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The essential concepts of anatomy & physiology can be recognized by students as the "big ideas" in the stories we tell. Will apoB tests replace LDL tests? How oxytocin works. How smell can affect cortisol/stress. 00:39 | Cholesterol & ApoB in Cardiac Risk 05:48 | How Oxytocin Works 09:49 | Sponsored by HAPS 10:11 | Smell Affects Cortisol / Stress 14:38 | Sponsored by AAA 14:52 | Featured: Big Ideas - Essential Concepts in A&P If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336)Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! The big ideas are usually simple ideas. (David Ogilvy) 1 |Cholesterol & ApoB in Cardiac Risk 5 minutes Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) is the protein part of the lipoprotein particles in our bloodstream that contain cholesterol. In primary medical care, we often measure total low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or non-high-density lipoprotein (non-HDL) to help us determine risk for cardiovascular disease. As protocols are reviewed, some believe measuring ApoB is a better measure of cardiovascular risk. Is is time to retire cholesterol tests? (news article in Science) my-ap.us/2AEN4sw Apo B Test (summary of the Apo B blood test) my-ap.us/2AGg7fm 2 | How Oxytocin Works 4 minutes We know oxytocin (OT) promotes labor contractions of the uterine myometrium. But how? New evidences helps explain the mechanism. Oxytocin can regulate myometrial smooth muscle excitability by inhibiting the Na+‐activated K+ channel, Slo2.1 (research article from The Journal of Physiology) my-ap.us/2AJsDLf 3 | Sponsored by HAPS 0.5 minutes The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS) is a sponsor of this podcast. Did you know there's a one-day regional HAPS conference in March? Check it out. You can help appreciate their support by clicking the link below and checking out the many resources and benefits found there. Anatomy & Physiology Society theAPprofessor.org/haps 4 | Smell Affects Cortisol / Stress 4.5 minutes Smells in our environment can increase or decrease blood cortisol levels, indicating modulation of our stress response. In particular, the smell of a romantic partner can reduce a woman's stress. Hmmm. Might it also reduce test anxiety? Interesting... Why Sniffing Your Partner's Shirt Helps Reduce Stress (brief article summarizing the research) my-ap.us/2AKT8Qf Stressed out? Try smelling your partner's shirt (another brief article) my-ap.us/2ACl60D Olfactory cues from romantic partners and strangers influence women's responses to stress. (the original research article) my-ap.us/2ALcBAl Helping Students With Test Anxiety | TAPP Episode 32 | Bonus 5 | Sponsored by AAA 0.5 minute The searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by The American Association of Anatomists (AAA) at anatomy.org Searchable transcript Captioned audiogram 6 | Big Ideas - Essential Concepts in A&P 11.5 minutes When telling the story of human structure & function, we want our students to identify the "big ideas" and even just the "kinda big ideas," as well as both the "main characters" and "minor characters." By making a habit of looking for the kinda big ideas, perhaps running a concept list to collect them, students may begin to understand the essential concepts of A&P. And it may help them see the connectness of the structures and functions of the body. Running Concept Lists Help Students Make Connections | TAPP Episode 8 Storytelling is the Heart of Teaching A&P | TAPP Episode 12 The Core Concepts of Physiology: A New Paradigm for Teaching Physiology by Joel Michael , William Cliff, Jenny McFarland, Harold Modell, Ann Wright Book details: Published on behalf of APS The American Physiological Society by Springer APS members: my-ap.us/APSCoreConceptsBook Bookstore: amzn.to/2GJd2Rb 15 core concepts of physiology Explanations and applications of a concept-based approach to the physiology course Concepts: Evolution Homeostasis Causality Energy Structure/function Cell theory Levels of organization Cell–cell communication Cell membrane Flow down gradients Genes to proteins Interdependence Mass balance Physics/chemistry Scientific reasoning If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.Transcript and captions for this episode are supported by the American Association of Anatomists.anatomy.org The Human Anatomy & Physiology Societyalso provides support for this podcast. theAPprofessor.org/haps(Clicking on sponsor links helps let them know you appreciatetheir support of this podcast!)

Host Kevin Patton previews the content of the upcoming full episode, which focuses on the big ideas (essential concepts) of the A&P course. There's more... a few content updates... plus some word dissections, a toast to Elaine Marieb, and a recommendation from The A&P Professor Book Club. If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here and scroll down to the Preview section. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336)Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! Topics .5 minute News about how smell relates to stress News about how oxytocin works Cholesterol testing for cardiac risk - are changes coming? Big ideas - the essential concepts of A&P Word Dissections 9.5 minutes Dissection Section Concept Gradient Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) Elaine Marieb 1.5 minute A toast to the late Elaine Marieb Elaine Marieb obituary my-ap.us/MariebObit Book Club 3.5 minutes The Core Concepts of Physiology: A New Paradigm for Teaching Physiology by Joel Michael , William Cliff, Jenny McFarland, Harold Modell, Ann Wright Book details: Published on behalf of APS The American Physiological Society by Springer APS members: my-ap.us/CoreConceptsBook Bookstore: amzn.to/2GJd2Rb 15 core concepts of physiology Explanations and applications of a concept-based approach to the physiology course Concepts: Evolution Homeostasis Causality Energy Structure/function Cell theory Levels of organization Cell–cell communication Cell membrane Flow down gradients Genes to proteins Interdependence Mass balance Physics/chemistry Scientific reasoning If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.Transcript and captions for this episode are supported by theAmerican Association of Anatomists.anatomy.org The Human Anatomy & Physiology Societyalso provides support for this podcast.theAPprofessor.org/haps(Clicking on sponsor links helps let them know you appreciate their support of this podcast!)

Two strategies for making dissection activities work better for learning. A free summer neuro workshop in Missouri this July. The role of the ganglion cell in biological clocks. 00:43 | Summer neuroscience workshop 03:45 | Ganglion cells 10:52 | Sponsored by HAPS 11:13 | Featured topic 1: Dissection lists 30:49 | Sponsored by AAA 31:02 | Featured topic 2: Pre-dissection practice If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336)Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! Students don't often realize that they are their own best teacher. (Sr. Virginia Brinks) 1 |Summer neuroscience workshop 3 minutes Thirteenth Annual Summer Workshop: Hardware and Software Experiments to Teach Neuroscience. Kevin participated in an earlier version of this workshop and got a lot out of it. During 2019, partial costs associated with the Workshop (lodging in MU dorms + meals) will be provided by a grant. See Neuro Workshop Flyer Summer 2019 my-ap.us/2AjU3Hb 1-week Summer Course July 14 to July 20, 2019 Starts at 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 14, and ends at 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 20 (travel days of Sunday 14 July and Sunday 21 July) Limited to 10 participants Deadline of February 15, 2019 Review of applications may begin earlier 2 | Ganglion cells 7 minutes Light-sensitive ganglion cells contain the visual pigment melanopsin that is involved a non-imaging kind of vision that helps us detect sunlight levels in our environment. This information helps us sync our biological clocks to our environment—and may affect our mood. Scientists Find A Brain Circuit That Could Explain Seasonal Depression (brief article and audio story) my-ap.us/2Ar9xJJ Luxotonic signals in human frontal-polar cortex: A possible substrate for effects of light on mood (abstract of a presentation at Neuroscience 2018) my-ap.us/2Af9yjO Light Affects Mood and Learning through Distinct Retina-Brain Pathways (research article) my-ap.us/2AfaaWE Ganglion cell (overview of the ganglion cell of the retina) my-ap.us/2AbluD5 3 | Sponsored by HAPS 0.5 minutes The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS) is a sponsor of this podcast. Did you know there's a one-day regional HAPS conference in March? Check it out. You can help appreciate their support by clicking the link below and checking out the many resources and benefits found there. Anatomy & Physiology Society theAPprofessor.org/haps 4 | Dissections lists 19.5 minutes Dissection lists are a type of "lab list" in which each structure required for discovery, familiarization, and/or mastery is listed in a clearly organized handout. This handout can be used by students for organizing learning and clarifying their learning objectives—and by teachers to help monitor student progress for effective coaching. 5 | Sponsored by AAA 0.5 minute The searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by The American Association of Anatomists (AAA) at anatomy.org Searchable transcript Captioned audiogram 6 | Pre-dissection practice activity 7 minutes A simple handout with photographs of dissection specimens can be used by students to walk through their dissection activity before they arrive in the lab. This gives them a stronger preparation that a "cold start" in lab, which often gets chaotic of students aren't practiced in finding structures. A similar approach can be used for learning the skeleton Described in Episode 10: Nine Super Strategies for Teaching the Skeleton If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.Transcript and captions for this episode are supported by theAmerican Association of Anatomists.anatomy.org The Human Anatomy & Physiology Societyalso provides support for this podcast.theAPprofessor.org/haps(Clicking on sponsor links helps let them know you appreciatetheir support of this podcast!)

Host Kevin Patton previews the content of the upcoming full episode, which focuses on powering up how we do dissection activities. There's more... a few content updates... plus feedback from listener Mindi Fried, some word dissections and a recommendation from The A&P Professor Book Club. If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336)Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! Topics 1 minute Summer Neuroscience Workshop Ganglion cells in the retina Powering up our dissection activities Dissection lists Pre-dissection activity Feedback 4 minutes Mindi Fried weighs in on the value of preview episodes. As we approach the anniversary of this podcast, let's hear what you think! podcast@theAPprofessor 1.833.LION.DEN (1.833.546.6336) Word Dissections 6 minutes Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) Melanopsin Rhodopsin Photopsin Circadian Book Club 3 minutes The Physician (The Cole Trilogy Book 1) by Noah Gordon Book details: amzn.to/2LzEvDO Historical fiction Story of a European who studies medicine under Persian physician Avicenna (Ibn Sina) my-ap.us/2ShqeOD If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.Transcript and captions for this episode are supported by theAmerican Association of Anatomists.anatomy.org The Human Anatomy & Physiology Societyalso provides support for this podcast.theAPprofessor.org/haps(Clicking on sponsor links helps let them know you appreciate their support of this podcast!)

