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LATEST HAPS EDUCATOR
Summer 2024
The latest edition explores various innovative strategies in teaching physiology and related subjects, aimed at enhancing student engagement and learning outcomes. This includes: 1. Anatomy Related Stressors, 2. Answer-Changing Behaviors by Anatomy Medical Students, 3. Tumescent Fluids and Cadaveric Dissections, 4. Student-Versus Instructor-Created Physiology Exams, 5. Cultivating a Scientific Mind in A&P Students and 6. An Interdisciplinary Approach in A&P and Student Confidence.
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6- Case Studies
After spending nearly a year recording video lectures for my flipped classes, I have finally arrived at a semester…
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4- APS Archive Activity: The Dead Rats
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HAPS Leadership (#15): Communication Committee
“Recruiting someone to tweet for us seems to cause them to dissolve into thin air!” I’m laughing as Pat…
3- Community
Don’t tell anyone, but I would be willing to pay TEN TIMES my HAPS dues to be a member…
HAPS Leadership (#14): Animal Use Committee
Last year, during the annual HAPS conference in Las Vegas, I was checking out the exhibit hall between seminar…
2- Getting ready for the tornado!
I am taking advantage of my last few relatively empty days before the new-semester-tornado hits me full in the…
HAPS Leadership (#13): Central Regional Director
“Baltimore…somewhere in the 90s. That was my first HAPS conference. Since then, I’ve attended most of the annual conferences,…