91528 Health And Homeostasis - Academic

MUSIC] >> DR DAVID VAN REYK: Health and Homeostasis is the name we give at UTS to the first unit of Anatomy and Physiology. This is all about teaching the future nurses and future doctors of traditional Chinese medicine the names and parts of the body and how the body works ñ because that's the thing they're going to be dealing with in their graduate career. It's ten weeks or so for the students who do it . . . conventionally. And it's four weeks for the students who do it . . . through the advanced program. And there is a lot to learn. Get a textbook. If you can't afford a new one, get a good quality second-hand one; look at the new one, see what it looks like (all the pictures in it, how thick it is), and buy one second-hand that looks like it , if you can't afford a new one. Don't think you can get away with using the printed the notes; there are studies that show that you learn a lot less reading privately printed notes than going to the lectures. Go to the lectures. The way I think about study is . . . it's like work. So, we say six hours of face-to-face lessons, six hours of private study. If you are doing four subjects, that's 24 hours or 20 hours of face-to-face and 20 hours of private study. That's a working week. There are second and third year Science units for which you must pass Health and Homeostasis before you can do it. You must pass Health and Homeostasis ñ there is no other way to do those subjects. If you think you're struggling, look for help. Look for help amongst your friends in the first instance ñ if they can't help, look for help with your class teacher. If they can't help, talk to your course director or get you class teacher to, sort of, correspond with the lecturer. Make sure your UTS email is working. It is the one way we can communicate with 600 people the morning before. Look into what university life is about. And give yourself some time to be involved in it. Tertiary education isn't just about 'learning stuff''. It's about being a particular type of person ñ there is elements of understanding fairness, understanding different points of view, thinking critically . . . widening your experience, which you get at a university.