Members of the Physiology Department faculty are actively involved in the teaching mission of Emory University. These efforts include coordinating and lecturing in the medical school course, Foundations of Medicine (Healthy Human & Human Disease), the Allied Health Physiology course given to students in the Physicians Assistant Program and Anesthesiologist Assistant Program of the Medical School, and numerous graduate courses in the Graduate Division of Biomedical and Biological Sciences.
Foundations of Medicine (Healthy Human) course
The Foundations of Medicine (Healthy Human) course is presented to the first year medical students during the first 11 weeks. It is divided into 7 two or three-week modules. The Physiology faculty is involved in the following modules:
Neural Function: Shawn Hochman, Pete Wenner, Marie-Claude Perreault, Sandra M. Garraway, Inyeong Choi
Exercise and Movement: Inyeong Choi (director), Morten Raastad, Heping Ma, Jeff Sands
Foundations of Medicine (Human Disease) course
The Foundations of Medicine (Human Disease) includes organ/system based modules that continue for 11 months. The Physiology faculty lecture in the following modules:
Pulmonary: Morten Raastad
Renal and Genitourinary: Douglas Eaton, Inyeong Choi, Jeff Sands
PA and AA Program
The Physiology course provides the fundamentals of systems physiology in a one semester course to the students in the Physicians Assistant (PA) Program and Anesthesiologist Assistant Program of the Medical School This course is directed by Inyeong Choi and many faculty members contribute to the lectures and assessment:
PAE 7208 - Fundamentals of Rheumatology and Orthopedics: Marie-Claude Perreault
BAHS 502 - Physiology: Inyeong Choi (director), Francisco Alvarez, Heping Ma