each section is usually composed of ten multiple choice questions. The test is held at OLAT: 2 Parkowa.
• There is a final exam. To be eligible to write the exam, you need 88 points from the review tests; otherwise, you write an integrative test. To pass the exam and the course, you need to achieve a score of 60%.

NBME

There is an optional NBME for physiology. It takes place around the end of the year; students usually write it in their second year. It is held at OLAT: 2 Parkowa.

It is very important to study well for this course as the material will reappear in pathophysiology, which occurs towards the end of the year and is more difficult. Although the course may seem straightforward, devote more time than otherwise needed for understanding and making good notes on the physiology of each system, with emphasis on renal, cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, and gastrointestinal systems because these reappear in pathophysiology. The renal module is the first one in pathophysiology and the hardest.