Seminar covering topics of current interest in biology. Includes reading and analysis of research papers and student presentations. Contact Biology Education Office for topics.

Introduction to basic NMR theory. Examples of biochemical data obtained using NMR summarized along with other related experiments. Detailed study of NMR imaging techniques includes discussions of basic cross-sectional image reconstruction, image contrast, flow and real-time imaging, and hardware design considerations. Exposure to laboratory NMR spectroscopic and imaging equipment included.

Mathematics for Biomedical Physics is an open textbook, published by the Wayne State University Library System, geared to introduce several mathematical topics at the rudimentary level so that students can appreciate the applications of mathematics to the interdisciplinary field of biomedical physics. Most of the topics are presented in their simplest but rigorous form so that students can easily understand the advanced form of these topics when the need arises. Several end-of-chapter problems and chapter examples relate the applications of mathematics to biomedical physics. After mastering the topics of this book, students would be ready to embark on quantitative thinking in various topics of biology and medicine.

This textbook was created to support the study of key mathematical concepts and skills among future occupational and public health professionals. Specifically, it contains material adapted from multiple existing resources on college- and university-level mathematics. The primary intended use of the textbook is for the course POH103 “Data Management” at Ryerson University, but it could be used or adapted to other settings.

The material is designed for first-year undergraduate occupational and public health students with different backgrounds in mathematics. The material is intended to prepare students for more advanced quantitative courses in biostatistics, epidemiology, and risk assessment, among others.

Chapter 1: Algebra Review
Chapter 2: Linear Equations and Graphs
Chapter 3: Introduction to Functions
Chapter 4: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Chapter 5: Sets and Counting
Chapter 6: Probability - Part 1
Chapter 7: Probability - Part 2

This course addresses the scientific basis for the development of new drugs. The first half of the semester begins with an overview of the drug discovery process, followed by fundamental principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, metabolism, and the mechanisms by which drugs cause therapeutic and toxic responses. The second half of the semester applies those principles to case studies and literature discussions of current problems with specific drugs, drug classes, and therapeutic targets.

Introduces representations, techniques, and architectures used to build applied systems and to account for intelligence from a computational point of view. Applications of rule chaining, heuristic search, constraint propagation, constrained search, inheritance, and other problem-solving paradigms. Applications of identification trees, neural nets, genetic algorithms, and other learning paradigms. Speculations on the contributions of human vision and language systems to human intelligence.

The focus of the course is on medical science and practice in the age of automation and the genome, both present and future. It includes an analysis of the computational needs of clinical medicine, a review systems and approaches that have been used to support those needs, and an examination of new technologies.

Medical Simulation Scenarios are text documents outlining the various details of a simulation - everything from patient simulator settings to debriefing notes.

Topic: Abdominal Trauma
Title: Motorcycle Crash
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald

Topic: Adrenal Crisis
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Anaphylaxis
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University

Topic: Anaphylaxis
Title: Anaphylaxis In An Inpatient
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Alison Rodger, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University

Topic: Anaphylaxis
Title: Bee Sting In An 8 Month Old
Author / Institution: Katie Gordon / University of Maryland School of Medicine

Topic: Apnea
Title: Drowning In A 3 Year Old
Author / Institution: Katie Gordon / University of Maryland School of Medicine

Topic: Asthmatic Protocol for ED
Title: Branching Scenario: 3 Treatment Routine ER - Pediatric Patient
Targets: Emergency Department Staff and Respiratory Therapy Students
Author / Institution: Carl Rod, MS, RRT, RCP, Rose State College RT Clinical Simulation Lab

Topic: Atrial Fibrillation
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University

Topic: Bidirectional Ventricular Tachycardia from Digoxin Toxicity
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Bradicadia
Title: Bradycardic Arrest - Carotid Sinus Mass
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University

Topic: Burn
Title: Cigarette Fire
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald

Topic: Burn
Title: Meth Lab Explosion
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald

Topic: Cardiac Arrest
Target: Inter-professional Team Training
Author / Institution: Devin Sydor

Topic: Chest and Abdominal Trauma
Title: Auto Accident
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald

Topic: CHF (Congestive Heart Failure)
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University

Topic: Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Mediating Conflict
Title: Managing Family Members with Different Views
Target: ICU Fellows
Author / Institution: Ryan Fink, Miko Enomoto / OHSU

Topic: Crohns Flare
Title: Complicated Crohn’s
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran / Dalhousie University

Topic: Delirious, Combative / Violent Patient Management
Title: Delirium
Target: ICU Fellows
Author / Institution: Ryan Fink, Miko Enomoto / OHSU

Topic: Delivering Bad News
Title: Delivering Bad News after a Stroke
Target: ICU Fellows
Author / Institution: Ryan Fink, Miko Enomoto / OHSU

