Education

As originally published in The Physiologist
Volume 45, Number 6, December 2002, page 498-501

APS Archive of Teaching Resources 
Career Opportunities in Physiology Symposium: “The Drug Discovery Process: 
Opportunities for Physiologists 
APS/NIDDK Minority Travel Fellows Attend Conferences 
Women in Physiology and Pharmacology Symposium: “Presentation Skills” 

APS Archive of Teaching Resources 

    The APS Archive of Teaching Resources (http://www.apsarchive.org) continues to grow with the recruitment of a variety of new learning objects from educators all over the country. To date, about 135 items have been received for the Archive from various sources.
    However, more material is still needed. Please consider submitting material that you have developed to use to make your teaching more effective. These can be: 

• lecture or course outlines or PowerPoint slides from a lecture that is particularly effective with your students;
  problems or cases you’ve written for your classes;
• diagram(s) that you’ve created to illustrate a specific pathway or process that seems to clarify it for your students;
  simulations or videos you have developed;
• web sites you have discovered that have valuable information for your teaching;
• teaching tools/materials that you are developing that would benefit from feedback from your colleagues;
• anything educational related to physiology, pathophysiology, or clinical physiology.

    By submitting learning objects that you have developed, you can help your colleagues in their efforts to find the best tools for introducing their students to the exciting discipline of physiology.
    Here are some new items in the Archive. Take a moment and check out those that are most relevant to your teaching. Don’t forget that you can comment on any of these items through the comment section attached to each item.

Convective/Osmotic Water Movement (simulation)
Water-Electrolyte Disturbances (simulation)
  Michael Davis
Pulmonary Jeopardy (review game)
  Steven DiCarlo 
Physiology of the Kidneys, Body Fluids and Acid-Base Balance (revised PowerPoint)
  John Dietz
Acid-base Tutorial (simulation)
  Alan Grogono
Human Physiology 801: Renal Section (course outline, lectures, practice exams)
Human Physiology 801: Cardiovascular Section (course outline, lectures, practice exams)
  Robert Gore
Simulations in Physiology: The Respiratory System (simulation)
  Harold Modell 

Career Opportunities in Physiology Symposium: 'The Drug Discovery Process: 
Opportunities for Physiologists"

Experimental Biology 2003
Sunday, April 13, 5:30-7:30 pm
Room 11A Convention Center

    This symposium will expose young physiologists to new career opportunities, educate others about the important work of the physiologist in drug discovery, and demonstrate how academic collaboration with industry leads to new drug discoveries. The program will lead the audience through the drug discovery process from discovery of the initial drug target, to the role of the academic scientist, to the development of candidate drugs that have efficacy in a disease model, to preclinical safety, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, to various phases of clinical trials all the way to getting the new drug on the market. Each speaker will highlight the unique career opportunities at all levels for trained physiologists.

APS/NIDDK Minority Travel Fellows Attend Conferences 

    The APS regularly awards Travel Fellowships for underrepresented minority scientists and students to attend APS scientific meetings with funds provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The Fellowships provide funds for transportation, meals, and lodging for travel to a meeting location, as well as complimentary meeting registration. Three Fellows attended the APS Conference “Physiological Genomics of Cardiovascular Disease: From Technology to Physiology,” in San Francisco, CA, February 20-23, 2002. Eleven Fellows attended the APS Conference “The Power of Comparative Physiology: Evolution, Integration and Applied,” in San Diego, CA, August 24-28, 2002.
    Fellows in the NIDDK Minority Travel program not only received financial support to attend these meetings, but were also provided professional guidance through pairings with APS members who served as mentors to the Fellows for the duration of the conference. Thanks to the time and expertise offered by mentor volunteers, Fellows were able to maximize their time and more fully experience the many aspects of each conference.
    The travel awards are open to graduate students, postdoctoral students, and advanced undergraduate students from minority groups underrepresented in science (i.e., African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Pacific Islanders). Students must be US citizens or permanent residents. The specific intent of this award is to increase participation of pre- and postdoctoral minority students in the physiological sciences. For more information, contact Brooke Bruthers in the APS Education Office at 301-634-7132 or bbruthers@the-aps.org, or visit http://www.the-aps.org/education/minority_prog/index.htm on the APS website.
    Fellows at “Physiological Genomics of Cardiovascular Disease: From Technology to Physiology” were: Carmen Padro, University of Puerto Rico Medical Science; Marcos Echegaray, University of Puerto Rico at Cayey; and Miguel Rivera, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine. The APS Mentor at the conference was Curt D. Sigmund, University of Iowa.
    Fellows who attended “The Power of Comparative Physiology: Evolution, Integration and Applied” were: Rudy M. Ortiz, University of California-Santa Cruz; LaTonia Marie Stiner, Wright State University; Vanessa I. Toney, Brown University; Vallie M. Holloway, Loyola University Medical Center; Luciana Oliveira Santos, University of Utah; Elizabeth S. Quintana, New Mexico State University; Ruth A. Washington, Stillman College; Lee A. Aggison, Jr., Stillman College; Rafael Alejandro Leos, New Mexico State University; Thomas F. Gallegos, New Mexico State University; and Marcy K. Lowenstein, Florida International University. APS Mentors included: Rudy M. Ortiz, University of California, Santa Cruz; Jeffrey Hazel, Arizona State University; William Milsom, University of British Columbia; Martin Frank, Executive Director, APS; Stephen Secor, University of Alabama; Marvin Bernstein, New Mexico State University; Siribhinya Benyajati, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center; and Jeffrey Graham, University of California, San Diego. 

Women in Physiology and Pharmacology Symposium “Presentation Skills”

Experimental Biology 2003
Monday, April 14, 8:00-10:00 am
Room 11A Convention Center 

This symposium will address the various types of presentation skills that a physiologist will need to have to prosper in his/her career. These include: 

• Interview skills 
• Oral presentation skills 
• Poster presentation skills 
• Presenting oneself at national meetings 
• Facing the public 
• Preparing/giving a lecture 
• Using visual aids/multimedia effectively

Presentations will be made by speakers, which will be followed by small group discussions of specific topics. 

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