New Directions 205: SBM/The Nervous System

Rand Swenson and Jeff Cohen

SBM/Neurology offers a variety of learning formats. Some of us are better readers than lecture listeners, and may justifiably prefer to do their major studying from the text. Those who best glean their information from the lectures should also read the pertinent chapters, as few of the lectures will be able to cover all principles of any one topic in the allotted time.

The conferences should be prepared the night before each session. Questions at the end of each CPC should be answered as best possible, supplemented the day of the CPC by the preceding lecture. The seminar should then follow as a small group discussion of the CPC led by a faculty member who can answer any questions you might have. The seminars should not be considered quiz sessions. They will give you an opportunity to determine your understanding of a topic and the faculty a chance to see how the class as a whole is progressing. The CPCs cannot be comprehensive enough to cover a topic completely. They are a practical presentation of some of the principles outlined in the text and reinforced in lecture.

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