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This isn't really a new question... every cardiologist was taught the Windkessel model of the cardiovascular system, and it's taught in med school today (I am a

by eig 3y ago

This isn't really a new question... every cardiologist was taught the Windkessel model of the cardiovascular system, and it's taught in med school today (I am a med student). We specifically learned it as a RC filter (aortic compliance and vascular resistance) attached to an impulse train (the heartbeats). It makes a great homework problem to think about how the blood pressure waveform changes with calcification.

rational_indian 3y ago
How much electronics do Med school students have to learn about?
- cfu28 3y ago
  You’re required to do 2 semesters of physics in undergrad to apply for US medical school
  - selimthegrim 3y ago
    I would call it MCAT physics though…how many of them can tell you whether angular momentum is a scalar/vector/pseudovector?