Coping strategies used by chronic renal failure patients on hemodialysis

Abstract

Learning Biochemistry has been a problem for many undergraduate students and sometimes resists to the efforts of teachers. The lack of clarity on the bases that produce the difficulties faced by students and teachers hinders the adoption of measures to solve them. This article reports the research to diagnose the reasons of the difficulties of Nutrition students in Biochemistry learning at a private Higher Education Institution. The difficulties resulted from the small proficiency in different languages used in biochemical communication: visual, verbal and symbolic. The data obtained from many tests were used to support the planning and implementation of corrective interventions. The overall results of the curriculum reform showed a considerable gain in learning and improvement in student motivation.