Graduate physiology education provides students with foundational and transferable research skills. Educators and mentors can use these resources to understand evidence-based teaching strategies to shape graduate curricula, courses, and laboratory practices. Additional resources for trainee development are also provided.
Resources to Explore
Design, Revise and Assess Physiology Graduate Programs
Outcomes-based education resources for departments and programs implementing graduate training.
Mentee Curricula and Training: Entering Research
CIMER, 2023
Evaluation of the Second Edition of Entering Research: A Customizable Curriculum for Apprentice-Style Undergraduate and Graduate Research Training Programs and Courses
Branchaw J.L., Butz A.R., Smith A.R., CBE-Life Sciences Education,
2020
Competency-based Assessment for the Training of PhD students and Early-Career Scientists
Verderame M.F., et al., eLife, 2018
Another Look at the Core Concepts of Physiology: Revisions and Resources
Michael J.A., McFarland J.L., Advances in Physiology Education, 2020
Flipped Classroom Model Improves Graduate Student Performance in Cardiovascular, Respiratory, and Renal Physiology
Tune J.D., et al., Advances in Physiology Education, 2013
Teaching Physiology Online: Successful Use of Case Studies in a Graduate Course
Casotti G., et al., Advances in Physiology Education, 2013
(ERLA): Validity Evidence for an Instrument to Measure Undergraduate and Graduate Research Trainee Development
Butz A.R., Branchaw J.L., CBE-Live Sciences Education, 2020
An Alternative Introduction to Reading and Evaluating the Primary Literature for Beginning Graduate Students
Randall D.C., Baldridge B.R., Advances in Physiology Education, 2018
A Student-Centered Seminar Course as a Complementary Approach to a Traditional Journal Club
Rodgers A., et al., Advances in Physiology Education, 2021
The Basic Competencies of Biological Experimentation: Concept-Skill Statements
Pelaez N., et al., PIBERG Instructional Innovation Materials, 2017
Core Concepts of Physiology Learning Module
Michael J., McFarland, J., American Physiological Society Center for Physiology Education, 2023
The Mismatch Between Neuroscience Graduate Training and Professional Skill Sets
Shah S., Juavinett A.L., The Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education, 2022
Multicenter Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences Meeting 2021: Challenges for the Early-career Science Workforce
Stoelben K.J.V., et al., Advances in Physiology Education, 2022
Enhance Graduate Student Research Training and Mentoring
Find resources to build successful and sustainable relationships among trainees and research mentors.
Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research
CIMER, 2023
GREAT Appropriate Treatment of Learners Working Group
AAMC, 2023
Entering Mentoring
Handelsman J., et al., The Wisconsin Program for Scientific Teaching, HHMI, 2005
Compact Between Biomedical Graduate Students and Their Research Advisors.
AAMC, 2017
Reassess–Realign–Reimagine: A Guide for Mentors Pivoting to Remote Research Mentoring
Pfund C., et al., CBE-Life Sciences Education, 2021
myIDP
Science Careers, 2023
Moving Student Research Forward during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Elmer S.J., Durocher J.J., Advances in Physiology Education, 2020
Direct Advice for Directing an Academic Biomedical Research Laboratory
Seals D.R., AJP-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 2022
Ten Simple Rules Towards Healthier Research Labs
Maestre F.T., PLOS Computational Biology, 2019
Trainee Development - Research Design and Implementation
Assist trainees as they establish and develop their foundational research skills.
Success in Science
American Physiological Society Career Gateway, 2023
Managing Your Science
American Physiological Society Career Gateway, 2023
Sex as a Biological Variable Primer Supplement
NIH, 2023
Introduction to Sex and Gender: Core Concepts for Health-Related Research
NIH, 2023
Methods & Techniques for Integrating Sex into Research
NIH, 2023
Cores of Reproducibility in Physiology
Journal of Applied Physiology Collection, 2023
Exploration in Statistics Collection
Advances in Physiology Education
General Statistics Collection
Advances in Physiology Education
Reporting Statistics Collection
Advances in Physiology Education
How to Navigate Authorship of Scientific Manuscripts
Pain E., Science, 2021
Trainee Development - Communicating Science
Provide trainees guidance for disseminating their work.
Adding Value to a Graduate Physiology Seminar by Focusing on Public Communication Skills
LaRocca T.J., et al., Advances in Physiology Education 2016
The Thrill of the Paper, the Agony of the Review
Curran-Everett D., Advances in Physiology Education, 2017
Publishing 101: Publishing Innovations at APS
American Physiological Society, 2022
Communicating Your Science-Writing, Reviewing and Promoting Your Manuscript Tip Sheets
American Physiological Society Career Gateway, Trainee Resources, 2023
Preparing and Presenting a Poster
Brandauer J., Delessa E., American Physiological Society Career Gateway, 2023
The Elevator Talk
Fox-Wilson J., Habas C., American Physiological Society Career Gateway, 2023
Strategies for Effective Public Engagement
iBiology, 2023
Your One-minute Elevator Pitch
Kent State University, 2023
Talking the Talk: Tips for Effective Oral Presentations in Biomedical Research
Seals D.R., AJP-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 2022
We, Um, Have, Like, a Problem: Excessive Use of Fillers in Scientific Speech
Seals D.R., Coppock M.E., Advances in Physiology Education, 2022
How to Write a Journal Article: Tips and Tools
Boon S., Canadian Science Publishing, 2017
How to Write a Scientific Peer Review: A Guide for the New Reviewer
Zimmerman E., Canadian Science Publishing, 2017
How to Write a Scientific Paper
Global Health with Greg Martin, BioMed Central, 2018
Thesis Write-up and Manuscript Preparation: Related but Distinct Tasks
Wyllie D.J.A., The Journal of Physiology, 2021
To Grant You an Edge: Part 1. General Strategies for Writing Competitive Biomedical Research Proposals
Seals D.R., Journal of Applied Physiology, 2022
To Grant You an Edge: Part 2. Tactical Tips for Addressing Specific Aspects of Biomedical Research Proposals
Seals D.R., Journal of Applied Physiology, 2022
To Grant You an Edge: Part 3. Considerations for Writing Competitive Research Career Development Proposals in the Biomedical Sciences
Seals D.R., Journal of Applied Physiology, 2022
Conference Connections
Hartzler L., Herrera M., The Physiologist Magazine, 2022
How to Tell a Compelling Story in Scientific Presentations
Kirchoff B., Nature, 2021
Trainee Development - Teaching
Connect trainees to resources to start their teaching careers.
Departments Can Develop Teaching Identities of Graduate Students
Kendall K.D., et al., CBE-Life Sciences Education,
2017
Teaching and Learning Integrative Physiology
American
Physiological Society, 2023
Evidence-based Teaching Practices
American
Physiological Society, 2023
Inclusive Teaching
American Physiological
Society, 2023
Advances in Physiology Education
American Physiological Society, 2023
Teaching Advice for Grad Students
Haynie A., Spong S.,
Inside Higher Ed, 2022
Learning Design in Science Education: Perspectives From Designing a Graduate-level Course in Evidence-based Teaching of Science
Downey, R.M., et al., Advances in Physiology Education, 2022
The Making of an Educator
Goodman B.E., The Physiologist Magazine,
2022
Learn More About the Center
Graduate Curriculum Working Group
John Durocher, PhD
Advisory Board Liaison
Purdue University Northwest, Hammond and Westville, Indiana
Janet Branchaw, PhD
University of Wisconsin–Madison
John Lorenz, PhD
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Ohio
Caroline Appleyard, PhD
Ponce Health Sciences University, Puerto Rico
