How to study
Anatomy & Physiology
Anatomy & Physiology
To maximise understanding and retention, use this innovative 4-step approach. This "flipped class" replaces the traditional lecture. Work through these 4 steps for each week's topics.
Watch the Video at the start of each chapter. If it is too fast, slow it down using YouTube playback settings. Review the screenshots to recap content. You can Replay specific sections, using the video contents listing.
Read the text, section by section. Use the video screenshots to recap what you watched earlier. In particular study each Figure, which summarises key concepts and terms. Viewing the multi-media content in Interactive Links is optional.
Revise and test yourself, using the Review for each Section. The Summary and Glossary help distil key points. Attempt the MCQ, interactive and critical thinking questions to reinforce your learning.
Attend the Team-Based Learning session, where you will discuss difficult concepts with fellow students and apply your knowledge to answer practical questions.
This course material was developed to address the learning needs and preferences of the modern student. I've heard so many comments over the years:
Lectures and study notes are dry. And many lecturers are "boring".
We use an award-winning video series, arguably the most captivating and concise presentation available on YouTube. Each 10min video introduces highlights a topic.
There's so much material online, and it's confusing to locate or refer to them.
We've integrated all resources (videos, animations, text, lectures slides, notes, resources, quizzes) into a single portal - this multi-media site. In case you've not bookmarked it the short URL is: https://sites.google.com/ntu.edu.sg/eyap-aandp/contents
Anatomy is hard for non-English speakers or those with dyslexia.
No one size fits all, so we have included videos, animations, graphics, figures, and even 3D (VR) models. So whether you prefer to learn by listening, or by seeing, or by manipulating, we offer you all these modes.
Textbooks are too lengthy or poorly organised.
Compared to a typical Anatomy & Physiology textbook (~1000 pages), this one is some 60-70% shorter! Furthermore, we have carved out bite-sized portions. Every Chapter is divided into short Sections, with Home Contents and Navigation panels to assist in mindmapping. And global Search (top right corner) allows you to find terms in the e-text.
A&P textbooks are written for life sciences and often not relevant for bioengineers.
Content is customised for a single-semester length, for engineering students, and irrelevant material (covered by other courses) is excluded. Specifically, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology, Developmental Biology, Osteology and Regional Anatomy are omitted.
I want to study on the go, using my mobile devices.
All content is pre-formatted for various devices - and works whether you're studying from a computer, a tablet or a mobile phone. Where internet bandwidth is limited, videos can be pre-downloaded from YouTube.
I prefer physics, not biology. That's why I'm studying bioengineering. Help!
That's exactly my goal - to help you discover how interesting and important human biology is, and to explain concepts as clearly and simply as feasible. You will find practical applications scattered through each chapter.
There are so many new terms to memorise.
Every section includes tools to help memory recall: summary, glossary, review MCQ and problems. Use our 4-step study approach above.
And I'm broke, buying textbooks and paying for photocopying.
BTW, did we mention? It's perpetually free! Not just for poor students in NTU, but for every student or patient around the world, particularly in Low Income Countries. This multi-media text is an Open-Source Project that you can participate in by giving feedback. Or contact me if you have ideas on presentation, want to contribute content, or wish to volunteer your time.