OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Advances in Physiology Education is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
A team-based learning model using clinical vignettes in an advanced undergraduate pre-health professional physiology course facilitated by medical students	59
37th Annual Meeting of the Ohio Physiological Society: October 6–7, 2023, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio	27
Game-based learning enhances students’ understanding of endocrine physiology in veterinary medicine	23
Student preference for course approach to pedagogically different methodologies in anatomy and physiology	22
Using systems modeling to facilitate undergraduate physiology student learning and retention of difficult concepts	21
Virtual physiology laboratories: a medical student’s perspective	21
Art in Anatomy session as a method of formative feedback in preclerkship medical education	21
Visualizing filtration: a hands-on model for understanding Starling forces in glomerular filtration rate	20
Movement of ions across membranes: an active learning resource	20
Endocrine metabolism via macronutrient-induced insulin response: a data analysis activity for physiology education	20
A task-based learning strategy in preclinical medical education	18
Infusing sociology into a physiology classroom: teaching the physiology of obesity through a socioscientific lens	18
The practical skills passport: a co-curricular program to enhance lab skills confidence in undergraduate neuroscience and biology students	18
A blended learning exercise physiology theory module that supports student autonomy and improves academic performance	18
Mindset matters: exploring the link between mindsets, learning intentions, and performance in biomedical science students	18
Validated checklist for assessing communication skills in undergraduate medical students: bridging the gap for effective doctor-patient interactions	17
Primer on reporting statistics: kayaks and walking trees once more	16
Development of critical thinking skills in human anatomy and physiology	16
Relationships between medical student wellness, self-efficacy, and academic performance during the “post-COVID” period	16
Upskilling the cell therapy manufacturing workforce: design, implementation, and evaluation of a massive open online course	16
Doubling down on best practices: reflecting on teaching physiology during the COVID-19 pandemic	16
Drosophila melanogaster as a physiologically relevant invertebrate teaching model system of complex neurological disease	16
When one says yes and the other says no; does calcineurin participate in physiologic cardiac hypertrophy?	16
Key considerations associated with the implementation of virtual reality to enhance the learning experiences in medical education	15
Virtual delivery: a panacea for the financial and ethical challenges associated with physiology laboratory classes?	15

Hands-on nephron activity during lecture of urine formation	15
Making the invisible visible: exploring cardiovascular regulation with a simple analog blood pressure model	15
Reply to Chong and Lee	15
Reply to Wong and O’Neill	14
“Integration” concepts of physiology as learning competencies across all professional years of medical education	14
Service learning for trainees through health education and screening for cardiometabolic risk	13
Educational strategies for teaching metabolic profiles across three endurance training zones	12
Corrigendum for Voets et al., volume 37, 2013, p. 266–267	12
Inclusion of genital, sexual, and gender diversity in human reproductive teaching: impact on student experience and recommendations for tertiary educators	11
Introducing and validating DramaZoom as a teaching tool for diverse student populations	11
Student perceptions of the usefulness of core concepts when reasoning in physiology	10
Formative assessment and student understanding of structure-function	10
Voluntary participation in flipped classroom application sessions has a negligible effect on assessment outcomes in an accelerated pass-fail course	10
Physiological Cost of Negative Muscular Work in Humans and in Isolated Muscles: a Search for Mechanism	10
From anonymity to engagement: the benefits of early-semester student-instructor meetings	10
Creating your own line: reflections from early career scientists	9
Using focused ethnography to inform biomedical research infrastructure enhancement at primarily undergraduate institutions	9
The EMPOWER program: a history and guide for increasing diversity using integrated research and education	9
An exploration of the relationship between active learning and student motivation in STEM: a mixed methods study	9
We used to get money to teach students, now we teach students to get money: medical education has become a market with credentials not knowledge the commodity!	9
Enhancing the understanding of abstract neurophysiology concepts by first-year students at the University of La Réunion	9
Collaborative online international learning in physiology: a case study	9
A workshop to enrich physiological understanding through hands-on learning about mitochondria-endoplasmic reticulum contact sites	9
Approaches to teaching about mechanisms of obesity in undergraduate pathophysiology courses	8
We, um, have, like, a problem: excessive use of fillers in scientific speech	8
