Advances in Physiology Education, Vol 260, Issue 6 1-S5, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society
Undergraduate teaching project of the American gastroenterological Association: a pathophysiology resource
A. F. Hofmann, T. M. Bayless and D. H. Alpers
Department of Medicine, University of California, La Jolla 92093.
The Undergraduate Teaching Project was founded as a committee of the
American Gastroenterological Association to improve medical school teaching
of the pathophysiological basis of gastrointestinal and liver diseases.
Twenty-six units of colored illustrations have been produced in 18 years,
which are designed to be used by instructors to supplement their own
material. The slides are the result of extensive reviews and revisions, a
process that has created a unique repository of educational concepts
utilized by most US medical schools and over 50 foreign schools. This brief
summary of the genesis and operation of this venture may be of interest to
other professional societies concerned with the development of teaching
materials.
