RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Systolic and diastolic learning: an analogy to the cardiac cycle
JF Canadian Medical Association Journal
JO CMAJ
FD Canadian Medical Association
SP 1475
OP 1477
VO 160
IS 10
A1 P. M. Dodek
A1 D. L. Sackett
A1 M. T. Schechter
YR 1999
UL http://www.cmaj.ca/content/160/10/1475.abstract
AB It has been observed that the active-passive classification of adult learning can be viewed in terms of a systolic-diastolic model. This model represents an analogy to the cardiac cycle and the work done by the heart during these two phases of the cycle. The determinants of systolic and diastolic learning can be compared to the determinants of cardiac function: preload, afterload and contractility. Similarly, dysfunction in these two phases of learning can be compared to cardiac dysfunction from a pathophysiologic perspective.