This post is provided by the HAPS Curriculum and Instruction Teaching Tips Review Team
For more than two decades, HAPS members have been sharing Teaching Tips (formerly EduSnippets). These Teaching Tips are descriptions of learning activities that others in the HAPS community may find useful for their own teaching practices. The Teaching Tips often include both instructor’s guides and formative assessments. They are published on the HAPS Teaching Tips Website, grouped by HAPS Learning Outcomes, and available to all HAPS members.
We are excited to share with you that the Curriculum and Instruction Committee has recently updated the Teaching Tip format and submission process!
One of the improvements we have made to the HAPS Teaching Tips is a consistent format, including a uniform header, with a brief description (summary abstract of 100 words or less), intended audience, keywords/terms, approximate time for completion, and type of activity (case study, demonstration, discussion, etc.). We hope that this will make it easier to determine if a Teaching Tip might be useful for you and your teaching! We have also added a *NEW FEATURE* — if the Teaching Tip addresses diversity, equity, and inclusion, if it includes accommodation suggestions for students, and/or if it is adaptable for remote instruction that information will now be directly noted on the Tip’s header.
As a reader, you can expect all Teaching Tips to include student activity pages (i.e. student worksheets, guided problem sets, in-class clinical cases, etc.), a formative assessment with answer key/rubric, as well as a detailed instructor’s guide.
Submission deadlines for HAPS Teaching Tips are January 15, March 15, May 15, July 15, September 15, and November 15. Each submission will be evaluated by the HAPS C&I Teaching Tips Subcommittee Review Team. Accepted Teaching Tips will appear on the www.hapsweb.org website within six weeks.
We are currently calling on all HAPS community members to consider submitting a Teaching Tip for our upcoming May 15th deadline! Those interested in preparing a submission are invited to review the HAPS Teaching Tips Instructions. Not only are HAPS Teaching Tips peer-reviewed (a great addition to your professional portfolio!), they are also a terrific opportunity to showcase your teaching expertise and be recognized by your professional organization.
We look forward to reviewing your submission!
Links to sample Teaching Tips (in the new format):
Pelvic Vasculature Guided Demonstration
Short Case Study of the Urinary System
C&I Teaching Tips Review Team
 Danielle Bentley Teaching Tips Subcommittee C&I Committee Member Assistant Professor, teaching stream Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada |  Abbey Breckling Teaching Tips Subcommittee C&I Committee Member Clinical Instructor Kinesiology & Nutrition Department Anatomy & Cell Biology Department University of Illinois at Chicago |
 April R. Hatcher, PhD Teaching Tips Subcommittee C&I Committee Member Associate Professor, Anatomy, Embryology, and Histology Department of Neuroscience University of Kentucky Lexington, KY |  Jessica Loomis, M.S. Teaching Tips Subcommittee C&I Committee Member Professor, Biological Sciences Department of Biology Cincinnati State Technical & Community College Cincinnati, OH |
 Ellen Krumme, DC, MS Teaching Tips Subcommittee C&I Committee Member Associate Professor in Arts and Sciences Galen College of Nursing, Cincinnati Ohio |  Edgar R. Meyer, M.A.T., Ph.D. Teaching Tips Subcommittee C&I Committee Member Assistant Professor Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, Division of Clinical Anatomy, College of Medicine University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences |
 Wendy Rappazzo Teaching Tips Subcommittee C&I Committee Member Professor, Biology Harford Community College Bel Air, MD |  Rachel Hopp Chair of HAPS C&I Committee Assistant Professor in Biology University of Louisville |