Kevin Patton responds to a question from Krista Rompolski about how often we should test our students. Updates on hair color genetics and how the somatosensory cortex is mapped. And what about those preview episodes? 00:41 | Hair color inheritance 07:07 | Sponsored by AAA 07:21 | Building body maps 10:14 | Preview episodes 11:39 | Sponsored by HAPS 12:11 | Featured: Test frequency in the A&P course If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art. (Will Durant) 1 | Hair color inheritance 3.5 minutes New information about the inheritance of red hair shows that there's a lot more to it than just having two copies of the red-hair version of the gene MC1R. A lot more. Maybe its not just polygenic, but perhaps omnigenic. Hair colour gene study sheds new light on roots of redheads' locks (summary of the update) my-ap.us/2zYXkeL Genome-wide study of hair colour in UK Biobank explains most of the SNP heritability (the research article in Nature Communications) my-ap.us/2zWWIpU 2 | Sponsored by AAA 0.5 minute The searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by The American Association of Anatomists (AAA) at anatomy.org Searchable transcript Captioned audiogram 3 | Building body maps 3 minutes It turns out that all that kicking inside the uterus during the last trimester of pregnancy has a role in the mapping of our body in the somatosensory cortex. Babies kicking in the womb are creating a map of their bodies (summary of the update; includes videos) my-ap.us/2A0t8jv Newborn babies' brain responses to being touched on the face measured for the first time (some related news) my-ap.us/2zWX3ZI Developmental trajectory of movement-related cortical oscillations during active sleep in a cross-sectional cohort of pre-term and full-term human infants (the research article in Scientific Reports) my-ap.us/2A0lcib 4 | Preview episodes 1.5 minutes If you haven't been listening to the preview episodes released shortly before each full episode, try them out! Then let me know what you think. 5 | Sponsored by HAPS 0.5 minutes The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS) is a sponsor of this podcast. Did you know there's a one-day regional HAPS conference in March? Check it out. You can help appreciate their support by clicking the link below and checking out the many resources and benefits found there. Anatomy & Physiology Society | theAPprofessor.org/haps 6 | Test frequency in the A&P course 13.5 minutes Listener Krista Rompolski calls in and asks Kevin for his opinion on the best frequency of tests for the undergraduate A&P course. Here are some previous episodes outlining Kevin's testing practices (and why he does it that way): Episode 1 | Intro | Spaced Retrieval Practice Episode 2 | Testing As a Teaching Strategy Episode 3 | Pre-Tests Power-Boost Learning Episode 4 | Cumulative Tests Make Learning Last Episode 7 | Teaching For Long-Term Learning Here's the episode in which The Learning Scientists talk about the value of retrieval practice Episode 27 | Understanding How We Learn, a Chat with Yana Weinstein & Megan Sumeracki If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses. Transcript and captions for this episode are supported by the American Association of Anatomists.anatomy.org The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society also provides support for this podcast.theAPprofessor.org/haps(Clicking on sponsor links helps let them know you appreciate their support of this podcast!)

Host Kevin Patton previews the content of the upcoming full episode, which focuses on standards for test frequency in the A&P course. There's more... a few content updates and end-of-year reminders... plus some word dissections and recommendations from The A&P Professor Book Club. If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! Topics Inheritance of red hair New information on how we form sensory maps in our brain Featured: Kevin answers Krista Rompolski's question about test frequency in A&P Word Dissections Omnigenic Primary somatosensory cortex Homunculus Here's an example: my-ap.us/2zX3NqO Book Club Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos amzn.to/2L9fzCE Browse The A&P Professor Book Club https://my-ap.us/bookclub Storytelling in teaching: Episode 12 End of Year Homework Don't forget your assignment: share an episode of this podcast with a colleague! End-of-term debriefing Review tips for debriefing in Episode 17 If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses. Transcript and captions for this episode are supported by the American Association of Anatomists.anatomy.org The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society also provides support for this podcast.theAPprofessor.org/haps(Clicking on sponsor links helps let them know you appreciate their support of this podcast!)

Practical advice on helping students manage test anxiety. Updates in mitochondrial inheritance and cardiac stem cells, plus a way to access journal articles that are behind a paywall. Extended bonus episode. 00:53 | It's a BONUS episode! 01:15 | Mitochondrial inheritance 04:28 | Cardiac stem cells 06:48 | Sponsored by HAPS 07:20 | Help getting journal articles 11:18 | Sponsored by AAA11:31 | Featured: Helping students with test anxiety If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy. (Shawn Johnson) This is a BONUS episode—which means it's a long one! 1 |Mitochondrial inheritance 3 minutes New research shows that in some cases, paternal mtDNA may be passed along to offspring in a pattern that resembles autosomal dominant inheritance. Biparental Inheritance of Mitochondrial DNA in Humans (research article) my-ap.us/2PeptDl 2 | Cardiac stem cells 2 minutes Do cardiac stem cells exist? We thought so. But maybe not. Dozens of Retractions Requested for Heart Stem Cell Studies (news item) my-ap.us/2PanzUx Adult Cardiac Stem Cells Don't Exist: Study (news item) my-ap.us/2Pdvdxg More Doubt Cast Over Cardiac Stem Cells (older news item) my-ap.us/2Pd9a9O 3 | Sponsored by HAPS 0.5 minutes The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS) is a sponsor of this podcast. Did you know there's a reduced "early bird" registration rate for the annual HAPS confercnce in Portland OR next May? Check it out. You can help appreciate their support by clicking the link below and checking out the many resources and benefits found there. Anatomy & Physiology Society | theAPprofessor.org/haps 4 | Help getting journal articles 4 minutes Follow one of my links (or some other hyperlink) and it takes you to journal article that's behind a paywall? Kevin explains a legal, ethical way to access the full article with no costs to you. You'll have to listen to hear this super secret trick! 5 | Sponsored by AAA 0.5 minute The searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by The American Association of Anatomists (AAA) at anatomy.org Searchable transcript my-ap.us/TAPP32 Captioned audiogram https://youtu.be/JU_l76JGwVw 6 | Helping students with text anxiety 45 minutes Kevin's Theory of Test Anxiety states that we are ALL subject to test anxiety. Perhaps occasionally. Perhaps often. In any case, it can affect our ability to retrieve and apply the information we've practiced and thereby affect our performance—and score—on a test or exam. Sometimes significantly. What, if anything, can be done to avoid text anxiety or manage it once it strikes? What can teachers do? What can students do? Well, here's a place to start! Here are some links you can share with your students: 9 Proven Tricks for Reducing Test Anxiety my-ap.us/9anxietytricks Take a Nap Before Your Next A&P Test my-ap.us/napbeforetest Don't forget to breathe! my-ap.us/dontforget2breathe Coloring Books Are Powerful Study Tools (And They Help Manage Stress) my-ap.us/APcoloringbooks Get Your Head in the Game - 5 Tips for Success in Learning my-ap.us/APgetheadingame If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses. Transcript and captions for this episode are supported by the American Association of Anatomists. The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society also provides support for this podcast.(Clicking on sponsor links helps let them know you appreciate their support of this podcast!)

Host Kevin Patton previews the content of the upcoming full episode, which focuses on tips in helping students manage test anxiety. There's more... a few content updates, a tip for finding journal articles (for free)...plus some word dissections and recommendations from The A&P Professor Book Club. If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! Topics Update in mitochondrial inheritance Finding journal articles (for free) Are cardiac stem cells really there? Featured: Helping students with test anxiety Word Dissections Biparental and uniparental Viviparous, oviparous, multiparous, postpartum Metacognition Book Club To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth about Moving Others by Daniel H. Pink By Pink's definition, teaching definitely is selling https://amzn.to/2rgSy7X Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink Autonomy - the desire to direct our own lives Mastery - the urge to get better and better at something that matters Purpose- the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves https://amzn.to/2BC1n1K If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses. Transcript and captions for this episode are supported by the American Association of Anatomists.anatomy.org The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society also provides support for this podcast. theAPprofessor.org/haps (Clicking on sponsor links helps let them know you appreciate their support of this podcast!)

Kevin Patton shares experience as an elephant keeper & trainer that give us insight to how the skin helps us maintain homeostasis of body temperature. An update in memory formation regarding the role of netrin at the synapse. And a reminder about your homework! 00:41 | Homework! 02:03 | Netrin and memory 06:47 | Sponsored by HAPS 07:04 | Featured: Elephants and skin 23:29 | Sponsored by AAA If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! People are so difficult. Give me an elephant any day. (Mark Shand) 1 | Homework! 1.5 minutes Don't forget your homework assignments: Share this podcast with ONE other A&P colleague before the next episode arrives. Yes, I do accept late homework. Have questions, comments, stories, or ideas related to accommodating student needs? Pass them along for a future episode focused on this topic. 1·833·LION·DEN (1·833·546·6336) [email protected] (you can attach a sound file if you like! you get double extra credit if you do!) 2 | Netrin and memory 4.5 minutes New information about how memories form at synapses in the hippocampus tells us that netrin-1 is involved. (Click on the image to see details (you can use this image in your teaching, if you dare). Key molecule responsible for learning and memory discovered (summary of new discovery) https://my-ap.us/2zgjc5c Activity-Dependent Netrin-1 Secretion Drives Synaptic Insertion of GluA1-Containing AMPA Receptors in the Hippocampus: Cell Reports (full research article) https://my-ap.us/2zizHNU If the diagram is not visible in this view go to https://my-ap.us/netrin-art This diagram is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. 3 | Sponsored by HAPS 0.5 minutes The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS) is a sponsor of this podcast. Did you know there's a reduced "early bird" registration rate for the annual HAPS confercnce in Portland OR next May? Check it out. You can help appreciate their support by clicking the link below and checking out the many resources and benefits found there. Anatomy & Physiology Society | theAPprofessor.org/haps 4 | Elephants and skin 16.5 minutes Kevin's experience in zoos, circuses, and on safari in Africa form the basis of some elephant stories he tells in his A&P courses to emphasize some concepts of the integumentary system. In this episode, he shares some elephant research updates, then goes into how elephant skin can help us better understand the thermoregulatory function of human skin. The images show Kevin (on ground in dark suit) and his elephant friend Flora, the retired namesake of Circus Flora. The anterior and posterior sides of Flora's ears pictured are referred to in Kevin' stories (you may use these images in your teaching with attribution). Image of the Day: Swish Swish | Animals' tails swat away insects using both wind and whack. (video and animation of the "double pendulum" pattern of elephant tails) https://my-ap.us/2zgjuZQ Mammals repel mosquitoes with their tails (journal article about elephant tails repeling mosquitos) https://my-ap.us/2zgkAVs Discerning Elephants | Elephants are able to tell human voices apart based on cues for age, sex, and ethnic group. (summary of research) https://my-ap.us/2zeeRzk Elephants can determine ethnicity, gender, and age from acoustic cues in human voices (journal article with full details of the research) https://my-ap.us/2zhwIoY Elephants Revived a "Zombie" Gene that May Fend Off Cancer (summary of research about gene that may protect elephants from cancer) https://my-ap.us/2zodgar A Zombie LIF Gene in Elephants Is Upregulated by TP53 to Induce Apoptosis in Response to DNA Damage (research article about cancer-protective gene in elephants) https://my-ap.us/2zi2qT5 Why Elephants Don't Shed Their Skin | The cracks in African elephants' skin help them keep cool and stay healthy. A new explanation for how those cracks form could offer insights into treating a human skin disease. (brief summary article) https://my-ap.us/2zgIuQC Locally-curved geometry generates bending cracks in the African elephant skin (full research article which includes some cool histology images) https://my-ap.us/2zetSBl Elephant skin (general comments and photos from the Elephant Encyclopedia) https://my-ap.us/2zgl4ee Elephant foot and foot care (article from the Elephant Encyclopedia has photos of the "wedge" structure of an elephant foot and how foot care is done) https://my-ap.us/2zfy5Vj If the photos are not visible in this view: Anterior elephant ear https://my-ap.us/eleph-ear-front Posterior elephant ear https://my-ap.us/eleph-ear-back Kevin & Flora at the circus https://my-ap.us/kp-flora-circus These photos are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. 5 | Sponsored by AAA 0.5 minute The searchable transcrip

Host Kevin Patton previews the content of The Elephant Episode. Huh? Yep, elephants. There's more...including a small bit of bonus content to make the full episode more meaningful to listeners..including two recommendations from The A&P Professor Book Club. If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! This preview is an experiment. Do you like having a preview? Do you like the "bonus content" that goes beyond a simple preview? Or has it ruined your life? Let me know: 1·833·LION·DEN (1·833·546·6336) [email protected] Episode 31 topics: Mechanism of memory formation What elephants can teach us about anatomy & physiology TAPP app: List of URLs of curated A&P media we can use in teaching, complied by Barbara Waxer (available only in the TAPP app) Word dissections: pachyderm integument The A&P Professor Book Club has two new recommendations in this preview: The Scent of Desire: Discovering our Enigmatic Sense of Smell by Rachel Herz Receptors by Richard Restak If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses. Transcript and captions for this episode are supported by the American Association of Anatomists. The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society also provides support for this podcast.(Clicking on sponsor links helps let them know you appreciate their support of this podcast!)

