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Winter Issue
This Winter edition explores various innovative strategies in teaching physiology and related subjects, aimed at enhancing student engagement and learning outcomes. This includes: 1. Comparative Analysis of Humectants, 2. Making Non-Didactic Sessions Effective, 3. Medical Terminology Courses and A & P, 4. Body Mass Index as a Health Indicator, 5. Adventures with Alternative Grading, 6. Case Studies for Teaching Health Science Concepts, 7. Kinesthetic Approaches for A & P, and 8. Interactive Learning Approached for Pharmacology.

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Out of the country with A&P on the mind – Part 1
As of July 1, I began my term as the new HAPS secretary. However, summer is slow for board…
Shadowing: Vascular Surgery
Just blood vessels? It struck me as too narrow a field to specialize in. Not as glorious as Cardiothoracic.…
7- Do Online Lectures Work?
It can take some serious momentum to motivate the filming of your own video lectures to flip a class. …
Arrivederci Italia!
Salve i miei colleghi! In my previous post about Anatomia Italiana 2013 our group had just visited the La…
Shadowing: Plastic Surgery
After multiple shifts with plastic surgeons in the OR they take over after mastectomies or other cancers are removed. …
Summer Travels, part 2
Here’s a fun scientific thought for you. A beer can (or soda can) one-third full of liquid will stand…
6- Being BRAVE
As educators, we are used to being vulnerable. We stand in front of crowds (and sometimes very big crowds)…
Buongiorno da Italia!
Salve i miei colleghi! I am writing this post from Florence as Anatomia Italiana 2013 is near half way…
Summer Travels, part 1
It’s nice to have the summer to travel. For the past few years, I’ve spent most of the summer…
Shadowing: Week 3
A cardiothoracic surgery to remove masses from the lung amazed me by not only the coordination of the surgeons,…
5- Recording Flipped Lectures
In the last post, I talked about the many different ways to flip a class. When I decided to…
Study Abroad in Italy with HAPS-I!
Buongiorno a tutti! This is the second summer I will be taking a group of HAPS members to Italy…
