Do you know a great teacher, someone you feel inspires student success in anatomy and physiology? If you do (and we all do), please consider nominating him or her for the HAPS/ Thieme Excellence in Teaching Award for 2018. HAPS…
Gail Jenkins was a dynamic teacher and long-time HAPS member. Gail loved teaching. Most of all, she loved to make difficult concepts in anatomy and physiology easily comprehensible to her students. To accomplish this, she employed the “Keep is simple,…
First, a few questions: How many of these abbreviations do you know? SoTL DBER IUSE CAPER Where do most students in the USA take entry-level anatomy and physiology? The answer the first question will be at the end, but it’s…
In 1994 the HAPS Executive Committee initiated a program of modest grants, scholarships, and awards for anatomy and/or physiology faculty and their students. These awards support the mission statement of the Society, which is to promote excellence in the teaching…
Have you taught those boring muscles lately? And those dreaded origins and insertions? And when students get to the exam they are frazzled and sad? Why do we do the same things over and over and wonder why students don’t…
It’s likely that at this point I do not need to convince most of you that active learning can be highly beneficial to student learning. There is a multitude of resources, including HAPS Educator articles, which discuss successful active learning…
Muscles and bones, bones and muscles. How many times have my students learned the deltoid tuberosity in the bone unit, only to complain that they have to learn all these bone names as part of their muscle attachments?! Many of…
This post describes an update seminar delivered by Harold Laughlin, Professor at the University of Missouri at the 2017 HAPS Annual Conference in Salt Lake City. Update Seminar VII was given by Harold Laughlin. In this talk, the benefits of…
In general, students take our A&P courses in preparation for a future career in healthcare or the sciences. It is critical to our students that our courses are accepted; either for transfer or as a prerequisite by other institutions and…
I found myself digging through a closet of scrap-booking goods last night in a frantic effort to find a 1 3/8” hole punch. I had been sparked by an idea that has been percolating for years, but I’ve never implemented.…