Mechanisms that underlie blood flow regulation at rest and during exercise	8
Virtual immunology: an educational software to encourage antigen-antibody interaction learning	8
Qualitative assessment of the views of academic honesty among freshmen in a physiology-based program	8
Interactive classroom: from motoneuron activity to skeletal muscle contraction and relaxation	8
Improving student learning outcomes and perception through a blended learning strategy based on virtual microscopy for teaching a histology laboratory course	8
Letter to the Editor regarding “Exercise physiology degrees in the United States: an update on secular trends” by J. L. Nuzzo	8
Tracking graduate outcomes of undergraduate physiology major students	8
Assessing the use of VR as a tool for teaching hypoxia in pre-clinical medical education: a mixed methods study focusing on student experience and learning.	8
The upside to depression: undergraduates benefit from an instructor revealing depression in a large-enrollment physiology course	8
Establishing consensus for the core concepts of physiology in the Australian higher education context using the Delphi method	7
Perceptions of academic preparedness of first-gen freshmen in a physiology major inform recommendations for program-level academic development initiatives	7
Introducing virtual classrooms for undergraduate physiology teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic: acceptance by students and subjective impact on learning	7
Graham Hoyle (1923–1985): exploring the depths of muscle diversity	7
Using office hour appointment data to illustrate a decline in student-faculty interaction during and after COVID-19	7
Successfully integrating sustainability into medical science education with mixed-method iterative approaches	7
An example of functional integration and application of diversity, inequities, and social determinants of health in an applied physiology course	7
LGBTQ+ faculty, queering health sciences classrooms: student perspectives	7
Accuracy and reliability of large language models in assessing learning outcomes achievement across cognitive domains	7
Enhancing medical students’ science communication skills: from the perspective of new media	7
Evaluation of Knowledge Acquisition and Perceptions of Teaching Foundational Cancer Biology to Grades 7-12 Through Interactive Didactic Sessions and a Bingo Game	7
A primer: peer review process for Advances in Physiology Education	7
Evaluating an inquiry-based learning program	7
LecturePlus: a learner-centered teaching method to promote deep learning	7
Pathophysiology teaching reform during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Integrating just-in-time teaching with Rain Classroom: enhancing histology learning outcomes and satisfaction in nursing students	6

Reply to: “Lessons from the impact of COVID-19 on medical educational continuity and practices”	6
Multicenter Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences Meeting 2021: challenges for the early-career science workforce	6
“Seeing red” reflects hemoglobin’s saturation state: a discovery-based activity for understanding the science of pulse oximetry	6
Jigsaw technique: will it help Gen Z nursing students?	6
Students are more than their scores: educators have the power to change how students perceive success	6
Hans Berger (1873–1941): the German psychiatrist who recorded the first electrical brain signal in humans 100 years ago	6
The Diamond Framework for team-based active learning for physiology courses	6
A novel, interactive game to improve understanding of respiratory control pathways in first-year medical students	6
Formation of the Brazilian Network for Research and Training in Neuroscience and Physical Activity: a meeting report	6
Impact of health behaviors on community well-being and resilience: teaching K-12 students with Jenga!	5
The interactive virtual muscle and heart: using Minecraft Education Edition to teach skeletal muscle and cardiovascular physiology	5
Can the introduction of an authentic learning exercise lead to the modulation of breakfast behavior in undergraduate students at University of La Réunion?	5
Student perceptions of Twitter poll-based formative assessment in a rural medical college in India	5
Pharmacy student-led health outreach improves knowledge and behavior change motivation for prevention of type 2 diabetes among a college community	5
Recreating an introductory physiology unit in the Core Concepts form: helping students to think like a physiologist	5
The pulmonary physiology of exercise	5
“N.A.M.E.” FUN! Emojis may illustrate structure-function relationships of neurotransmitters to health professions students	5
A Fick tool: connecting Fick’s law and principle in teaching pulmonary gas exchange	5
Physiological adaptation/phenotypic plasticity: a vital core concept from the medical and health care perspective	5
A 3-D-printed synaptic puzzle contributes to students’ synaptic transmission comprehension	5
Do students effectively learn physiology through distance online instruction? Medical students’ perceptions and academic performance	5
Scenario-based learning: preliminary evaluation of the method in terms of students’ academic achievement, in-class engagement, and learner/teacher satisfaction	5
