Posts related to HAPS governance, including the Board of Directors and the Steering Committee.
This year the HAPS board has focused on clarifying our financial instruments and has completed a top-to-bottom review of our policies, procedures, and bylaws. This sort of work is detail oriented and can drag on, but is necessary for organizational…
Many of us in HAPS have been fortunate to have learned human anatomy either by dissecting human specimens or by working with already dissected bodies. Many of us now teach students using human cadavers as the primary specimens for study…
During research for past HAPS workshops, I was struck by a shift in attitudes toward and uses for dissection in Europe. It was not always a practice banned by the church and practiced in secret as is often thought. There…
Who is Eduard Pernkopf and why should we care? Eduard Pernkopf was a Nazi. That is the short of it. He also created an anatomical atlas that has become a notorious source of ethical debate since at least the 1990s.…
Reading the HAPS listserv and HAPS Educator, serving on the board or a committee, reviewing position statements, implementing HAPS learning outcomes and returning from an annual or regional conference with new ideas are all ways that I have benefitted from…
…don’t worry! We’ve got your back! And we’ll BE BACK in January. Enjoy the holidays!
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…
The President’s medal is an award that recognizes a HAPS member who has provided exemplary service to HAPS. The recipient of the award is chosen by the current HAPS President and is announced at the Annual General Membership Meeting. Terry…
Serving as an officer in any organization requires a commitment of time and effort. Because HAPS members generally lead busy lives, it can be a challenge finding candidates who are confident they can devote enough time to managing the current…
I’d like to extend a sincere Thank You! for the opportunity to introduce myself as your next HAPS Communications Committee Blog Master. My name is Brian Reid and I am a non-traditional, undergraduate senior in the Neuroscience Institute of Georgia State University…