Integrative Physiology as a Tool for Medical Education Transformation

Abstract

Given the rapid progress of modern science, integrative physiology holds a key place in medical education, as it studies patterns of human body functioning in terms of individual characteristics, epigenetic factors and endogenous effects on cellular mechanisms. Drawing on five years of experience in teaching physiology at Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, we highlight the importance of implementing applied integrative physiology in the training of future doctors. We present interpretation of physiological phenomena, adaptive mechanisms and compensation resources in the human body. The introduction of methods for assessing human functions in real time based on high-precision registration of individual functional characteristics and adaptive physiological mechanisms with high diagnostic value, allows future doctors to develop clinical competencies in modern principles of medical science, personalized medicine, and preventive healthcare strategies