Implementing GRATL and artificial intelligence in experiential learning of obesity physiology and etiology	5
Six logical steps that connect the introduction of the Nernst equation to its clinical application	5
Using case-based learning supported by role-playing situational teaching method in endocrine physiology education	5
Learning veterinary anatomy playing cards	5
Using “evidence-based practice” to integrate physiological knowledge with practical application in an introductory undergraduate exercise physiology course	5
Why great students rarely make it to medical school: the antithesis between medical admissions and intellectual excellence	5
A comparison of two learning approach inventories and their utility in predicting examination performance and study habits	5
Examining the impact of the core principles of physiology with prelicensure BSN and BSES students: a qualitative analysis	5
A low-cost 2-D sarcomere model to demonstrate titin-related mechanisms for force production	4
The peer teachers’ perception of intrinsic motivation and rewards	4
What do we mean when we talk about “structure/function” relationships?	4
PhysioCAFUN: a competency-based curriculum development guideline to strengthen physiology education in Africa	4
A hands-on activity to teach the osmosis phenomenon	4
Covariational reasoning and item context affect language in undergraduate mass balance written explanations	4
From virtual to reality: evaluating student attitudes through VR dissection preparations: a use case	4
A tutorial activity for students to experience generative artificial intelligence: students’ perceptions and actions	4
Leveraging systematic review practice for research skill development in an undergraduate science course: a case study	4
Planning and implementation of participant-centric group activity on research methodology: perceptions of postgraduate medical students in physiology	4
MestreChef nutritional game: an alternative method to promote nutrition facts label reading in obesity outreach activities	4
Assembling a physical model helps students grasp human somatosensory pathways	4
ABCs of providing constructive feedback to students during small group learning activities	4
Balance the scale: inclusive learning environment and inclusive working environment	4
Grade-focused interactions in higher education: has the pursuit for good grades replaced learning?	4
Enhancing respiratory physiology education: innovative wet spirometer modifications for hands-on learning	4
Balancing act: enhancing student comprehension of acid-base physiology through interactive, system-based teaching	4
Outcomes of the UAMS summer undergraduate research program to increase diversity in research and health professions	4
A cross-disciplinary approach to learning medical physiology and behavioral skills involving drama students performing as simulated patients	4
Unpacking the “movement of substances” core concept of physiology by an Australian team	4
Technology-enhanced teaching-learning methodologies for competencies under “renal physiology” to promote active learning	4
The birth of experimental physiology	4
External constraints that led to physiology lab improvements	4
Student-led exercise testing and prescription has benefits for both students and their community volunteers	4
LLM-Generated multiple choice practice quizzes for preclinical medical students	4
A color-coded graphical guide to the Hodgkin and Huxley papers	4
Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini performance versus students in different topics of neuroscience	4
Service learning and self-efficacy in exercise science: outcomes of a community fitness training program involving undergraduate Exercise Science students	4
Flow down gradients: the problem of pressure in this physiology core concept	4
Impact of COVID-19 on access to laboratories and human participants: exercise science faculty perspectives	4
Reply to Surapaneni	4
Competency evaluation using randomized testing: feasibility of a new structured assessment method	4
Collaborative Learning and Soft Skills Seminar (CLASS): an innovative pedagogy for enhancing engagement and assessment in large-class settings	4
Learning design in science education: perspectives from designing a graduate-level course in evidence-based teaching of science	4
The impact of instruction on undergraduates’ understanding of homeostasis: results from administering the homeostasis concept inventory	4
Discovery of the regulatory role of calcium ion in muscle contraction and relaxation: Setsuro Ebashi and the international emergence of Japanese muscle research	4
Unpacking and validating the “cell membrane” core concept of physiology by an Australian team	4
An experiential learning course for cardiovascular and sleep technology	4
Creating an immersive learning experience through digital escape rooms in physiology education	4
Reinforcement of core foundational science concepts during clinical rotations: a strategy to enhance medical student learning and diagnostic reasoning	4
Internodal conduction pathways: revisiting a century-long debate on their existence, morphology, and location in the context of 2023 best science	4
Beyond emails: alternate methods to provide personalized feedback to learners online	4
Changing trends in physiology education: approaches to integrate research into undergraduate medical curriculum	4