Introductory Biology For Allied Health: A Laboratory Manual for Bio 156

Scientists have demonstrated their ability to offer at least some hope of survival to those facing serious medical diagnoses. Scientists are far from the heartless analytical machines portrayed in modern literature, and doctors are much more rational than the actors pretending to emote all over their patients on certain TV shows. Scientists and physicians are people who have, by and large, taken an oath to let Nature be their primary teacher so that they can, in one way or other, help other humans and humanity thrive. Every diagnostic or treatment procedure in medicine has either been tested and shown to be effective, been likewise demonstrated ineffective or awaits careful scrutiny. This testing requires science.

This lab manual guides students through this learning and discovery process of biological health science, both imparting information and prompting observation simultaneously.