Introduction

Human Physiology

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Land Acknowledgement

• I recognize and honor the indigenous communities native to this region.
• I recognize the Ramaytush Ohlone people as past, present, and future caretakers of this land.
• USF was founded using profits from the Atlantic slave trade and has left a long and painful legacy of racial and gender-based inequities that continue to this day in academic research and medicine.

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Syllabus review

• Can be found on Canvas. Please read in its entirety
• Your guide for the class!
• Includes office hours information, text and supplies information, assignments, deadlines and schedule, policies, grading breakdown
• Textbook: Human Anatomy & Physiology, 11^th Edition and OER
• 10^th edition works too!
• Lectures will be posted on Canvas under each module
• Lecture recordings
• We will occasionally be one lecture ahead or behind the syllabus schedule

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Office hours

• In person (HR319) or via zoom
• Monday: 02:00 pm - 03:00 pm
• Wednesdays: 03:00 pm – 04:00 pm
• Tutorial (Gleeson 236)
• Tuesdays: 1:30 – 2:30 pm
• By appointment
• Email me with a few times that work for you and if you prefer in person or zoom hours
• When to go to office hours?

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Attendance and participation

• Mandatory (5% of lecture grade)
• Use iClicker (starts next week)
• Free!
• Allowed 8 absences (do not need to email me)
• If you have 8 absences, reach out to me
• Use your USFCA email
• Need to answer at least 50% of questions during class 🡪 considered as participated 🡪 receive a point for the day
• For example, if there are 4 questions, need to answer at least 2 questions

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• Combined site for two sections
• Section 01: 8:00 am, Section 02: 09:15 am
• Lecture recordings will be posted on Canvas
• There is a link for each individual section
• Same link all semester, videos will be added

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Canvas (2)

• Announcements
• Weekly preview
• Other announcements: follow up from lecture, change in office hours or lecture time/location, etc
• Simple syllabus
• READ THE SYLLABUS
• Modules
• Getting started, student resources, links to lecture recordings, SI materials, weekly modules
• Weekly modules: slide decks, review questions, assignments

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Canvas (3)

• Assignments
• Can access quizzes and exam reflection assignments
• Midterm and final exams are listed here but exams are in person
• Quizzes
• Grades:
• Quiz grades post a couple days after due date
• Exam and exam reflection grades posted when graded
• Attendance and participation grades will be updated monthly and posted at the end of the semester
• Final grade is based on lecture and lab grade

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Grading breakdown

• Total grade: 75% lecture grade + 25% lab grade
• If lecture grade is 80% and lab grade is 90% 🡪 grade will be 82.5%
• Quizzes: 20% of lecture grade
• In-class exams: 15% of lecture grade each, 45% all three
• Final exam: 20% of lecture grade
• Exam reflections: 10% of lecture grade for all three
• Attendance and participation: 5% of lecture grade

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My teaching style

• Most of the information you need is on the slides
• During lecture:
• I will explain the information on the slides
• There are clicker questions about the topic we covered to check your knowledge
• There is time for you to ask questions
• What should you do?
• highlight/underline important points
• Add clarifying points
• Ask questions!
• “Can you please go over that again?” is a valid question

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How to study before/after lecture?

Before/during

• Read through the chapter or lecture slides, become familiar with terms/general ideas
• Answer iClicker questions
• Ask questions

After

• Review your notes after class
• Answer review questions
• Respond to iClicker end of class survey with any clarifying questions you might have

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On regular basis/when needed

• Come to class, office hours, SI sessions, review sessions
• Submit questions for review sessions
• Practice active recall (flash cards, teach a friend)
• Use quizzes to study

Studying/school advice

• Put exams, quizzes, deadlines in your calendar
• If lecture slides and resources look off, let me know
• Readings: skim, don’t worry about reading everything
• Meant to familiarize you with material, not to know all the content
• Use textbook online resources (videos, practice quizzes, etc)
• Look for other resources online (Amoeba Sisters, Khan Academy)
• Use your time wisely
• Advocate for yourself

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General advice

• Check your emails!
• A lot of important information is sent out via email
• Communicate with me and your professors
• Utilize resources on campus
• Gleeson Library
• Learning, Writing, Speaking Center
• SDS: Student Disability Services
• CAPS: Counseling and Psychological Services

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Communication, when to email?

• Before deadlines about the assignment
• If you are sick and going to miss an exam
• If you need an extension
• If you need to miss class… before class
• If you need advice
• If you are unsure of something
• If you want to make an appointment for office hours
• If you thought about reaching out but then your anxiety was like oh maybe I shouldn’t reach out

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A professional email

• Use USF email (preferred) or Canvas
• Include relevant subject line (e.g. Office Hours Appointment)
• Greeting (Hello/Hi/Dear Professor/Dr.)
• Include course and section number in subject or body of email (e.g. BIOL115-02)
• If making an appointment for office hours, include times that work for you and if you want a zoom/in-person appointment

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Email me if…

• You have SDS accommodations
• With a list of your accommodations
• Are an athlete
• With your athlete letter

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Bingo

• Find classmates (or me) which a square applies to, have them write their name in that square
• Goal: get five squares in a row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) and get the contact information of one classmate
• Once you meet the goal, come up front:
• Write your preferred name + first letter of last name on name tent neatly in big letters (front and back)
• Write your pronouns in the bottom right corner (if you want!)
• Give me the tent

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