Medical Functional Experiment Science can be considered as a new independent experimental course to improve the quality of medical education. This course integrates classical experimental teaching contents of three courses such as physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology. Development and establishment of functional experiment science come from systematic experimental research results of these related courses. Its development conforms to the requirements of modern medicine. It utilizes laboratory animals to reflect the patterns of functional changes in human body. Furthermore, the phenomena of functional and metabolic activities and underlying mechanisms under normal, diseased or medicated states in body are observed in the course of the experiment.

Functional experiment science is closely combines experimental research with the theories of physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology. It also is a comprehensive course, in terms of experimental methods, it not only retains some traditional experimental techniques, but also absorbs modern experimental means. Through system observation in vivo and in vitro, detailed studies were carried out at multiple levels from whole organ, tissue, cell and molecular level. This course introduces experimental theories, methods, operational skills, and also strengthens innovation including experimental integration and exploratory experiment. For students, it not only encourages learners to review basic knowledge with a systematically and comprehensively manner, but also cultivates their ability to operation, thinking and innovation independently while learning.

Knowledge and skill objectives: to grasp basic methods of experiment and the use of common instruments, To understand the basic rules of normal function metabolism, disease model replication and drug action of human body and other organisms, to develop the ability to analyze and solve problems.

Ability objectives: a mixture of online and offline teaching methods was used in teaching process, and getting in touch with the latest scientific advances; training students the basic quality of scientific research; Ability of analysis, comprehensive ability , independent thinking, ability of solving practical problems were cultivated; strengthen the team cooperation to meet the requirements of the development of clinical medicine and medical science research.

Emotion, attitude and values goals:  let students understand the importance of animal experiments in the development of medicine; To arouse students' interest in learning; To cultivate the attitude of caring for animals, respecting life and animal welfare;To think about the relationship between medical experimental research and clinical work.

The courses include anatomy, histology, embryology, physiology, pharmacology, and pathophysiology have been studied.

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