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Honours Physiology (or CAPS)

Honours Physiology (or CAPS). Everything you need to know (and then some)! Mitchell Vu – 4 th year CAPS. What is CAPS??!?. CAPS = Cellular Anatomical Physiological Sciences AKA Everything about the human body Honours Degree: Big Bad (?) Thesis!

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Honours Physiology (or CAPS)

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  1. Honours Physiology (or CAPS) Everything you need to know (and then some)! Mitchell Vu – 4th year CAPS

  2. What is CAPS??!? • CAPS = Cellular Anatomical Physiological Sciences • AKA Everything about the human body • Honours Degree: Big Bad (?) Thesis! • Very small program (15-25 students in 3rd year)

  3. 3rd Year Required Courses CAPS 390 – Human Histology CAPS 301 – Human Physiology* CAPS 303 – Third Year Lab* BIOC 301 – Biochemistry Lab BIOC 302/303 – Biochemistry Lecture BIOL 300/STAT 200 - Intro Statistics** • Many of these courses are challenging, but extremely interesting! • Room for electives! *Bread + Butter **Stats can be taken in 2nd year

  4. Take a look for yourself! BIOC 301 CAPS 301 BIOC 302

  5. CAPS 301 Einthoven’s Triangle • Human Physiology – all systems of the body • Taught by a team of instructors/professors • One midterm, one final for a full year course • BPP provides practice exam packs Pseudohypertrophy of DMD patients Spinothalamic tract

  6. CAPS 303 • 3 hour labs, Thursday afternoons • Highlights: Self-electrocution, self-observation (ECG, spirometry), rat surgery, PBL-style tutorials • Lab reports – 4 or 5 per term • Ever-changing course (it’s getting better!)

  7. So where does CAPS lead? • Co-op options • Exposure to lab, formal scientific writing (reports, thesis) • What you’re all waiting for: Medical School • 2014 Grad year: 7 / 16 in med (44%) • 2015 Grad year: 3 / 15 in med (20%) • Compare this to 14.9% overall acceptance of UBC (2013)

  8. Personal Experience • Labs are fantastic (10/10 would recommend) • Lab reports, well, not so much. • Small groups -> Great friends

  9. Some days you might feel like:

  10. But after it all...you’ll feel like:

  11. Interested? Have some resources! • Official Website (Requirements, contacts, application form): • http://cps.med.ubc.ca/undergraduate/ • UBC Calendar Entry: • http://www.calendar.ubc.ca/vancouver/index.cfm?tree=12,215,410,435 • Questions for a current CAPS student? • Come ask or email me (mitchellvu@gmail.com) :D

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