The A&P Professor

Host Kevin Patton discusses issues caused by our expectations of anatomy & physiology course prerequisites and answers the question: which prerequisites work best? Recent reports of a bone-marrow rec…

A brief preview of the upcoming full episode, featuring upcoming topics—Wi-Fi effects, transplant genome issues, & course prerequisites— plus word dissections, a book club recommendation (To Sell Is …

The conversation about flashcards continues in this third of three series about helping our students use retrieval practice in A&P. Advanced methods include stars & emojis, multiple cards, plus conce…

A brief preview of the upcoming full episode, featuring upcoming topics (advanced flashcards & Bruce McEwen tribute)—plus word dissections, a book club recommendation (The End of Stress As We Know It…

Second of three episodes about flashcards reveals more behind the use of this tool for learning anatomy & physiology. The term pseudogene may cause problems. A junk-DNA analogy. Bonus track: Delta Wa…

A brief preview of the upcoming full episode 59, featuring upcoming topics (more flashcards, pseudogenes, survey) —plus word dissections, a book club recommendation (Anatomists and Eponyms), and more…

If you think you know flashcards, think again. Host Kevin Patton outlines the learning science behind flashcards, then shows how they can go way beyond simple memorization in the first of a multipart…

A brief preview of the upcoming full episode. Host Kevin Patton reveals upcoming topics (therapy to grow brain cells, smelling without olfactory bulbs, flashcards on steroids) Plus word dissections a…

Host Kevin Patton walks listeners through three warnings he gives in his course syllabus, plus the safety advice he always includes. Updates on HAPS travel awards, including a brand new one! Don’t fo…

A brief preview of the upcoming full episode, featuring upcoming topics—plus word dissections, a book club recommendation of Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning, an external review of …

A brief preview of the upcoming full episode, featuring upcoming topics (macrophages in joints, sugared RNA, lab models, and more on scoring misspellings)—plus word dissections, a book club recommend…

A brief preview of the upcoming full episode, featuring upcoming topics—mostly about whether proper spelling and letter case is important in teaching A&P—plus word dissections, a book club recommenda…

Host Kevin Patton previews the newly revised HAPS Learning Outcomes for A&P, discussing the goals of the revision and samples a few of the changes. Why is noon a good time to get your flu shot? Are t…

A brief preview of the upcoming full episode 54, featuring upcoming topics that include a brief discussion of the newly revised A&P Learning Outcomes from HAPS, updates regarding timing of vaccinatio…

Host Kevin Patton summarizes the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to three scientists "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability." A special bonus episode.

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Host Kevin Patton summarizes many strategies from learning science that can amplify learning in our courses. Also, updates in the role of exosomes in the spread of cancer and how activity type affect…

A brief preview of the upcoming full episode 53, featuring upcoming topics that include tips for amplifying learning in the A&P course, updates regarding the role of exosomes in the spread of cancer …

Host Kevin Patton discusses the many ways case studies can be used in teaching, why they enhance learning, and where to find them. Also, updates in factors underlying left-handedness, functional maps…

A brief preview of the upcoming full episode 52, featuring upcoming topics that include case studies, brain mapping, age reversal, left-handedness and tips for answering student questions.

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Host Kevin Patton asks why we should be transparent in our course and elsewhere. Plus an update on AAA's recent rebranding, how the tongue can smell, tips on serving students better, and updates on …