Aaron Fried returns for a second conversation about anatomical specimens, this time discussing illustrations based on executed Nazi prisoners. Plus updates on epigenetics, handedness in cells, HAPS sponsorship, making course content accessible to all students. Oh, and your homework. 00:40 | Listen up: feedback on accommodating hearing impairment 05:06 | HAPS is now a sponsor of this podcast! 06:36 | Update in epigenetics 10:07 | Handedness in cells 13:45 | Featured: The Nazi Anatomists (a chat with Aaron Fried) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! I never teach the same course twice. (Elie Wiesel) 1 | Listen up! 4.5 minutes Feedback from listener Ron Parente leads to a discussion of how accommodating for hearing impairments and other challenges actually help all learners—not just those needing accommodation. Have questions, comments, stories, or ideas related to accommodating student needs? Pass them along for a future episode focused on this topic. Don't forget your homework assignment: share this podcast with ONE other A&P colleague before the next episode arrives. Yes, I do accept late homework. 2 | HAPS is now a sponsor of this podcast 1.5 minutes The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS) is now a sponsor of this podcast. You can help appreciate their support by clicking the link below and checking out the many resources and benefits found there. Anatomy & Physiology Society (the HAPS website, where you can explore resources and check out the membership options) @HumanAandPhysSoc (follow the HAPS Twitter feed) 3 | Update in epigenetics 3.5 minutes Epigenetic inheritance is known to involve various factors impacting DNA, such as methylation. We are now seeing roles for RNAs, including the long RNAs from sperm than enable epigenetic inheritance via the male parent. Studies raise questions over how epigenetic information is inherited (short, plain English summary) Alterations in sperm long RNA contribute to the epigenetic inheritance of the effects of postnatal trauma (Research journal article) 4 | Handedness in cells 3 minutes Chirality is "handedness" or the characteristics of having mirror-image versions. You may be familiar with this phenomenon in cells, but did you know it also occurs in cells? New research suggests that a change in handedness in diabetes mellitus may explain how blood vessels get leaky. Flipped Cells Cause Blood Vessels To Leak in Diabetes and Other Diseases (press release explaining the new research) Cell chirality regulates intercellular junctions and endothelial permeability (Research journal article) 5 | The Nazi Anatomists—A Conversation with Aaron Fried 21 minutes Aaron Fried, A&P faculty at Mohawk Valley Community College and national speaker on human body donation and anatomists in Nazi Germany, joins Kevin for a lively discussion of the value of "the silent teacher"—the human body donor—in teaching human structure. In this second of two chats, Aaron discusses illustrations produced using executed prisoners in Nazi Germany and what this means for today's A&P teacher. Episode 29 (our first conversation, which which touched on the ethics of using human body donors) Who Was Eduard Pernkopf? (Aaron Fried's video explains some of the history around Eduard Pernkopf and defines the Pernkopf controversy.) https://www.mvccanatomy.org/ (Aaron Fried's website) professoranatomeme (Aaron Fried's Instagram) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (The A&P Professor Book Club selection by Rebecca Skloot; mentioned by Aaron Fried) History & Culture Mini Lesson (part of Kevin's course outline that explores issues of using human bodies in anatomy) Anatomy and Ethical Transgressions in National Socialism (video of a talk given by Sabine Hildebrandt at Harvard) Researchers Issue Guidelines on Handling Holocaust Remains (video with text summary; includes application of "Vienna protocols" to anatomical art, as mentioned by Aaron Fried) If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses. Transcript and captions for this episode are supported by the American Association of Anatomists. The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society also provides support for this podcast.(Clicking on sponsor links helps let them know you appreciate their support of this podcast!)

Host Kevin Patton previews the content of The Nazi Anatomists, featuring another chat with Aaron Fried. There's more...including a small bit of bonus content to make the full episode more meaningful to listeners...including a recommendation from The A&P Professor Book Club. If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! This preview is an experiment. Do you like having a preview? Do you like the "bonus content" that goes beyond a simple preview? Or has it ruined your life? Let me know: 1·833·LION·DEN (1·833·546·6336) [email protected] There's upcoming news about this podcast's relationship with the Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS)! The A&P Professor Book Club has a new recommendation in this preview: The Silent Teacher: The Gift of Body Donation by Dr. Claire Smith (paperback available in UK) If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses. Transcript and captions for this episode are supported by the American Association of Anatomists. The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society also provides support for this podcast. (Clicking on sponsor links helps let them know you appreciate their support of this podcast!)

Aaron Fried, national speaker on the use of human donor bodies in anatomy education, particularly in Nazi Germany, joins Kevin for the first of two chats on the importance of "the silent teacher" in learning A&P. Also, Kevin explains the loudness of this podcast, announces a grant from AAA to fund searchable transcripts, and describes the advantages of using the TAPP app. 00:43 | Why is this podcast loud? 03:56 | AAA now funds episode transcripts 05:58 | The TAPP app & your homework assignment 11:50 | Featured: The Silent Teacher (the human body donor) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! 1 | How Loud Should a Podcast Be? 3 minutes This podcast may sound a bit louder (maybe a lot louder) than some other podcasts. The reason is that it's required for some podcast outlets. And for those of us who are hearing impaired, it works better because a low-volume podcast sometimes can't be turned up enough for us to hear it. 2 | AAA Supports Transcripts for This Podcast 2 minutes The American Association of Anatomists (AAA or "triple-A") is now sponsoring the searchable transcripts available with episodes of this podcast. I'm a member of AAA, why don't you join me? anatomy.org (AAA's website, where you can explore resources and check out the membership options) 3 | The TAPP App and Your Homework Assignment 6 minutes The TAPP (The A&P Professor) app has many features: Car/bike mode that rotates your screen to display larger playback controls while driving Streaming access to play episodes from anywhere Always updated with the latest episodes—and an archived back catalog Playback resume (when interrupted by a call, a student drops by, or other distraction) Quick access to all the contact methods for the show like call, email, web, Facebook, and Twitter (but not carrier pigeon) Playback controls like continuous play, Speed Control, Repeat On/Off, and Sleep Timer BONUS content, such as sample handouts and other resources It's a great way to share this podcast with colleagues. Just ask them to go to their device's app store, which everyone knows how to do—even if they don't know how to access a podcast. Plus, they get the great functionality of the app! Your homework assignment: share this podcast with ONE other A&P colleague before the next episode arrives. 4 | The Silent Teacher—A Conversation with Aaron Fried 25 minutes Aaron Fried, A&P faculty at Mohawk Valley Community College and national speaker on human body donation and anatomists in Nazi Germany, joins Kevin for a lively discussion of the value of "the silent teacher"—the human body donor—in teaching human structure. This chat touches on the value of respect and appreciation of human donors, proper implementation of human remains such as skeletons in A&P courses, and how that respect should extend to reproductions of human specimens. This is the first of two conversations with Aaron Fried. The next episode (Episode 30) will delve more deeply into the anatomy illustrations produced by anatomists in Nazi Germany and the many ethical questions surrounding their continued use in anatomy labs around the world. https://www.mvccanatomy.org/ (Aaron Fried's website) professoranatomeme (Aaron Fried's Instagram) The Anatomist (book by Bill Hayes about Henry Gray and illustrator Henry Vandyke Carter; from the TAPP Book Club) History & Culture Mini Lesson (part of Kevin's course outline that explores issues of using human bodies in anatomy) If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses. Transcript and captions for this episode are supported by the American Association of Anatomists.

