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LATEST HAPS EDUCATOR
Spring 2025
The latest edition explores various innovative strategies in teaching physiology and related subjects, aimed at enhancing student engagement and learning outcomes. This includes: 1. Mindful Breathing Exercises and Student Anxiety, 2. Cooperative Quizzes and Community College A&P, 3. Building Muscles in Clay, 4. Linking Reproductive Anatomy with Parturition Biomechanics, 5. 3D Virtual Cadavers to Support Pathophysiology Education, 6. HAPS Curriculum and Instruction Laboratory Survey Part 3, and 7. A Visual Demonstration of the Brachial Plexus.

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HAPS Teaching Tip: Anatomical Poetry II
As a continuation of last week’s blog on poetry in anatomy, this week’s poems focus on different body systems. Many…
HAPS Teaching Tip: Anatomical Poetry
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Spelling: Why is this so hard?!
It’s always amazing to read the list serve posts that arrive in my email box throughout a term- and there…
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As a licensed embalmer since 1992, I have always been fascinated by the preservation of human tissues. Preservation methods…
Setting the Tone of the Class
The start of the new term is always exciting, and on the quarter system, we typically begin spring term…
After the Annual – Utah Mountain Biking!
Utah Mountain Biking is a bucket list option for interested HAPSters! Although mountain biking is generally thought to have…
The 2017 Lab Instructor Survey Report is Now Available!
Hot off the digital press…the results of the 2017 HAPS laboratory instructor survey are now available to HAPS members…
Please Vote in the Elections for Board Positions!
Serving as an officer in any organization requires a commitment of time and effort. Because HAPS members generally lead…
Join Us at the HAPS 2017 Spring Regional
Get your taxes done early! We are planning a full day of update speakers, workshops, and poster presentations for…
Learning – Always in Style
Have you ever noticed how variable the depth of learning is amongst students in your classroom – even when…
Do Our A&P Students Know How to Read? Part 3
In Parts 1 and 2 of this blog series, we identified that Anatomy & Physiology students are having difficulty…
Do Our A&P Students Know How to Read? PART 2
This message from Molly Theus, first year Doctor of Veterinary Medicine student at the University of Georgia in Athens…