Although it is not a particularly difficult concept, sometimes students have trouble remembering the different names that the subclavian artery takes on as it passes through the superior mediastinum and base of the neck into the axilla (as the axillary…
Administrators and faculty have questioned the effectiveness of online, hybrid and dual credit sections of a course as opposed to a traditional face to face section. The opinion voiced most often is that the online and dual credit sections cannot…
In 2014, when I was teaching at a school of nursing, I was asked to develop a Human Anatomy and Physiology course sequence for undergraduates at our university who were interested in pursuing a degree in nursing. Human Anatomy and…
From the founding of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) as an organization in 1989, there has been a general agreement that many of our students find the study of Human Anatomy and Physiology to be difficult. For some…
Two years of planning, many discussions, and revisions of the program’s agenda and it finally happened! On May 29, 2017, a wonderful group of CCBC (Community College of Baltimore County) biology students and faculty left for an exciting 10-day adventure,…
This post describes Quelly Shaive’s anatomy program in Manaus, Brazil. Anatomy for Medicine is a class which emphasizes the application of anatomy knowledge within a clinical anatomy model. The approach of Anatomy for Medicine is topographic, where we explore each…
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When I teach endocrinology students our unit on the adrenal gland cortical hormones, I always post a PowerPoint slide which depicts a Wikipedia image of the renin-aldosterone-angiotensin-system (RAAS). Its author does an elegant job of elaborating angiotensin II’s targets and responses, which include…
Exploring the Reasons Students Don’t Engage with Instructors to Improve Performance “I was too embarrassed. He would think I was stupid,” replied my private tutoring client. This was her only response to why she did not meet with her professor…
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…