Barbara Waxer gives advice on the "proper" use of media in teaching, including where to find it. Documented number of protein-coding genes & noncoding genes (RNA-coding genes) in the human genome continues to fluctuate. A new sensory structure, the neuropod, is demonstrated in the gut lining. 0:40 | How many genes in the human genome? An update. 4:36 | A new sensory structure found in the gut 9:27 | Featured: Advice on using media properly - chat with Barbara Waxer If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! 1 | Update: Number of Genes in Human Genome 4 minutes A recent article in Science News kinda sounds like the known number of genes in the human genome has doubled since the report cited in a recent episode. Nope. It's just that experts are now often including both protein-coding genes and noncoding (RNA-coding) genes in the total. A recount of human genes ups the number to at least 46,831 (Recent Science News article; and a hint to today's lucky numbers) TAPP Radio Episode 20 (episode where we discussed the number of genes in the human genome) 2 | New Sensory Structure Found in the Gut 5 minutes A new sensory structure has been documented in the lining of the mammalian gut. It involves the enteroendocrine cell, which has now been shown to synapse with neurons that lead to the brain via the vagus nerve, sort of like other epithelial-nervous sensory structures like the tactile disk (Merkel disk) arrangement in the skin. A gut-brain neural circuit for nutrient sensory transduction (research article in Science) A gut feeling (summary of the research) Permission granted to use image here in teaching (attribution: Kevin Patton theAPprofessor.org or link back to this page) 3 | Interview with Barbara Waxer 30.5 minutes Barbara Waxer, a professor of media and expert in copyright and the use of media joins Kevin for a chat about a topic that has come up before: how to properly use media created by others in our A&P course. www.barbarawaxer.com (Barbara's website, where she curates a large collection of resources) Internet Surf and Turf-Revealed: The Essential Guide to Copyright, Fair Use, and Finding Media (book by Barbara) Teach Act - Copyright Clearance Center (brief synopsis; PDF file) Creative Commons TAPP Radio Episode 26 (in which Greg Crowther suggested the importance of citing our sources) TAPP Radio Episode 25 (in which Kevin first mentioned integrity in using images in our teaching) If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Weinstein & Sumeracki join Kevin for a conversation about their new book that explores how learning science can help us teach more effectively & help our students learn more effectively. And a brief update on how myosin-actin interactions in the RBC cytoskeleton help regulate cell shape and deformability. 0:59 | New discovery about the shape of red blood cells 4:54 | Featured: Chat with the authors of a new book about how we learn If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! "Educational practice does not, for the most part, rely on research findings. Instead, there's a preference for relying on our intuitions about what's best for learning. But relying on intuition may be a bad idea for teachers and learners alike." Yana Weinstein & Megan Sumeracki in Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide 1 | Regulation of Red Blood Cell Shape 4 minutes Recent evidence points to a myosin-actin interaction in the cytoskeleton connected to the plasma membrane as a key mechanism for regulating RBC deformability. Thus that old myosin-actin attraction learned while exploring muscle contraction accomplishes important tasks in other parts of the body, too! Healthy red blood cells owe their shape to muscle-like structures (brief synopsis) Myosin IIA interacts with the spectrin-actin membrane skeleton to control red blood cell membrane curvature and deformability (research article) 2 | Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide 23 minutes Dr. Yana Weinstein and Dr. Megan Sumeracki join Kevin for an informative chat about their new book Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide. These learning scientists explain how A&P professors can use the six strategies for learning in their courses to help students learn. Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide (the book; multiple formats available) Featured in The A&P Professor Book Club learningscientists.org (the website for The Learning Scientists; links to blog, podcast, videos, downloadable resources; good link to share with your A&P students) @AceThatTest (follow The Learning Scientists on Twitter) Related resources from The A&P Professor Episode 1: Spaced Retrieval Practice (the pilot episode of this podcast explored Kevin's experience with combining spacing and retrieval practice (discussed by Weinstein & Sumeracki in today's chat). Episode 7: Teaching for Long Term Learning Seminar: Long Term Learning | Five Strategies for Teaching A&P Please call in with your reactions, questions for the authors, comments, and ideas for implementing the tips in this book: 1-833-LION-DEN or 1-833-546-6336 [email protected] Here's an example of a visual chapter preview mentioned in the interview. Sample from Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide If the hyperlinks here are not active or images do not appear, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Is there a newly discovered micro-organ in our lymph nodes? Perhaps we should be modeling professional integrity for our students. 00:42 | A new micro-organ in our lymph nodes? 05:31 | Daily Nuzzel newsletter with curated headlines for A&P teachers 07:18 | Succeed in A&P podcast mentioned us! 09:04 | Featured: Modeling professional integrity18:36 | The A&P Student blog If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! I don't think it works very well to tell our students to be ethical. We have to show them what ethical looks like. Kevin Patton 1 | A New Micro-Organ? 4.5 minutes One headline announced the discovering of a new human micro-organ. It turns out, researchers have found a distinct structure just beneath the capsule of lymph nodes called the subcapsular proliferative focus (SPF) where memory B cells hang out—not deep in the germinal center (GC). This puts them in a good position to be activated by macrophages acting as antigen-presenting cells (APCs) and mount a strong secondary immune response. Researchers Discover New 'Micro-Organ' in Human Immune System (news item about the discovery) Memory B cells are reactivated in subcapsular proliferative foci of lymph nodes (research article from Nature Communications) Second Harmonic Generation Imaging Microscopy: Applications to Diseases Diagnostics (describes the SHG method used to visualize the lymph node cells; see image) 2 | Curated daily headlines in the Nuzzel newsletter 2 minutes Sign up for a free email subscription to Kevin's daily headlines curated especially for A&P teachers. The A&P Professor Nuzzel newsletter nuzzel.com/theAPprofessor 3 | Succeed in A&P podcast 2 minutes The A&P Professor podcast received a couple of mentions in Jim Connely's podcast Succeed in A&P. Check out the August 31 episode, featuring Krista Rompolski! Listen in iTunes MHHE blog (scroll down to the podcast entry) The Syllabus Episode (from The A&P Professor, our podcast featuring contributions from Krista Rompolski) 4 | Modeling Professional Integrity 9.5 minutes Greg Crowther, whose song was featured in episode 25, calls in with an important point about modeling professional integrity for students: we should always cite the work of others. Whether we are using material legally is a separate issue. If we tell students they are plagiarizing if they don't cite others' works, then we are hypocrites if we don't model that behavior ourselves. Kevin mentions some other benefits of consistently citing the work we use in our courses. Promoting Academic Integrity in our Course (episode 25, also featuring a song by Greg Crowther) The HAPI graduate program in which Kevin teaches Barbara Waxer (a media expert slated for a future episode) Please call in with your reactions, ideas, and tips for promoting academic integrity: 1-833-LION-DEN or 1-833-546-6336 [email protected] Vesalius: The Fabric of the Human Body 5 | The A&P Student 3.5 minutes The A&P Professor is Kevin Patton's blog for A&P students. You can link to the blog, or to any specific post within the blog, from your course materials (syllabus, course page, learning management system, emails/messages to students). Kevin (mostly Jenny, his wife) sends out bookmarks you can distribute to your students. This wacky bookmark has an anatomical illustration of eyeballs in their orbits on the obverse and information (including URL) about the blog on the reverse. If you mention that you are a podcast listener, you'll also get the almost coveted The A&P Professor label pin (authorized for use on your academic attire). theAPstudent.org (the link to the main blog page) Bookmark request page (fill out the form accurately, or the request will be rejected) If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Master teachers focus more on promoting a culture of integrity than on specific anti-cheating strategies, but what are some practical ways to do that? Greg Clowther sings a song for A&P and challenges us to do the same. Button junctions in lymphatic capillaries explain how endothelial cells act as valves. Greg Crowther sings A Physiologist's Blessing (3.5 min) Button & zipper junctions in the lymphatic capillaries (7.5 min) Methods to promote academic honesty and reduce cheating (28.5 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view […] until you climb into his skin and walk around in it. Harper Lee (0:44) If you keep up with the HAPS Blog from the Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS), you may have already accept Dr. Greg Crowther's challenge to incorporate songs into your A&P course this semester. With his permission, here's a song from Greg that's great for the first day of class! Starting on a high note: a first-week-of-fall A&P challenge (HAPS Blog post with a fun challenge from Greg Crowther) A Physiologists Blessing (the home page for the song in this episode; inlcudes lyrics, mp3 demo, karaoke file, sheet music, background info; used in this podcast by permission) VOICES (online conference on using songs in STEM education; only $10; features Crowther) https://hapsblog.org/ (HAPS Blog; one of my favorite blogs for A&P teachers) Playful & Serious Is the Perfect Combo for A&P (previous episode explaining the value of playfulness in the A&P course) Dr. Greg Crowther teaches anatomy and physiology at Everett Community College (WA). His peer-reviewed articles on enhancing learning with content-rich music have collectively been cited over 100 times. (4:14) Are you familiar with the button junctions that connect overlapping endothelial cells in lymphatic capillaries in a way that forms valves? What about zippers? Where do they fit into the story? (They do.) Here are some links to the details behind a great demo that Kevin shares for understanding lymphatic structure and function. Functionally specialized junctions between endothelial cells of lymphatic vessels (2007 research article outlining button and zipper junctions; great images) Plasticity of button-like junctions in the endothelium of airway lymphatics in development and inflammation. (2012 research article shows that zippers predominate in early development, but are then convert to buttons; also has some really cool images showing these junctions) Lacteal junction zippering protects against diet-induced obesity (2018 research article) Tighter lymphatic junctions prevent obesity (perspective and summary of the research article; includes a nice slide you can use in teaching) (11:55) One way to approach "the cheating issue" in our courses is to promote a culture of academic honesty from the start. But how do we do that? Kevin shares some practical tips you can use for a comprehensive approach to creating and maintaining a culture of professional and academic integrity in your A&P courses (or any courses, really). What the Best College Teachers Do (the Ken Bain book mentioned in this episode) The Syllabus Episode (mentioned several times in this podcast) Academic Integrity (A special topic page at The A&P Professor website; includes additional information and links to resources) Why be honest? (about academic integrity; for students) Kevin's Academic Integrity statement (This is a statement I have used in my course syllabi. You are welcome to adapt it according to your own course and institution's needs. It's an example to get you thinking about actively promoting honesty.) Kevin' Academic Integrity Case Study handout/activity (This document is an example of an in-class activity that I use to promote discussion of academic integrity. It's a handout used for small group discussions. You can adapt it to fit your needs, per the attribution/share-alike license enclosed in the document.) Frank O'Neill @growgraymatter (Turn on your "Frank O'Neill filter.") Using copyrightable materials in teaching (Some good practical advice from the University of Minnesota Libraries. But ask your own librarians for help. And don't forget, I've got an upcoming episode with an expert!) Testing as Teaching (this seminar at The A&P Professor website shows you how I use Respondus test editor, one of many available test editors that can also easily produce multiple versions of a test) Caring for Students Helps Them Succeed (the episode where I focused on "that empathy thing") Cheating in College: Why Students Do It and What Educators Can Do about It (a book you might find to be helpful) Please call in with your ideas and tips for promoting academic integrity: 1-833-LION-DEN or 1-833-546-6336 [email protected] If the hyperlinks here