Topic: Difficult Airway
Title: Ace Inhibitor Angioedema
Target: Mid - Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Difficult Airway
Title: Difficult / Failed Airway
Target: Mid - Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Disclosure of an Adverse Event
Title: Retained Guidewire from a Central Line
Target: ICU Fellows
Author / Institution: Ryan Fink / OHSU

Topic: DKA (Diabetic Ketoacidosis)
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University

Topic: DKA
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University

Topic: Dyspnea (Shortness of Breath)
Title: Acute Pulmonary Edema requiring intubation
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Dyspnea (Shortness of Breath)
Title: Severe Asthma requiring intubation
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Electrical Storm
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University

Topic: Emergent Med-Surg Response
Title: MET/RRT Response
Targets: Response Teams, House Staff and Respiratory Therapy Students
Author / Instituation: Carl Rod, MS, RRT, RCP, Rose State College RT Clinical Simulation Lab

Topic: EtOH Withdrawal
Title: EtOH Withdrawal Siezure
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University

Topic: Febrile Neutropenia
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University

Topic: Head Trauma
Title: Four Storey Fall
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald

Topic: Head Trauma
Title: Hit by Motorboat
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald

Topic: Hypertension
Title: Aortic Dissection
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Hypertension
Title: Autonomic Dysreflexia
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Hypertensive Emergency
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University

Topic: Hypertensive Emergency
Title: “Diastolic Danger” – Hypertensive Urgency / Emergency
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Hailey Hobbs, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University

Topic: Hypoxia
Target: Inter-professional Team Training
Author / Institution: Devin Sydor

Topic: Inferior Stemi
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University

Topic: Labor and delivery, postpartum hemorrhage
Title: Normal Delivery with PPH
Target: Maternal - Child Course - Nursing Education
Author / Institution: Kelly McMunn

Topic: PEA Arrest (pulseless electrical activity)
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University

Topic: Pelvic Fracture
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Penetrating Thoracic Trauma
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Pneumonia
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University

Topic: Pneumonia
Title: Community Acquired Pneumonia
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Iain Arseneau, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University

Topic: Pulmonary Embolism
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University

Topic: Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Sepsis
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran / Dalhousie University

Topic: Sepsis
Title: Sepsis - Crohn's Intraabdominal
Target: Mid - Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Sepsis
Title: Sepsis - DKA and Pneumonia
Target: Mid - Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Sepsis
Title: Sepsis - Febrile Neutropenia
Target: Mid - Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Shock
Title: Blunt Trauma Causing a High Spinal Cord Injury with Neurogenic Shock
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald

Topic: Shock
Title: Hemorrhagic Shock in an Elderly Pedestrian stuck by a Vehicle
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald

Topic: Shock
Title: Penetrating Chest Trauma Causing Obstructive Shock
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Tim Chaplin, Alison Archibald

Topic: Snake Bite
Target: ER residents
Author / Institution: Katie Gordon / University of Maryland School of Medicine

Topic: Status Asthmaticus
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Unknown

Topic: Status Epilepticus - Apnea Post-Benzodiazepines
Title: Seven month old with Status Epilepticus
Target: Pediatric Residents
Author / Institution: Keith Gregoire

Topic: Stroke
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran / Dalhousie University

Topic: Subdural Hemorrhage
Title: SDH and DOAC
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran / Dalhousie University

Topic: Syncope / Torsades
Title: Syncope / Torsades in the setting of acquired prolonged QT
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Tasha Kulai, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University

Topic: Tachycardia – Rapid AF
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Allen Tran, Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University

Topic: Toxic Shock Syndrome
Target: Senior Emergency Residents / Trauma Team
Author / Institution: Anon

Topic: Toxicology - Bupivicaine Overdose
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Queens University

Topic: Toxicology - Hydrofluoric Acid Burns
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Queens University

Topic: Toxicology - Organophosphates
Target: Senior Emergency Residents
Author / Institution: Queens University

Topic: Upper GastrointestinalI Bleed
Target: Internal Medicine
Author / Institute: Jim Boseovski / Queen's University

Topic: Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Title: GI Bleed
Target: PGY1
Author / Institution: Babar Haroon / Dalhousie University

Topic: Viral bronchiolitis in infants requiring intubation
Title: Apnea in the infant with RSV bronchiolitis
Target: Pediatric Residents
Author / Institution: Mike Storr

