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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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Summer Travels, part 2
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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…
Shadowing: Week 2
Things I learned in my first week as an intern. Don’t use the elevators or stairs closest to the…
4- Many Ways to Flip
Just like there are many ways to skin a cat (something most A&P teachers probably have extensive personal experience…