Briefing

Physiology is the biggest subject of the second year, taught in both semesters. One by one, the topics go through the entire body, and explain the processes of how the body actually works. Physio is where your knowledge from Biochemistry, Histology, and Anatomy comes together, which makes it really interesting and can result in many "Aha!" moments.

It is definitely worth watching each lecture before the corresponding class and studying each topic before the next lecture is released in the following week. This is not only important for the class quizzes, which start each class, but also because the material can be extensive and difficult to understand.

Generally, the year is divided into four blocks, each ending with a credit. Each credit consists of 6 to 7 subtopics (and therefore lectures) that are somewhat intertwined.

At the end of the school year, a final exam must be passed, covering everything you will have learned in both the lectures and the classes.

Obligatory textbook

Guyton A.C.: Textbook of Medical Physiology

Useful recourses

Lauralee Sherwood: Human Physiology. From Cells to System by Lauralee Sherwood

Attendance

LecturesBlackboard, recorded.Introduction in Person

Labs & seminarsEuroregional Centre of Pharmacy (ECF), 3rd FloorTake one of the elevators up to third floor and turn left.

Dress codeChange of shoes

Labcoat only in the lab about blood

Assessment

Class entrance quiz

Classes, which occur once a week, usually start with a quiz covering the lecture related to the class. Six out of ten questions need to be answered correctly. Each quiz can be retaken once within two weeks.

If you fail four of these quizzes, you are entitled to take the pre-exam, but you should try to avoid it as it will be time consuming before the exams.

Multiple Choice, one correcttype of question

2takes

Quarterly quiz

There are four quarterly quizzes throughout the year, each at the end of each block of lectures. In 45 minutes, you have to answer 30 questions, which can earn you a maximum of 15 points.

For each quarterly quiz, you gather points that count toward the final grade (when passing the exam on the first try). There is a retake for each quarterly quiz, and all four must be passed in order to be admitted to the final exam.

Pre-exam

The pre-exam is for students who do not pass 1 or 2 quarterly quizzes and/or 5-9 classes. It consists of 50 MCQs where 60% must be achieved. There are no retakes, and failure means retaking the whole subject.

Multiple Choice, one correcttype of question

2takes

Exam

The exam consists of 90 multiple-choice questions where 46 questions must be answered correctly in order to pass. The exam covers all topics from the whole year and will often consist of questions that tie multiple topics together.

Multiple choice,one correct

3takes

Credit

Credit is received after passing the exam.

When passing the exam on the first try, the grade is calculated by adding points gained from quarterly tests to those gained in the exam, with a maximum of 150 points.

If passing the exam on the second or third try, the grade is based on the exam score only, with a maximum of 90 points.

For the grading scale, consider the department's website.

Graded type of credit

This page is edited by

Daniel Erdmann

Class of 2028

David Scheimann

Class of 2028