The syllabus is a key document in any college course. But do we really pay close attention to it? In this extended bonus episode, host Kevin Patton tells listeners how to make a syllabus easy to READ and easy to RAID, so that students really will use it to guide them. Introduction (2 min) Do students read the syllabus? What is a syllabus? (8 min) Reading and raiding the syllabus (14.5 min) First-day activities | A syllabus quiz? (18.5 min) Basic elements of a syllabus (13.5 min) More things to put in a syllabus (12 min) Study strategies, extra topics, & FAQs (8.5 min) Conclusion (1 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! There is a peculiar aesthetic pleasure in constructing the form of a syllabus, or a book of essays, or a course of lectures. Visions and shadows of people and ideas can be arranged and rearranged like stained-glass pieces in a window, or chessmen on a board. A. S. Byatt (0:58) It's a BONUS episode, meaning that you get bonus minutes, meaning that it's a really, really long episode! How eccentric do you think Kevin is? Other listeners want to know! Really. 1-833-LION-DEN or 1-833-546-6338 [email protected] (3:03) Do students read the syllabus? Maybe half? It's the other half who drive us nuts. Wait! do we always read the directions before asking questions? What is a syllabus? It can be different things, right? Why do administrators seem to love the syllabus so much? Recommended Twitter feed: @ReadTheSyllabus Please share the first tweet in my Twitter feed: @theAPprofessor.org That "empathy thing" I'm always harping on: Caring for Students Helps Them Succeed Is it syllabuses or syllabi? The answer is in a previous episode: 49 MORE Tricks for Retention & Success in Online Courses (11:09) Some general considerations when designing a syllabus include make sure that students can both read the syllabus through, and raid the syllabus for key information when they need it. The key is simplicity and logic in syllabus design. READ and RAID your textbook (a link for students; explains the "read & raid principle" as applied to textbooks Storytelling is the Heart of Teaching A&P (the episode where I explain storytelling as a teaching technique) Utilize Clear Language (my take on simpler language to reach students) Temple Grandin, animal science professor and autism spokesperson; someone who "gets it" that we have to try to put our head inside their heads Recommended book: Animals in Translation Recommended video: Temple Grandin (the film starring Claire Danes) (25:36) Is it just "here's the syllabus; see ya next class"—or is it an engaged look at important syllabus elements? The first day of class is key to starting things off on a good foot. What I learned from Krista, Michael, and Richard—and my own sideways twist on those first steps. What about a syllabus quiz? Is that a good or bad idea? Krista Rompolski PhD @KristaRompolski Recommended teacher gear: Leather index card wallet or Index card wallet Engaging Students on the First Day of Class (my first-day syllabus activity; adapted from Michael Glasgow & Richard Faircloth; click through to download copies of my handouts) First Impressions: Activities for the First Day of Class (article from Faculty Focus) Why be honest? (about academic integrity) Student Understanding This is what I use for my Pre-A&P course, a self-paced onine refresher course My web-enhanced on-campus courses use a similar list The online quiz turns each item into a multichoice "I understand" or "I do not understand" test item A perfect score unlocks the next item in the LMS, thus making this a necessary gateway to access course activities Test Zero Reviews prior content and syllabus contents Start A&P 2 with a Final Exam (explains my Test Zero for A&P 2) Teaching For Long-Term Learning (episode in which I explain my Test Zero approach) (44:24) What exactly goes into a syllabus? Who decides? What are the essentials? This isn't comprehensive, but it gets you How to Write a Syllabus (a great online guide from Cult of Pedagogy) HAPS Learning Outcomes - Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS membership is required to access them) Anatomy Core Syllabi (from the Anatomical Society; different flavors [undergrad med, nursing, pharmacy] membership not required to access them) LifeSciTRC Syllabus Resources (free samples of A&P syllabi & related resources) (57:47) Frank O'Neill recommends video walk-throughs, which have the added benefit of letting students know that you really do care about them. Consider also a table contents, abstract/summary, and/or index if the syllabus is long. How about a disclaimer, some playful tidbits, and links to external resources. And make sure your supervisors know what's in your syllabus! Frank O'Neill @growgraymatter 7 Ways Video Can Enhance the Student Experience (video of Frank's live

