Visualizing the Cardiac Cycle: A Useful Tool to Promote Student Understanding
The cardiac cycle is an important concept presented in human anatomy and physiology courses. At Kingsborough Community College, all Allied Health majors taking Anatomy & Physiology must understand the cardiac cycle to grasp more advanced concepts. Contemporary textbooks illustrate the cardiac cy...
Guardado en:
Autor principal: | |
---|---|
Formato: | article |
Lenguaje: | EN |
Publicado: |
American Society for Microbiology
2011
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://doaj.org/article/1199bd52fc7d4e579138bf46650905ee |
Etiquetas: |
Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
|
id |
oai:doaj.org-article:1199bd52fc7d4e579138bf46650905ee |
---|---|
record_format |
dspace |
spelling |
oai:doaj.org-article:1199bd52fc7d4e579138bf46650905ee2021-11-15T15:04:10ZVisualizing the Cardiac Cycle: A Useful Tool to Promote Student Understanding10.1128/jmbe.v12i1.2611935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/1199bd52fc7d4e579138bf46650905ee2011-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v12i1.261https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885The cardiac cycle is an important concept presented in human anatomy and physiology courses. At Kingsborough Community College, all Allied Health majors taking Anatomy & Physiology must understand the cardiac cycle to grasp more advanced concepts. Contemporary textbooks illustrate the cardiac cycle’s concurrent events via linear models with overlapping line segments as physiological readouts. This presentation is appropriate for reference but, in the interactive classroom the promotion of understanding through clear, concise visual cues is essential. Muzio and Pilchman created a diagram to summarize events of the cardiac cycle. After discussions with one of the authors, I modified the diagram to aid visualization of the cycle and emphasize it as a repetitive, continuous process. A flow diagram presenting the portions of the cycle individually and progressively was also constructed. Three labeled phases are made from the diagram, based on grouped events occurring at different points. The simple, compartmentalized, cyclical diagram presented here promotes understanding of the cardiac cycle visually.Ivan Shun HoAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 56-58 (2011) |
institution |
DOAJ |
collection |
DOAJ |
language |
EN |
topic |
Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 |
spellingShingle |
Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ivan Shun Ho Visualizing the Cardiac Cycle: A Useful Tool to Promote Student Understanding |
description |
The cardiac cycle is an important concept presented in human anatomy and physiology courses. At Kingsborough Community College, all Allied Health majors taking Anatomy & Physiology must understand the cardiac cycle to grasp more advanced concepts. Contemporary textbooks illustrate the cardiac cycle’s concurrent events via linear models with overlapping line segments as physiological readouts. This presentation is appropriate for reference but, in the interactive classroom the promotion of understanding through clear, concise visual cues is essential. Muzio and Pilchman created a diagram to summarize events of the cardiac cycle. After discussions with one of the authors, I modified the diagram to aid visualization of the cycle and emphasize it as a repetitive, continuous process. A flow diagram presenting the portions of the cycle individually and progressively was also constructed. Three labeled phases are made from the diagram, based on grouped events occurring at different points. The simple, compartmentalized, cyclical diagram presented here promotes understanding of the cardiac cycle visually. |
format |
article |
author |
Ivan Shun Ho |
author_facet |
Ivan Shun Ho |
author_sort |
Ivan Shun Ho |
title |
Visualizing the Cardiac Cycle: A Useful Tool to Promote Student Understanding |
title_short |
Visualizing the Cardiac Cycle: A Useful Tool to Promote Student Understanding |
title_full |
Visualizing the Cardiac Cycle: A Useful Tool to Promote Student Understanding |
title_fullStr |
Visualizing the Cardiac Cycle: A Useful Tool to Promote Student Understanding |
title_full_unstemmed |
Visualizing the Cardiac Cycle: A Useful Tool to Promote Student Understanding |
title_sort |
visualizing the cardiac cycle: a useful tool to promote student understanding |
publisher |
American Society for Microbiology |
publishDate |
2011 |
url |
https://doaj.org/article/1199bd52fc7d4e579138bf46650905ee |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT ivanshunho visualizingthecardiaccycleausefultooltopromotestudentunderstanding |
_version_ |
1718428234678272000 |