This textbook is designed to teach medical terminology, the language of medicine, in an engaging and meaningful way. Learning medical terminology will allow the learner to more easily understand the language of medicine and utilize this knowledge throughout their academic and medical-based career.
I. Introduction to Word Parts and Medical Language Rules
II. Directional Terms and Anatomic Planes, Regions and Quadrants
III. Body Structure, Color, and Oncology
IV. Musculoskeletal System
V. Nervous System
VI. Endocrine System
VII. Integumentary System
VIII. Cardiovascular System - Part I: The Heart
IX. Cardiovascular System - Part II: Blood and Blood Vessels
X. Cardiovascular System - Part III: The Lymphatic and Immune Systems
XI. Respiratory System
XII. Digestive System
XIII. Urinary System
XIV. Male Reproductive System
XV. Female Reproductive System
XVI. Embryology, Pregnancy, and Neonatology
XVII. Eye and Ear

Canvas course associated with the textbook: https://louis.pressbooks.pub/medicalterminology/

This course is designed to teach medical terminology, the language of medicine, in an engaging and meaningful way. Learning medical terminology will allow the learner to more easily understand the language of medicine and utilize this knowledge throughout their academic and medical-based career. While learning medical terms in this course, the learner will also learn basic anatomy and physiology, as well as basic diseases and professions dealing with each body system. The course starts the learner off by explaining the way that word parts are put together and then introduces the words and their parts within each body system. The combination of word lists and their definitions with interactive content and real-world scenarios will aid the learner to understand, retain, and utilize the information within. This course was created through Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment, a project led by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network (https://louislibraries.org) and funded with a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond. It features a collaboration between educational systems in Louisiana, the library community, Pressbooks, and workforce representatives to enable and enhance the delivery of open educational resources (OER) and interactive quiz and assessment elements for priority dual enrollment courses in Louisiana and nationally. Developed OER course materials are released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. This includes a textbook and corresponding course available in Moodle and Canvas that can be imported to other platforms. For access/questions, contact Affordable Learning Louisiana (alearningla@laregents.edu). If you are adopting this resource, we would be glad to know of your use via this brief survey: https://survey.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_41Olbogjof6HUay

Moodle course associated with the textbook: https://louis.pressbooks.pub/medicalterminology/

This course is designed to teach medical terminology, the language of medicine, in an engaging and meaningful way. Learning medical terminology will allow the learner to more easily understand the language of medicine and utilize this knowledge throughout their academic and medical-based career. While learning medical terms in this course, the learner will also learn basic anatomy and physiology, as well as basic diseases and professions dealing with each body system. The course starts the learner off by explaining the way that word parts are put together and then introduces the words and their parts within each body system. The combination of word lists and their definitions with interactive content and real-world scenarios will aid the learner to understand, retain, and utilize the information within. This course was created through Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment, a project led by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network (https://louislibraries.org) and funded with a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond. It features a collaboration between educational systems in Louisiana, the library community, Pressbooks, and workforce representatives to enable and enhance the delivery of open educational resources (OER) and interactive quiz and assessment elements for priority dual enrollment courses in Louisiana and nationally. Developed OER course materials are released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. This includes a textbook and corresponding course available in Moodle and Canvas that can be imported to other platforms. For access/questions, contact Affordable Learning Louisiana (alearningla@laregents.edu). If you are adopting this resource, we would be glad to know of your use via this brief survey: https://survey.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_41Olbogjof6HUay

Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions is an Open Educational Resource (OER) that focuses on breaking down, pronouncing, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of anatomy and physiology. This resource is targeted for Healthcare Administration, Health Sciences, and Pre-Professional students.

This open lab manual is a remix of Openstax Microbiology, CC-BY 4.0, and created through an Affordable Learning Georgia Round Six Textbook Transformation Grant : https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/biology-textbooks/16/

The lab manual was made to be used with the remixed textbook Microbiology for Allied Health Students, and the textbook has a set of Instructional Materials.

Authors' Description:

This lab manual was created to support a microbiology course for allied health students.

The first section of the manual was adapted from the OpenStax Microbiology textbook, of which a remixed version, Microbiology for Allied Health Students, is used as the text for the course.

The next section, staining methods, encompasses three essential staining procedures used in any microbiology lab.

The manual concludes with descriptions of the major biochemical tests students must perform in order to identify an unknown microorganism. While many traditional lab manuals are lengthy and comprehensive, descriptions of the labs in this manual are kept minimal to encourage students to further research the procedures and results on their own.

The appendix includes a safety contract that each student must sign and submit to the instructor at the beginning of the semester.

This manual was created in partial fulfillment of a grant from the University System of Georgia’s Affordable Learning Georgia Textbook Transformation initiative. Special thanks go to Sara Selby for editing and photography.

Accessible files with optical character recognition (OCR) and auto-tagging provided by the Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation.

Microeconomics will ground you in - surprise - basic microeconomics-how markets function, how to think about allocating scarce resources among competing uses, what profit maximizing behavior means in industries with different numbers of competitors, how technology and trade reshapes the opportunities people face, and so on. We will apply economic ideas to understand current economic problems, including the housing bubble, the current unemployment situation (particularly for high school gradutes), how Google makes its money and why healthcare costs are rising so fast.

