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LATEST HAPS EDUCATOR
Spring Issue
This Spring edition explores various innovative strategies in teaching physiology and related subjects, aimed at enhancing student engagement and learning outcomes. This includes: 1. AI-Enhanced Digital Case-Based Learning in A&P, 2. Medical Students and Near Peer Teaching, 3. Draw to Learn for Physical Therapy Students, 4. Enhancing Anatomy Learning through Drawing, 5. Alternative Grading in an Undergraduate Pharmacology Course, 6. Career Exploration Activity for A&P Students, 7. Risk Factors for Declining Testosterone Levels, 8. Learning Outcomes, Competencies, and Goals, 9. Student Perspectives on Distance Learning of Anatomy, and 10. Peer-Led Simulation in Pathophysiology.

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How Delivery Method Impacts Student Perceptions of Anxiety and Learning…
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Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Supplement Science Course Content and the Student Experience
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The mirror reflection of leadership… Are you a leader? What do you see?
Written by: Larry Young, HAPS President-Elect I remember my first Communication Committee (ComCom) meeting as a new committee chair…

AI doesn’t replace my expertise – it amplifies it. I’m still the creator, but now I have a design crew that doesn’t sleep.
Working at Cretin-Derham Hall High School, I teach a concurrent enrollment Human Physiology course as well as a basic-level…

Teaching by Inquiry: A Long and Winding Road
I work with many excellent teachers with years of experience helping high school students learn human physiology. All use…

AI-Generated Podcasts: A New Tool for A&P Students
By now, we’ve all heard about generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) and how it has revolutionized many aspects of our…

Creative and Impactful Ways to Meet Student Lab Accommodations Like a Pro
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From Textbooks to the Tropics: How a Medical Mission Trip Transformed My Students
As a professor, I’ve witnessed the dedication and passion of my students daily, but sometimes, the most profound lessons…
