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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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Evolutionary Anatomy – Vestigial Structures
Welcome to a new series on Evolutionary Anatomy by Dr. Tony Friscia. Dr. Friscia’s research program has focused on…
Debating the “Utility and Futility of the Lecture”
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Rational Course Design (F15)
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Summer Greetings from the Western Regional Director
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We’re Baaaaack!
Greetings everyone! Just as you are all gearing up for the fall term, so is the HAPS Communication Committee…
2015 Summer BLOG BREAK!
Greetings HAPSters! It was another awesome Annual Conference at the end of May and the Communications Committee had a great…
HAPS Grants and Scholarships
If you’ve ever wondered, “DO I QUALIFY FOR A HAPS FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP OR AWARD?” this blog post is for…
Busy couple of weeks
It’s been a busy couple of weeks, as I participate in Valerie O’Loughlin’s online HAPS-I course and get ready to…
See you in San Antonio!
The countdown is ON…HAPSters will meet in San Antonio for the Annual Conference in less than a week. So…
A Few Thoughts on the Utility and Futility of Lecture
Professors of anatomy and physiology have vast stores of knowledge that they spew, via monologues, to well-conditioned students who…