OER Modules to support Allied Health (Nursing), Drafting, and Welding were created by RPCC faculty Dr. Esperanza Zenon, Ms. Ginny Bradley, Ms. Jesses Walzac, Ms. Donna Rybicki, Ms. Keisha Moore, Ms. Auriel McGalliard, and Mr. Elantonio McKarry. These modules were developed as part of the Promoting Academic Success in TECH through Remediation with OER Module Integration [PASTROMI] project funded by Cooperative Agreement No. NSU-FY2020-21-003 eLearning Innovations Grant Program FY20-21 between Northwestern State University and the Louisiana Board of Regents.

Basic information about Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Intermediate course on neuronal circuits and neurophysiological mechanisms involved in the control of human motor behavior. Including discussion of: 1) sensorimotor integration, 2) interactions between spinal, brainstem, and cerebral cortical levels of control, and 3) how motor control knowledge is created and evaluated.

Modules:

M1 | Neuronal Mechanisms for Information Transmission
M2 | Spinal Mechanisms for Sensorimotor Integration
M3 | Descending control – Medial system
M4 | Descending control – Lateral system
M5 | Integrative action of the sensorimotor system – Visual system | Association cortices
M6 | Integrative action of the sensorimotor system – Cerebellum & Basal ganglia

" The neuropharmacology course will discuss the drug-induced changes in functioning of the nervous system. The specific focus of this course will be to provide a description of the cellular and molecular actions of drugs on synaptic transmission. This course will also refer to specific diseases of the nervous system and their treatment in addition to giving an overview of the techniques used for the study of neuropharmacology. This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month."

Neuroscience for Pre-Clinical Students covers neuroenergetics, neurotransmitters, neuropeptides, and selected amino acid metabolism and degradation. This USMLE-aligned text is designed for a first-year undergraduate medical course and is meant to provide the essential biochemical information from these content areas in a concise format to enable students to engage in an active classroom. Hence, it does not cover neurophysiology and neuroanatomy; and clinical correlates and additional application of content are intended to be provided in the classroom experience. The text assumes that the students will have completed medical school prerequisites (including the MCAT) in which they will have been introduced to the most fundamental concepts of biology and chemistry that are essential to understand the content presented here. With its focus on high-yield concepts, this resource will assist the learner later in medical school and for exam preparation.

The 49-page text was created specifically for use by pre-clinical students at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine and was based on faculty experience and peer review to guide development and hone important topics.

Available Formats
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ISBN 978-1-949373-81-3 (ePub)
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ISBN 978-1-949373-82-0 (Pressbooks) https://pressbooks.lib.vt.edu/neuroscience
Also available via LibreTexts: https://med.libretexts.org/@go/page/35685

How to Adopt this Book
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Instructors and subject matter experts interested in and sharing their original course materials relevant to pre-clinical education are requested to join the instructor portal at https://www.oercommons.org/groups/pre-clinical-resources/10133.

Features of this Book
1. Detailed learning objectives are provided at the beginning of each subsection;
2. High resolution, color contrasting figures illustrate concepts, relationships, and processes throughout;
3. Summary tables display detailed information;
4. End of chapter lists provide additional sources of information; and
5. Accessibility features including structured heads and alternative-text provide access for readers accessing the work via a screen-reader.

Table of Contents
1. Neuron and astrocyte metabolism
2. Neurotransmitters — ACh, glutamate, GABA, and glycine
3. Neuropeptides and unconventional neurotransmitters
4. Amino acid metabolism and specialized products

Suggested Citation
LeClair, Renée J., (2022). Neuroscience for Pre-Clinical Students, Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech Publishing. https://doi.org/10.21061/neuroscience. Licensed with CC BY NC-SA 4.0.

About the Author
Renée J. LeClair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Basic Science Education at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, where her role is to engage activities that support the departmental mission of developing an integrated medical experience using evidence-based delivery grounded in the science of learning. She received a Ph.D. at Rice University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Maine Medical Center Research Institute in vascular biology. She became involved in medical education, curricular renovation, and implementation of innovative teaching methods during her first faculty appointment, at the University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine. In 2013, she moved to a new medical school, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Greenville. The opportunities afforded by joining a new program and serving as the Chair of the Curriculum committee provided a blank slate for creative curricular development and close involvement with the accreditation process. During her tenure she developed and directed a team-taught student-centered undergraduate medical course that integrated the scientific and clinical sciences to assess all six-core competencies of medical education.

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The provision of northern health care entails many unique challenges and circumstances that are rarely represented in mainstream health sciences education. This OpenEd Resource provides accessible content on health and health care from a northern perspective for the growing number of health professionals being educated in northern communities.