Online courses continue to have a notoriously low retention rate and success rate compared to traditional courses. In this second of three episodes, Kevin continues the conversation with ways to literally make the course more face-to-face, plus using faces, voices, and scheduled announcements to promote connections. Medical mitochondria (4 min) Syllabuses: I need your help (1 min) Review of first two parts of this series (3 min) gFeatured: EVEN MORE Tricks for Retention & Success in Online Courses (18.5 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! (0:42) New research proposes using mitochondria isolated from healthy tissue in a patient's body to treat ischemic heart muscle and perhaps other dysfunctional tissues or organs. Dying Organs Restored to Life in Novel Experiments (New York Times article) (4:44) Syllabuses, syllabi. Whatever. It's almost time to think about tweaking our course documents for the fall semester. I'll cover that in an upcoming episode, so I need you to send your contributions now! Please share your syllabus ideas, questions, or comments at: 1-833-LION-DEN or 1-833-546-6338 [email protected] (5:55) It's too long for one episode, so it's a series of three episodes: 21, 22 (previous episodes), and 23 (this episode). If you're not teaching online now, you will be someday! Most of these tips apply to face-to-face courses, anyway. In the previous two episodes, Kevin suggested: It's all about connections. Cultivate a friendly, informal, and supportive "online teaching persona" Express empathy, don't just have empathy. Use customer-service skills when communicating with students Use our own pain points and frustrations to tap into how our students might feel How we can literally make our online course a face to face course How to use faces, voices, and scheduled course announcements to enhance the connections necessary to retain students and promote student success. (8:47) Online courses are notorious for high dropout rates and high failure rates, compared to traditional face-to-face classes. Kevin continues to share even more strategies he has found to work in creating and nurturing the kinds of connections that help retain students and support their success in the course. This episode focuses on: Why reaching out to individual students who may be at risk is important--and how to do that. Why feedback to students is important in nurturing connections. Some final thoughts. If you experience a repeated section starting about about timestamp 21:36, it's not your imagination. Probably. A pre-release version had such a hiccup and it may have been downloaded into your app. If so, you can simply re-download in the app. Or enjoy twice the fun by leaving the repeat in there! If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Online courses continue to have a notoriously low retention rate and success rate compared to traditional courses. In this second of three episodes, Kevin continues the conversation with ways to literally make the course more face-to-face, plus using faces, voices, and scheduled announcements to promote connections. Syllabuses? Syllabi? Which is correct? (3 min) Continuing the conversation (1 min) Featured: 49 MORE Tricks for Retention & Success in Online Courses (22 min) Next episode is part 3 of 3 (1 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! (0:44) Which is correct: syllabuses or syllabi? The answer may surprise you! Nevertheless, now's a good time to think about tweaking your course documents for the fall semester. I'll cover that on a future episode, so I need you to send your contributions now! Syllabus at Dictionary.com Quora discussion on syllabus plurals Please share your syllabus ideas, questions, or comments at: 1-833-LION-DEN or 1-833-546-6338 [email protected] (4:02) It's too long for one episode, so Kevin will cover the featured topic in three episodes: 21 (the previous episode), 22 (this episode), and 23 (the next episode). If you're not teaching online now, you will be someday! Most of these tips apply to face-to-face courses, anyway. In the previous episode, Kevin suggested: It's all about connections. Cultivate a friendly, informal, and supportive "online teaching persona" Express empathy, don't just have empathy. Use customer-service skills when communicating with students Use our own pain points and frustrations to tap into how our students might feel (8:10) Online courses are notorious for high dropout rates and high failure rates, compared to traditional face-to-face classes. Kevin continues to share a bunch (perhaps not exactly 49) strategies he has found to work in creating and nurturing the kinds of connections that help retain students and support their success in the course. This episode focuses on adding faces to an online course (sort of like in a face-to-face course), plus how to use scheduled video, audio, and text announcements to stay connected with students. "A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow." Patton's Law (Gen. George S. Patton) Power of the 'Profile Pic" in Online Learning (blog post) How do I add a profile picture in my user account as a student? (example of instructions you can link to; most LMSs have such a resource you can link to in your syllabuses. Or syllabi.) iSpring for PowerPoint (Kevin's blog post) Photos and Video Helps Connect Students and Teachers in Online Courses (Kevin's blog post) Short Video Walk-Throughs Help Your Students (Kevin's blog post) Camtasia, Snagit, Jing screen capture software (products from TechSmith) (30:23) The next episode continues the conversation about improving engagement in online courses. If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Online courses continue to have a notoriously low retention rate and success rate compared to traditional courses. Kevin shares some general concepts and practical ideas that have helped him improve retention and pass rates in his distance courses. But there are more! The conversation will continue in the next episode. Transcripts, captioned audiograms, & more! (7.5 min) Intro to featured topic (1 min) 49 tricks for retention & success in online courses (32.5 min) Connecting with this podcast (1 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Questions & Feedback: 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-546-6336) Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! (0:41) We've reached 5,000 downloads because of your kind support! All TAPP Radio episodes have a full transcript, useful for reading along or searching for specific content. Captioned audiograms of all episodes are now available on The A&P Professor YouTube channel. There are many ways to listen! Transcript links are listed at the Episode List and on each episode page at theAPprofessor.org The A&P Professor YouTube channel for captioned audiograms: my-ap.us/TAPPyoutube Choose your TAPP Radio source: Apple iOS app Android OS app Kindle Fire OS app Main TAPP Radio podcast page Subscription page for more options (7:58) Intro. It's too long for one episode, so Kevin will cover the featured topic in three episodes: 21 (this one), 22, and 23. (9:13) Online courses are notorious for high dropout rates and high failure rates, compared to traditional face-to-face classes. Kevin shares a bunch (perhaps not exactly 49) strategies he has found to work in creating and nurturing the kinds of connections that help retain students and support their success in the course. Episode 19: Caring for Students Helps Them Succeed Episode 12: Storytelling is the Heart of A&P (33:00) Call or write! Really. Any time. 1-833-LION-DEN or 1-833-546-6338 [email protected] Please nominate The A&P Professor for The People's Choice Podcast Awards! Simply click here my-ap.us/award to register (free) and select The A&P Professor in the Education category. Listener nominations close on July 31st. So now would be a good time. If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Why we should encourage A&P students to say the difficult terms out loud before reading. Will we ever pin down the number of genes in the human genome? Get a free book of brain facts from the Society for Neuroscience. Please help Kevin extend the reach of TAPP Radio! Summer is a good time to binge listen all the episodes of this podcast, perhaps enjoying the beverage of your choice (mine is iced tea...unsweet). How many genes in the human genome? (3.5 min) Free book of brain facts (2.5 min) Expand the reach of this podcast (3.5 min)Why students should read A&P terms out loud (10 min) Binge much? (1 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! (0:43) New research increases the number of coding genes in the human genome up from around 19,000 or so genes to just over 21,000 genes. New human gene tally reignites debate (recent news item in Nature) Thousands of large-scale RNA sequencing experiments yield a comprehensive new human gene list and reveal extensive transcriptional noise (2017 unreviewed research preprint) Size of the human genome reduced to 19,000 genes (2014 new item from Science Daily) Multiple evidence strands suggest that there may be as few as 19 000 human protein-coding genes (2014 research article in Human Molecular Genetics) (4:12) Brain Facts book: great summary of basic concepts of neuroscience (with great pictures). Brain Facts (from Society of Neuroscience; has links to low- and high-resolution PDFs, audio files of previous editions, and requests for free print versions for educators) (6:50) I ask your help to spread the news and share this podcast with others who might be interested. Or complete strangers. Okay, maybe just folks you know who are actual A&P teachers or have related interests. Apple iOS app Android OS app Kindle Fire OS app Main TAPP Radio podcast page Subscription page (10:23) It sounds wacky, for sure, but reading complex terms out loud before reading the textbook can helps speed up reading and improve comprehension. Reading Information Aloud to Yourself Improves Memory (article from Neuroscience News) This time it's personal: the memory benefit of hearing oneself (journal article in Memory) Reading Terms in A&P (post in The A&P Professor blog; has additional links to resources) Reading Scientific Terms (post in The A&P Student blog; you can provide this link to students) Word Lists Help Students Build Their Mental Lexicon (post in Patton's Anatomy & Physiology blog Say It Out Loud 18 Times (post in o-log-y blog) (20:57) Even if you've already heard them all, it's worth your while to listen again, starting at Episode 1 and working your way through. If you know you've missed some previous episodes, that's an even better reason to binge! Exploring the Benefits of Binge Listening to Podcasts (post at Life by Cyndi blog) Choose your TAPP Radio binge: Apple iOS app Android OS app Kindle Fire OS app Main TAPP Radio podcast page Subscription page If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Kevin Patton discusses his renewed commitment to demonstrating compassion for students, including practical tips. Will sleeping in on weekends lengthen our lives? Should we give our lecture slides to students? Summer schedule reminder ( Giving slides to students (6 min) Update on the TAPP APP (1.5 min) Catch up with sleep on weekends (3 min) Commit to caring for our A&P students (19 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! You've probably heard that students don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. Hold that thought. (0:42) Reminder: episodes released about twice a month during the summer. (1:01) Students often want a copy of our slide presentation before class, so that they can take notes by simply annotating our slides. Is that a good idea? The Benefits of Longhand Notetaking Versus Slide Annotations — The Learning Scientists How To Take Great Notes Quickly And Easily: A Very Easy Guide: (40+ Note Taking Tips for School, Work, Books and Lectures. Cornell Notes Explained. ... More.) (7:11) The easiest way to listen to (and follow) this podcast (TAPP Radio) is with the feature-rich TAPP APP Apple iOS app Android OS app Kindle Fire OS app (8:58) Is it okay to sleep in on weekends to "catch up" with sleep lost during the week? Some new evidence from a large study. Kevin's Newsletter (from The A&P Professor, and powered by Nuzzel) Sleeping in on The Weekend Could Save You From an Early Death, Says Study (brief summary) Sleep duration and mortality – Does weekend sleep matter? (research article) (11:20) Why Kevin is committing to take specific steps to show his students that he really cares about them. And how he is committing to care, no matter what. HAPS Instagram ProfessorAnatomeme (Aaron Fried's Instgram) Can you find Kevin's picture with a heart? What Happened When I Committed to Loving My Students Unconditionally (article by Kyle Redford) [POST-PRODUCTION NOTE: I refer to Kyle Redford as "he" but she is a woman. My apologies.] The Transformative Power of Trauma-Informed Teaching (article by Lauren Dotson) Resilience (from Harvard's Center on the Developing Child) Caring About Students Matters (a related article by Maryellen Weimer) Checking Our Attitudes About A&P Students "These Days" (post from The A&P Professor blog) If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Kevin interviews professor and author Paul Krieger, who describes a simple activity with contour drawing to get his students primed to learn human anatomy. Apps for your mobile device are now available, providing the easiest way to listen to this podcast. TAPP APP now available! (2 min) Introduction to Paul Krieger (2 min) Contour drawing for anatomy with Paul Krieger (19 min)Change to a biweekly podcast schedule (1 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! Jean Fernel once wrote, "Anatomy is to physiology as geography is to history. It describes the theater of events." (0:44) This episode announces the availability of the dedicated app for this podcast--the TAPPradio app or TAPP APP. Kevin mentions the Android version, but after production, the Apple iOS app also became available. The app will provide some bonus materials and will usually have episodes available about 6 hours before they are released to other channels. It's the easiest way to keep up with this podcast! App details on the Subscribe page (2:30) Paul Krieger of Grand Rapids Community College is a long-time professor and the author of Morton Publishing's Visual Analogy Guide series. Kevin and Paul have been friends and collaborators for over 15 years. Paul Krieger bio (Paul's LinkedIn profile) Visual Analogy Guides (catalog of Krieger's books) HAPS Institute (website for HAPS-I program) (6:10) In an interview with Kevin, Paul Krieger discusses a teaching experiment he is trying with his community college students that involves drawing as a pre-lab activity. Contour drawing, or outlining, organs can help students get a good sense of the general structure of organs they'll see during the lab activity. Hand labeling the sketches adds additional learning opportunities. Paul describes his method for moving students slowly and simply through a series of easy steps using PowerPoint slides. Sample slide file: Respiratory Structures (contour line drawing activity) (22:26) The summer break is a great time to switch to a slower pace for this podcast. After a series of weekly episodes, TAPP Radio now shifts to a twice-a-month goal for new episodes. Thanks for your support! If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Getting ready for the annual conference of the Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS)? Long-timer Kevin Patton gives some tips on how to get the most out of your experience, including Kevin's Law of Professional Development. Getting ready for the annual conference of the Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS)? Long-timer Kevin Patton gives some tips on how to get the most out of your experience, including Kevin's Law of Professional Development. If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! "I learn SO much at these things!" Kevin Patton (at every HAPS Annual Conference since 1990) (0:37) Bonus Episode Intro (2:00) Kevin's Guide You do NOT need a guide to the HAPS Annual Conference! The HAPS (official) guide for first-timers. My creds for being your guide. My creds for being your guide. (4:04) Way Before the Conference hapsweb.org Early bird registration rate Conference hotel block Get to know the HAPS staff (including Skelly) (7:51) Just Before the Conference HAPS app and website Read up on speakers and workshops Business cards Dress business casual, more or less (mostly less) Don't forget your HAPSwear! (16:11) Conference Basic Plan Opening reception Update seminars Workshops (18:44) Update Days General networking Exhibit hall Attendance prizes on last update day Update seminars Fun run/walk Business meeting Posters Index cards Index card wallet Leather index card wallet Kevin's Law of Professional Development If I learn just ONE useful thing in a professional development experience, it's worth it. (30:45) Workshop Days Workshops Committee meetings (35:34) Other Stuff HAPS Institute Field trips (38:28) After the Meeting Tend your network (40:01) Subscribe Subscribing in a mobile app is the easiest way to keep up with this podcast! If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Walk away from each semester with confidence by doing an intentional course review before you leave. Which is the correct spelling, mamillary or mammillary? Put your A&P course into high gear with a new episode of TAPP Radio. How do you spell mamillary? (5.5 min) Leave each semester with confidence after a course review. (22.5 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! "We can only be said to be truly alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures." Thornton Wilder (0:42) Which spelling is correct, mammillary or mamillary? Is it Mamillary or Mammillary? (from the o-log-y blog) How Do YOU Pronounce It? (previous TAPP Radio episode) Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (includes Latin and Greek word parts) (6:10) A slate of intentional review activities at the end of the semester can provide multiple benefits. That includes leaving things in good order for a more relaxed break. TestDebriefing Boosts Student Learning (previous TAPP Radio episode) Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning (classic book of simple but powerful teaching strategies) What the Best College Students Do (another classic book about what makes a great college teacher) Check Marks Make Me Happy! (Kevin's blog post) If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Kevin reviews News & Notes: keeping pig brains alive, new form of DNA found in cells, your HAPS road trip. A discussion of which pronunciation of A&P terms is "correct." The A&P Student blog is a useful resource for students. News & Notes | pig brains, new DNA found, TAPP, HAPS roadtrip (9 min) Pronouncing issues with A&P terms (10 min) The A&P Student blog (1.5 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! (0:50) News & Notes Pig brains kept alive in the lab. Scientists 'keep pigs' brains alive without a body for up to 36 hours' (article in The Guardian) Researchers are keeping pig brains alive outside the body (report in MIT Technology Review) Researchers Succeed in Keeping Disembodied Pig Brains Alive (article in The Scientist) New DNA Structure BREAKING: Scientists have confirmed a new DNA structure inside human cells (brief illustrated article) I-motif DNA structures are formed in the nuclei of human cells (journal article) How to access journal articles: ask your librarian! What is TAPP? Your road trip on TAPP! HAPS 2018 Annual Conference (9:25) Pronunciations in any language differ for a variety of reasons. This happens in A&P terminology, too. How do you pronounce it? (Kevin's blog post on this topic) Dorland's Medical Dictionary (a respected standard) Kenneth S. Saladin (I mention Ken's workshops on pronunciation) (19:08) Kevin's blog for A&P students has many bits of advice to help students succeed in their A&P course. The A&P Student If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Kevin shares his version of the classic love-story analogy of muscle contraction. Why does the Golgi apparatus looks so weird? it's the cytoskeleton. And don't forget the Alexa skill for this podcast! Why does the Golgi apparatus looks so weird? (5.5 min) A love story analogy for muscle contraction? (8 min) Don't forget the Alexa skill for this podcast! (2 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! (0:47) The Golgi apparatus has a distinctive flattened shape. It turns out that it's the functioning of the cytoskeleton that is responsible. Why the Golgi Apparatus Looks So Funny (Kevin's blog post) GOLPH3 bridges phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate and actomyosin to stretch and shape the golgi to promote budding. (research article) Golgi's Job Stretches it Thin (article from Science News) Terminologia Histologica: International Terms for Human Cytology and Histology (book plus CD) Terminologia Histologica: International Terms for Human Cytology and Histology (online version) (6:02) Kevin tells the story of actin and myosin as an analogy to a classic love story. This playful story reflects the focus of recent episodes about the use of storytelling and analogies in teaching A&P. Episode 12: Storytelling is the Heart of Teaching A&P (introduces the strategy of storytelling) Episode 13: Playful and Serious is the Perfect Combo for A&P (introduces the value of playful analogies) Survival Guide for Anatomy & Physiology (Kevin's brief manual for A&P students features a version of the actin-myosin love story) Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle: A Love Story? (article from HAPS Educator with a version of this story) Metaphors & Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching Any Subject (book that addresses many issues, including English-language learners) (17:50) Don't forget the Alexa skill for this podcast! Enable the Alexa skill (Kevin's instructions on how to enable and use the new skill for this podcast; includes a video) Alexa skill (Amazon's page for this Alexa skill) Alexa-enabled devices (Amazon's devices that use Alexa skills; purchases made through this link help fund this podcast) If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Can adult brains make new neurons? Kevin revisits this question and examines new evidence. See you at HAPS 2018 Annual Conference in Columbus OH? Learning styles. Harm or help? Or a bit of both? Can adult brains make new neurons? Again. (4 min) See you at HAPS 2018? (5.5 min) Learning styles. Harm or help? Or a bit of both? (12 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! 0:57 Kevin revisits the notion of whether neurogenesis (growing new neurons) can occur in the adult brain, particularly in the hippocampus. A past episode mentioned a study that said "no" to adult neurogenesis in the brain, bucking current thought. However, a newer paper now supports adult brain neurogenesis. This is fun, isn't it? New Evidence Suggests Aging Brains Continue to Make New Neurons (article by Francis Collins on the new paper) Human Hippocampal Neurogenesis Persists throughout Aging (new research paper in Cell) Human hippocampal neurogenesis drops sharply in children to undetectable levels in adults (recent paper in Nature suggesting otherwise) Episode 5 (Previous episode of this podcast, Segment 1: Can the Adult Human Brain Produce New Neurons?) 5:07 Kevin once again invites you to the 2018 Annual Conference of the Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS) in Columbus Ohio--and to look him and say "hi" while you are there! HAPS 2018 Conference Website Succeed in A&P (podcast featuring interview with Peter English, Executive Director of HAPS) 10:40 Recent buzz about the Husmann/O'Loughlin paper on learning styles prompts a conversation about what learning styles are and are not. And what, if anything, we should do with them. Another Nail in the Coffin for Learning Styles? Disparities among Undergraduate Anatomy Students' Study Strategies, Class Performance, and Reported VARK Learning Styles (the recent Husmann/O'Loughlin paper) The VARK Questionnaire (the now-classic learning style system) Not Another Inventory, Rather a Catalyst for Reflection (the paper that started the VARK approach) Seven learning styles (another system of learning styles) Are Learning Styles Real? (Kevin's blog post from November 2015) If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube

