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With the publication of Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1962, the term “paradigm” took on several specialized meanings. It is our contention that the changes to physiology education that we are recommending constitute a new paradigm in the Kuhnian sense.
In this chapter, we first discuss Kuhn’s use of the term “paradigm.” We then describe the overarching features of our new paradigm and offer an overview of the application of this new paradigm to classroom teaching, the building of physiology courses, and the creation of a physiology curriculum.
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Michael, J., Cliff, W., McFarland, J., Modell, H., Wright, A. (2017). What Is the New Paradigm and What Is New About It?. In: The Core Concepts of Physiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6909-8_2
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