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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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Quick analogy for subclavian artery name changes
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Introducing… the HAPS Anatomy Learning Outcomes!
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Administrators and faculty have questioned the effectiveness of online, hybrid and dual credit sections of a course as opposed…
The HAPS Standardized Exam, Course Performance and Subsequent Professional School Performance
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What is the HAPS Exam?
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Study Abroad: Human Anatomy in Poland
Two years of planning, many discussions, and revisions of the program’s agenda and it finally happened! On May 29,…
Meet a HAPSter- Quelly from Brazil!
This post describes Quelly Shaive’s anatomy program in Manaus, Brazil. Anatomy for Medicine is a class which emphasizes the…
2017-2018 Call for Nominations: An Opportunity to Serve
Reading the HAPS listserv and HAPS Educator, serving on the board or a committee, reviewing position statements, implementing HAPS…
We’re taking a break, but…
…don’t worry! We’ve got your back! And we’ll BE BACK in January. Enjoy the holidays!
RAAS – Glug Glug Glug…
When I teach endocrinology students our unit on the adrenal gland cortical hormones, I always post a PowerPoint slide which…
“I Was Too Embarrassed”
Exploring the Reasons Students Don’t Engage with Instructors to Improve Performance “I was too embarrassed. He would think I…
Nominate Someone for the HAPS/Thieme Excellence in Teaching Award!
Do you know a great teacher, someone you feel inspires student success in anatomy and physiology? If you do…