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In Parts 1 and 2 of this blog series, we identified that Anatomy & Physiology students are having difficulty with reading comprehension. More specifically, their struggles are not limited to understanding specific content; rather, they are struggling with general vocabulary…
We’re just past mid-semester, and that means some of our students are starting to ask for help in catching up on what they should have been doing every week. As with many institutions across the country, we have been working…
I’m feeling kind of unsettled this month. After taking a break from blogging over the month-long year-end break, I’m finding it difficult to kick-start myself. In preparing this post, I looked back at my resolutions – and I want to assure…
HAPS has a long history of developing resources for educators of human anatomy and physiology. In 1992, the HAPS Core Curriculum Committee issued Course Guidelines for Introductory Level Anatomy & Physiology (now Course Guidelines for Undergraduate Instruction). This document was originally…
We’re checking in with Jason LaPres this week to learn what is so gosh-darn special about the HAPS Regional Conferences. Jason is our Southern Regional Director, as well as an attendee and/or committee member at a few of our Regionals.…
The HAPS-EDucator is the official publication of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) and is published online four times per year. When I first started teaching in 1998, I found an insert card in a new textbook that introduced…
Let me tell you about the HAPS Steering Committee. It is made up of the chairs of various committees within the Human Anatomy & Physiology Society. These committees cover such diverse topics as Animal Use and Cadaver Use, Marketing and…
Microscopy…Arrgh! It can be a bane for many students. However, it can also be a gateway for many of them to truly understanding the material if I can only figure out how to help them reach through the fear and…
These past two and a half months as HAPS president have been keeping me busy. I am in the midst of planning our mid-year meeting for the Board and Steering committee, assisting the Jacksonville committee for the HAPS 2014 planning,…
I spent the summer traveling and thinking about new ideas for my courses or updates or changes to current ideas for my courses. It was a time of great hope and great promise. The first week of classes was a…