Core Concepts in Physiology: Strategies to Strengthen Learning
Learn how core concepts and patterns in physiology can build lasting understanding for future healthcare professionals. Dr. Dee Silverthorn provides practical strategies to implement in your course.
Dr. Dee Silverthorn, Professor Emerita, The University of Texas at Austin – Dell Medical School
Join Dr. Dee Silverthorn, renowned author of Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach, for an engaging session on building lasting understanding of physiology through pattern recognition and core concepts. Dr. Dee will highlight how the newest edition emphasizes eight unifying core concepts to help students connect ideas across organ systems. Explore how visual overviews, core concept icons, and redesigned chapter summaries guide learners in recognizing recurring patterns in physiology. This webinar will showcase how focusing on these foundations makes physiology more approachable, memorable, and relevant for future healthcare professionals. Whether you’re new to teaching or a seasoned instructor, you’ll walk away with practical strategies to implement in your course.
About the speaker
Dr. Dee Silverthorn, Professor Emerita, The University of Texas at Austin – Dell Medical School
Dee Unglaub Silverthorn studied biology as an undergraduate at New-comb College of Tulane University, where she did research on cockroaches. For graduate school, she switched to studying crabs and received a PhD in marine science from the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences at the University of South Carolina.
Her research interest is epithelial transport in systems ranging from the crab gill to the chick allantoic membrane. Dr. Dee has taught in a variety of settings, from medical schools (Medical University of South Carolina, Dell Medical School, UT-Austin) to high school. For most of her career, at the University of Texas–Austin, she has taught undergraduate and graduate physiology lectures and labs, and she trains graduate students to develop teaching skills in the life sciences.
Dr. Dee has received numerous teaching awards and honors, including a UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award, the American Physiological Society (APS) Arthur C. Guyton Physiology Educator of the Year, and multiple UT–Austin awards, including the Burnt Orange Apple Award. Dr. Dee is past-president of the APS (2022–23) and the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (2012–2013).
She has served as editor-in-chief of Advances in Physiology Education, and she is currently an associate editor. Dr. Dee works with members of the International Union of Physiological Sciences to improve physiology education globally, and this book has been translated into seven languages. Her free time is spent creating multimedia fiber art, gardening, and enjoying the Texas hill country with her husband, Andrew, and their dogs.