Kevin explains why the term meatus is weird (hint: it's the plural form). The topic of storytelling in teaching continues with an emphasis on playfulness and the use of analogies (especially playful analogies). Why the term meatus is weird. (3 min) Convenient ways to subscribe to TAPP Radio. (2 min) Playfulness and analogies have a role in storytelling. (14 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! (0:46) The term meatus is properly pluralized as meatus or meatuses (not meati) Meatus | Weird Word (post explaining meatus from o-log-y the terminology blog) Meatus as a fourth-declension noun (page from a terminology text) (3:31) There are a lot of options for convenient listening to this podcast! Subscribe page (links and directions on how to subscribe to this podcast) Alexa skill (shows you how to listen to this podcast on your Alexa device) (5:19) The previous episode (TAPP 12) explained Kevin's view that effective A&P teachers are good storytellers. This episode "continues the story" by discussing analogies. Analogies can be stories that help students understand complex concepts. Sometimes, they are most effective when they are playful, which helps engage students and makes the stories easy to remember. Kevin relates his use of "phosphorylation frogs" in a story that can be referred to every time ATP generation comes up in the course. What are the pros and cons of using analogies? Storytelling is the Heart of Teaching A&P | TAPP Radio 12 (where the story of storytelling in A&P begins) Frog pop-ups (toys similar to those described by Kevin in this episode) Books by John Dewey (book sales help pay for podcast expenses) Metaphors & Analogies: Power Tools for Teaching Any Subject (book that addresses many issues, including English-language learners) If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube

Microglia in the brain nibble on synapse to induce remodeling of neural circuits. Kevin mentions his new online seminar on five ways to enhance long-term learning. A&P is the story of the human body, so A&P professors act as storytellers. Kevin gives some practical tips on how to do that effectively. Microglia prune synapses to remodel brain circuits. (6 min) Kevin's new online seminar on Long-Term Learning. (1 min) Teaching A&P tells the story of the human body. (15 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! Multiple synapse heads send out filopodia (green) converging on one microglial cell (red), as seen by focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIBSEM). IMAGE: L. Weinhard, EMBL Rome (0:47) New information shows that microglia nibble on presynaptic neurons using trogocytosis, rather than phagocytosis, to prune synapses during memory formation to help remodel brain networks. Microglia also induce postsynaptic spines to "reach out" to form new synapses with presynaptic neurons. Microglia remodel synapses by presynaptic trogocytosis and spine head filopodia induction (original research report) Captured: microglia nibbling on brain synapses (article about the original report) Neurophobia: The Fear of Neurology Among Medical Students (the title says it all) (6:50) Kevin has a new online seminar on five strategies to enhance long-term learning in A&P courses. Long Term Learning (the new seminar) HAPS Conferences (see you there?) Storytellers dramatize their stories. (my-ap.us/2uvWkPe) (8:05) Kevin explains why he thinks storytelling is the heart of effective teaching, especially in the A&P course. He outlines the "storytelling persona"; making sure there is a beginning, middle, and end to our stories, applying storytelling to both lectures and the entire course, using drama, conflict and resolution, and other techniques. Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling (website with many resources) Crash Course in Storytelling (book on the basics of storytelling) Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need (book; the title says it all) If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube

Kevin discusses recent news that a new human organ has been discovered. Systematic debriefing by students after each test can boost their learning. Kevin explains a tool he uses to help students learn how to analyze their tests effectively. Has a new organ been discovered? (4 min) Students benefit from debriefing after each test. (18.5 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! Interstitium. Illustration by Jill Gregory. Printed with permission from Mount Sinai Health System, licensed under CC-BY-ND. (0:46) Has a new human organ discovered? Or is this news mostly hype? Or is the answer somewhere in the middle? Structure and Distribution of an Unrecognized Interstitium in Human Tissues (original research report) Newly-discovered human organ may help explain how cancer spreads (article about the original report) That "New Organ" Everyone Is Freaking Out About Is Probably Not New (article outlining criticism of the original report) Is the Interstitium Really a New Organ? (another article interprets the original report) Is This Tissue a New Organ? Maybe. A Conduit for Cancer? It Seems Likely. (yet another opinioon) The Human Organ Discovered in 2018 (and we have another opinion) (4:56) Testing can be a powerful learning strategy. Debriefing in a systematic way after each test can leverage the learning value of tests and boost learning even more. Test Analysis (Lion Den web page for students) Student Success Increases When They Debrief After Tests (blog post for professors) Test Analysis Form (worksheet download; Lion Den downloads page; or use short URL: lionden.com/downloads.htm) Learn From Your Mistakes! (blog post for students; includes video showing how to use form) If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube

Learning the bones and markings of the skeleton is hard—and so is teaching it. Learn some strategies that work! What are peripersonal neurons and what is their function? Try out the new Alexa skill for this podcast. New Alexa skill for this podcast! (3.5 min) Free media from the National Science Foundation. (1.5 min) Tips for teaching the skeleton. (15.5 min) If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Follow The A&P Professor on Twitter, Facebook, Blogger, Nuzzel, Tumblr, or Instagram! (1:25) If you use an Alexa-enabled device, you can now enable "the a. p. professor podcast" Alexa skill to listen to any episode, navigate within episodes, and save your place for your next listening session. Just keep this in mind when you do eventually join this growing trend! Enable the Alexa skill (Kevin's instructions on how to enable and use the new skill for this podcast; include a video) Alexa skill (Amazon's page for this Alexa skill) Alexa-enabled devices (Amazon's devices that use Alexa skills; purchases made through this link help fund this podcast) (4:41) A huge library of science photos, videos, audio, and other objects you can use in your course—from the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF Multimedia Gallery Neuroplasticity (example of a video from the gallery) (6:56) Learning the bones and bone markings of the skeleton can be an early, scary experience for A&P students. How can we prepare and support them to learn the skeleton effectively—and learn skills to help them in their continuing studies of human anatomy? Bone Names (Kevin's tip page for A&P students; located in the Lion Den website) Short URL (to provide to students) is my-ap.us/bones Provides a brief intro to bone naming and how that helps a student learn bones and markings Provides 2 videos that walk students through the process of understanding bone names as a method of learning Contains highlighted links to helpful lists Lists are available as a docx or PDF "handouts" to use for study Lists are also available as an interactive table on the web (can be sorted) Access to lists requires a free registration in the Lion Den website Skeletal Posts (from Kevin's blog The A&P Student, includes all advice for students on studying the skeleton) If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube

Issues of returning learners and how to support them. Get daily, curated headlines of interest to A&P teachers. What are peripersonal neurons, and why should we care? Peripersonal neurons monitor our environment. Daily headlines for A&P teachers. Supporting learners coming back to school. If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Life loves the liver of it (Maya Angelou) (0:49) Several areas of the brain monitor your personal space—also called the peripersonal space (PPS). The peripersonal neurons each monitor one small "bubble" of our PPS. Michael Graziano explains Peripersonal Neurons (episode 142 from the Brain Science podcast) The Spaces Between Us: A Story of Neuroscience, Evolution, and Human Nature (Graziano's book) Peripersonal space in the brain (nice review article from the journal Neuropsychologia) Illusion makes people 'feel' force field around their body (article from New Scientist) (11:57) A simple analogy can help students remember a recurring principle about cell behavior involving important ions. nuzzel.com/theAPprofessor (direct link) (13:07) Returning learners in anatomy and physiology courses often come to use with some anxiety. How can we support them? Help significant others help YOU (a brief blog post for students; link to this from your course webpage, learning management system, and/or syllabus) Use shortened link: my-ap.us/rgNZ27 If the hyperlinks above are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Neurogenesis in the adult brain is challenged by a recent study. The analogy that cells hate calcium and sodium ions, but love potassium, helps students learn cell behavior. Your take on teaching A&P is welcome! Running concept lists to enhance deep learning by helps students make connections among ideas and promote development of insights. Neurogenesis in the adult brain. Cells hate calcium (an analogy) Your take on teaching A&P Running concept lists to enhance deep learning. If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. (1:00) A new paper revives the old dogma that adult brains cannot produce new neurons—but it's not without controversy. What should we tell our students? The Discovery of the Neuron Neurogenesis in the adult human hippocampus Human hippocampal neurogenesis drops sharply in children to undetectable levels in adults New Study Questions Confidence in Neurogenesis in the Adult Brain (5:52) A simple analogy can help students remember a recurring principle about cell behavior involving important ions. Cells hate calcium! (article) (12:52) You've got some insights sparked by topics in this podcast series? Let's hear them, so we can get some power-brainstorming going! Toll-free: 1·833·LION·DEN (1·833·546·6336) Local: 1·636·486·4185 Email: [email protected] (14:24) We all find it difficult to put all the facts and details together in our heads in a way that makes sense—that helps us connect ideas and gain insights. A simple technique of running concepts lists can provide a concrete template for this process. Used over time, running concept lists and also train the brain to make such connections easily. Concept Lists | An Easy Method to Enhance Deep Learning (resource page) If the hyperlinks above are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Mitochondria run hotter than the rest of the cell—by how much? A new podcast tells the story of medical education cadavers unearthed after a century. Revisiting cumulative testing, we find things to promote long-term learning in our courses and beyond. The temperature of mitochondria. A podcast recommendation. Revisiting the cumulative approach. If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. (0:50) Mitochondria run about 10 °C hotter than the other components of the cell. Hot mitochondria? (an article in PLOS Biology) (2:20) Paul Gabrielsen of the University of Utah introduces his new serial podcast that tells the story of the discovery of remains of medical education cadavers buried on campus about a hundred years ago. Secrets of the Campus Cadavers (web page for the podcast) iTunes listing Stitcher listing (6:26) A comment on Episode 4 by Margaret Thompson Reece sparks continued discussion of the value of (and practical suggestions for) a cumulative approach to teaching and learning. Medical Science Navigator (Margaret Thompson Reece's website; share this link with your students!) Episode 4 | Cumulative Testing Makes Learning Last (where we first encounter the cumulative approach) Cumulative Testing Enhances Learning (Kevin's blog post summarizing cumulative testing, including links to other resources). Episode 3 | Testing as Teaching (emphasizes the role of tests as retrieval practice rather than summative assessment) HAPS Comprehensive Exam (find out more about this cumulative test from the Human Anatomy & Physiology Society) Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (one of Kevin's favorite books on teaching, it further explains the value of cumulative testing) Episode 1 | Why Spaced Retrieval Practice is Your Most Powerful Teaching and Learning Tool (a prior episode covering a related topic) Start A&P 2 with a Final Exam (a blog post about Kevin's Test Zero mentioned in this episode) Memorizing vs. Understanding (brief discussion about how to teach facts and how to teach understanding) If the hyperlinks above are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

