Human Physiology Online Course

Human Physiology satisfies BCIA's anatomy and physiology requirement for biofeedback certification or provides 45 hours of biofeedback recertification credit.

This self-paced course covers 20 chapters in Fox and Rompolski's best-selling Human Physiology (16th ed.) text. You choose when you start when you start and complete this course. You may rent this text from online vendors like Amazon.com. You will have a year to pass 16 multiple-choice exams with a score of 75%.

You may take these 20-question exams as many times as you need until you achieve a passing score. Blackboard CourseSites contains PowerPoint presentations for each chapter. The publisher's website provides study questions, animations, and videos.

When you successfully complete all 16 chapter exams, you will receive a certificate of completion that you may submit with your application to BCIA. Due to its low cost, this course does not provide AMA or APA continuing education credits.

• Chapter 1: The Study of Body Function
• Chapter 2: Chemical Composition of the Body
• Chapter 3: Cell Structure and Genetic Control
• Chapter 4: Enzymes and Energy
• Chapter 5: Cell Respiration and Metabolism
• Chapter 6: Interactions Between Cells and the Extracellular Environment
• Chapter 7: The Nervous System: Neurons and Synapses
• Chapter 8: The Central Nervous System|
• Chapter 9: The Autonomic Nervous System
• Chapter 10: Sensory Physiology
• Chapter 11: Endocrine Glands: Secretion and Action of Hormones
• Chapter 12: Muscle: Mechanisms of Contraction and Neural Control
• Chapter 13: Blood, Heart, and Circulation
• Chapter 14: Cardiac Output, Blood Flow, and Blood Pressure
• Chapter 15: The Immune System Disorders
• Chapter 16: Respiratory Physiology
• Chapter 17: Physiology of the Kidneys
• Chapter 18: The Digestive System
• Chapter 19: Regulation and Metabolism
• Chapter 20: Reproduction

Fred Shaffer, PhD, BCB, is the course instructor. He is a biological psychologist who has taught Biofeedback and Physiological Psychology at Truman State University for over three decades