| Advanced
Pulmonary Mechanics:
Basic
Principles Involved in Breathing and Lung Disease (PHSL 5520)
Course
Director: Douglas
Wangensteen, Ph.D.
Professor
of Physiology and Pediatrics
Interim Head of Physiology
This course will next be offered in
May 2009.
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Registration
Contact Jess Sundin at sundi008@umn.edu
to be put on the list of prospective students. You will be
contacted when registration is open.
For the course to be offered there must be a
minimum of 15 students registered by one month before the
first day of class. The class size is limited to 40 students.
Individuals enrolled in a degree-seeking program
may take the course for 2 credits, and will be billed with their
summer tuition
Non-degree-seeking students may not take the course
for credit, and payment of the course fee is required at the time
of registration.
Registration is by permission
only.
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Course
Structure
The
course will meet from 8:00 AM to about 5:00 PM daily for one week.
This
short course includes 36 hours of lectures, demonstrations and laboratory
exercises. It is intended for graduate students in Physiology, Biomedical
Engineering and other fields where an understanding of systems physiology
is important. It is ideal for students who are working full-time
while pursuing an MS
degree
in Physiology.
This
intensive
one-week course is
offered through
the Department
of Physiology in collaboration
with the Program in Anatomy and the Lillehei Heart Institute; taught
by
faculty of the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Prerequisites: Undergraduate Physics and Calculus are necessary. Undergraduate human
physiology will be useful, but not necessary.
Lecture
Topics
will include:
- Anatomy of the lungs and thorax
- Static properties of the
lungs, chest wall and total respiratory system
- Dynamic characteristics
of lung function
- Distribution of inspired
ventilation
- Developmental changes
in respiratory mechanics
- Pulmonary function testing
- Mechanical ventilation:
Fundamental principles, induced lung injury
Clinical
correlations will include:
- Neonatal RDS
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease
- Asthma
- ARDS
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
Lab
exercises and demonstrations will include:
- Gross anatomy of lungs
and thorax
- Pulmonary function testing
- Ventilator operation on
anesthetized animals
Exam:
For those taking
the course for credit, there will be one essay exam that will be based
on lectures and lab. The take-home (open-book) exam will be distributed
the last day of class, and you will have approximately one month to complete
and e-mail, fax or mail back to the Department of Physiology.
Sample
course schedule from 2006.
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