What does the new blood test for concussion measure? Why red pens are not ideal for grading and feedback. Flipped learning isn't as hard as it sounds if you use short video presentations. New blood test for concussion. Why red pens are not ideal for grading and feedback. Flipped learning isn't as hard as it sounds. If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. (1:04) The FDA recently approved a new blood test for concussions. How is the test used and what does it tell us? FDA authorizes marketing of first blood test to aid in the evaluation of concussion in adults Concussions Can Be Detected With New Blood Test Approved by F.D.A. GFAP | glial fibrillary acidic protein UCH-L1 | ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1 Concussions (Health and Medical Issues Today) (11:10) It's a small thing, for sure, but the color pen we use for grading student work can have an impact on the tone of communication in a class. No Red Pens! (Kevin's blog post on this topic; with links to additional information) Green Felt Tip Pens Green Gel Pens (13:50) Subscribing helps you and others stay up to date with the world of A&P teaching! And it helps other teachers find this podcast when they search for it. How to subscribe to this podcast. (14:35) Kevin flipped his first A&P course in 2006, a year before the term flipped learning was first coined by Bergmann and Sams. In this segment, he discusses how his case study may help you decide how to flip (or half flip) your own A&P course. Sextuple Backflip !!! (a video showing a REAL circus flip) Online Lectures and Previews (brief blog post on this case study) Online Lecture Previews (Kevin's online seminar on how he flipped his course, including a brief walk-through of the mechanics of producing an online lecture ) Flipped Learning: Gateway to Student Engagement If the hyperlinks above are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Blood doping stories are effective in helping student students apply and integrate diverse concepts in anatomy and physiology. Concept mapping helps students learn and helps teachers assess learning, plus diagnose misconceptions and other concerns. Use concept mapping for student learning and assessment. Blood doping is a perennial news topic that helps apply central concepts of A&P. If you cannot see the audio player click here. (0:48) Blood doping stories related to the 2018 Winter Olympics (or in any context) are effective in helping student students apply and integrate diverse concepts in anatomy and physiology Olympic athletes are cheating more often than you think (article concerning current issues in doping) Doping topics from The A&P Professor blog (various concepts that apply doping in A&P courses) World Doping Agency | WADA (website with various resources, including their official prohibited list) Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, and the Quest to End Baseball's Steroid Era (book) Tainted Blood: The Untold Story of the 1984 Olympic Blood Doping Scandal (book) Doping, Performance-Enhancing Drugs, and Hormones in Sport: Mechanisms of Action and Methods of Detection | Emerging Issues in Analytical Chemistry (A great acquisition suggestion for your institution's library) (6:32) The featured topic is concept mapping and its uses in helps students learn and helping instructors assess learning and diagnose misconceptions and other learning concerns. Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning Teaching Nursing Using Concept Maps Deep Active Learning: Toward Greater Depth in University Education Topics in concept mapping for students from The A&P Student blog Concept Maps | A How-To for A&P Students (link from your course website or syllabus) If the hyperlinks above are not active, go to TAPPradio.org More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Cumulative testing enhances long-term learning, preparing students for final exams, later courses, and professional careers. The genetic code of others also influences our biological traits. Screencasts help students with course tools in this digital age. Kevin shares his experience of using cumulative testing to strengthen long-term learning. Use video walk-throughs to help students navigate your digital course platforms. Sometimes other people's genes influence an individual's biological traits. If you can't see the audio player, click here. (0:50) Things will get a lot more interesting if listeners start calling in with questions, comments, teaching tips, programming suggestions, updates, ...or anything else on your mind! Call 1-833-LION-DEN (1-833-564-6336) [email protected] (2:20) A recent article in Science explores the idea the genomes of parents and others can affect traits—not just the genes within the individual's genome. This concept of "genetic nurture" expands the notion of the measurable biological influences of genes. You Are Shaped by the Genes You Inherit. And Maybe by Those You Don't. (Carl Zimmer's article summarizing recent research.) The nature of nurture: Effects of parental genotypes (Research article from Science) (7:34) You can help your colleagues and others find episodes of this podcast by influencing the search algorithms that guide the process. How? By subscribing to The A&P Professor podcast in iTunes or your favorite podcast app. Even better, consider giving a rating and leaving a brief review. Unless you really hate my podcast, in which case, please click here. Fans, please click on one (or all of these): Apple Podcasts iTunes Google Play Stitcher Spotify Overcast TuneIn (8:14) In this age of digital teaching and learning, we must be able to help our students navigate their digital platforms: learning management systems, adaptive learning platforms, college/department/course websites, and more. Brief narrated video walkthroughs (screencasts) are simple and quick ways to provide clear guidance to individuals and whole classes. Short Video Walk-Throughs Help Your Students (brief blog post clarifies the point of this segment, providing links to tools you can use and an example of how Kevin uses it in his courses). Snagit screen capture software (13:13) In the featured segment, Kevin shares his case story of using cumulative testing to strengthen long-term learning in his course. Using an easy method of adding a few questions from prior tests to each test and exam, Kevin was able to better prepare his students for the comprehensive final exam. And hopefully carry the essential concepts of A&P forward into future courses and careers. Cumulative Testing Enhances Learning (Kevin's blog post summarizing cumulative testing, including links to other resources). Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (one of Kevin's favorite books on teaching, it further explains the value of cumulative testing) Why Spaced Retrieval Practice is Your Most Powerful Teaching and Learning Tool (a prior episode covering a related topic) Testing as a Teaching Strategy: Students Learn From Tests (a prior episode covering a related topic) More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

How many proteins are there in a cell? Can a sneeze rupture the throat? The Anatomical Society publishes a curated list of online resources. The featured topic is how pre-tests can boost learning by students. Pre-testing is not just for assessment—it helps learning, too. A weird sneeze injury. The Anatomical Society's list of online resources. How many proteins are there in a cell? A recent analysis suggests that a reasonable average number of proteins in a cell is 42 million. How might we incorporate that bit of trivia in our A&P courses? (0:41) Scientists Counted All The Protein Molecules in a Cell And The Answer Really Is 42 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The UK's Anatomical Society has put together a list of online resources under the auspices of their Education Committee (4:40) Online Resources recommended by the Anatomical Society Can the explosive power of a sneeze cause injury? You bet. Here's a recently reported case of a rupture of the pharynx. Yikes. (6:11) Holding a sneeze can be a literal pain in the neck (includes a video) Snap, crackle, and pop: when sneezing leads to crackling in the neck Pre-Testing isn't just for measuring prior competence before new learning starts. By itself, regardless of its use in course assessment, it's a powerful learning tool. Listen to Kevin's experience with pre-testing in his A&P courses. (10:28) Pre-Tests as Student Success Tools (more on Kevin's case study; has links to other resources) Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning (a great book that includes some info on using pre-tests as a learning strategy) More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. If the hyperlinks above are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Host Kevin Patton invites listeners to the 2018 Annual HAPS Conference, then summarizes a few key points from the new 2017 blood pressure guidelines, giving practical tips for the A&P course. The featured topic is how online tests can be used for retrieval practice, thus providing a powerful learning experience. Testing is not just for assessment—tests can be a primary way to learn. What's in the new blood pressure guidelines? Going to the annual HAPS conference? I encourage all anatomy and/or physiology instructors to attend the 2018 Annual Conference of the Human Anatomy and Physiology in Columbus OH. (0:50) HAPS 2018 Annual Conference I summarize a few key points from the new 2017 guidelines on hypertension and their impact on how we talk about blood pressure in our A&P course. (3:45) Got High Blood Pressure Covered? The 2017 Hypertension Guidelines. What we need to know for teaching A&P. Link to the full report. And many more related links. Free slide to use in your course. Brief video interview of report authors, giving pithy highlights. A previous topic, spaced retrieval practice (Episode 1), is the basis for a new discussion of Kevin's experience using online tests to provide students with regular and required spaced retrieval practice. (10:17) Testing as a Learning Tool Testing as Teaching Testing as a Learning Tool | Update Online Seminar: Testing as Teaching More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. If the hyperlinks above are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

In this premier episode of The A&P Professor podcast (TAPP Radio), Kevin introduces himself and his reasons for launching this new series. An update regarding the role of platelets in innate immunity follows. Kevin then invites listeners to the Regional HAPS Conference in St. Louis. The featured topic is Spaced Retrieval Practice. Spaced retrieval practice may be the magic spell you are looking for. An immune role for platelets. Why a podcast?! In this premier episode of The A&P Professor podcast (TAPP Radio), host Kevin Patton introduces himself and his reasons for launching this new series. (0:49) Kevin Patton LinkedIn Profile Lion Den (Kevin's other A&P website) Kevin's Role in HAPS Master of Science in Human Anatomy & Physiology Instruction Showcase of Andrés Rodríguez (composer of our theme music) An update regarding the role of platelets in innate immunity follows. (7:51) The A&P Professor blog: Platelets vs. Bacteria (Additional information and links to other sources) Kevin then invites listeners to the Regional HAPS Conference in St. Louis. (13:04) HAPS Central Regional Conference in St. Louis March 24, 2018 The featured topic is Spaced Retrieval Practice. (14:30) Book: Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown,‎ Henry L. Roediger III,‎ Mark A. McDaniel. Book: Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning by James M. Lang. APA article: A powerful way to improve learning and memory: Practicing retrieval enhances long-term, meaningful learning. By Jeffrey D. Karpicke, PhD More details at the episode page. Transcript available at the script page. If the hyperlinks above are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page. Listen to any episode on your Alexa device. Join The A&P Professor social network: Blog Twitter @theAPprofessor Facebook theAPprofessor Instagram theAPprofessor YouTube Amazon referrals help defray podcasting expenses.

Host Kevin Patton briefly introduces The A&P Professor podcast for faculty teaching human anatomy and physiology (A&P). Go to theAPprofessor.org/podcast and listen—or get more information, including where to listen and how to follow. The only way to tell if The A&P Professor podcast (TAPP Radio) is a good fit for you is to listen to a few episodes!