Cardiovascular
(Revised Aug. 2006)

Revised February 2012

This is a joint project of The American Physiological Society and the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology.  The current ongoing revision of the project is being headed by  Robert G. Carroll, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology, East Carolina University School of Medicine and L. Gabriel Navar,  Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine. The initial version was also coordinated with Mordecai P. Blaustein, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine. The most recent version of the project is available in a pdf format below, as well as separate files of each section of objectives.

Links To: Medical Physiology Learning Objectives (2012 Edition) Design and Evaluation of a National Set of Learning Objectives Authors Project Timeline

Please address all comments to:  

Robert G. Carroll, Ph.D. Department of Physiology East Carolina University School of Medicine 600 Moye Blvd. Greenville, NC 27858-4354 Phone: 252-744-2768 Fax: 252-816-3460 carrollr@ecu.edu

OR Comments may be posted at APS Archive of Teaching Resources [Search for Medical Physiology Learning Objectives (Object #165) and look for "Post a Comment" at the bottom of the Fact Sheet]

Cell and General
(Revised Feb. 2011)

Endocrinology and Metabolism
(Revised Feb. 2011)

Gastrointestinal
(Revised Feb. 2011)

Integration and Exercise
(Revised Feb. 2011)

Muscle
(Revised Feb. 2011)

Neurophysiology
(Revised Feb. 2012)

Renal, Fluid Balance
and Acid-Base
(Edited Dec. 2010)

Respiration
(Revised Aug. 2006)