Pre-Testing for a Powerful Learning Boost | TAPP Radio 3
The newest episode of TAPP Radio is here!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 42The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyThe 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 SocietyCan the explosive power of a sneeze cause injury? You bet. Here's a recently reported case of a rupture of the pharynx. ...
Source: The A and P Professor - February 6, 2018 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Testing as a Teaching Strategy | Students Learn From Tests | TAPP Radio 2
A new episode of The A&P Professor podcast (TAPP Radio) is here!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 ConferenceI 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 auth...
Source: The A and P Professor - January 27, 2018 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Why Spaced Retrieval Practice is Your Most Powerful Teaching and Learning Tool | TAPP Radio 1
In this premier episode ofThe A&P Professor podcast (TAPP Radio), hostKevin Patton introduces himself and his reasons for launching this new series. (0:49) Kevin Patton LinkedIn ProfileLion Den (Kevin ’s other A&P website) Kevin ’s Role in HAPSMaster of Science in Human Anatomy& Physiology InstructionShowcase of Andr és RodrÃguez (composer of our theme music)An update regarding therole 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 theRegional HAPS Conf...
Source: The A and P Professor - January 24, 2018 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Platelets vs. Bacteria
Platelets as potentscavengers of bacteria? Really?Something like 750 billion tiny cell fragments called platelets circulate in the human blood stream. When an injury to a blood vessel occurs, they stick to the exposed collagen in groups —forming platelet plug. And trigger additional reactions thateventually result in a blood clot.But did you know that they haveother helpful jobs, too? Likerounding up bacteria andfeeding them up to immune cells, which devour them to make us safe.Thisinnate immune function of plateletshas recently been outlined by researchers, as the information below summarizes.Read through the quic...
Source: The A and P Professor - January 5, 2018 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Planning The A & P Professor Podcast Series
I've been looking at the possibility oflaunching a podcast series fromThe A&P Professor. Doing a bit of preliminary planning, taking workshops on how to do it right, doing daily vocal warm-ups —that sort of thing.But since all myThe A&P Professorwork is done on my own time and my own dime —and only if and when itactually helps other A&P teachers—I want to make sure it'll be something y'all want before I jump in with both feet.I also need some input on what you'd be most interested in hearing on ahip podcast fromThe A&P Professor.So I'm taking the obvious next step —aquick survey.Can you sp...
Source: The A and P Professor - November 27, 2017 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Got High Blood Pressure Covered? The 2017 Hypertension Guidelines.
With thenew guidelines for high blood pressure popping up all over the news recently, we may wonder what we need to know when this comes up in our A&P classrooms. And we know it will —students love, love, love toconnect what they are learning in A&P with what they are experiencing in their lives. It turns out that although the new2017 Guideline For the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adultsis focused on how physicians should make diagnoses and manage patient care, the definitions of exactly what constitutes high blood pressure (hypertension or HTN) areimportant lea...
Source: The A and P Professor - November 18, 2017 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Got High Blood Pressure? The 2017 Hypertension Guidelines.
With thenew guidelines for high blood pressure popping up all over the news recently, we may wonder what we need to know when this comes up in our A&P classrooms. And we know it will —students love, love, love toconnect what they are learning in A&P with what they are experiencing in their lives. It turns out that although the new2017 Guideline For the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adultsis focused on how physicians should make diagnoses and manage patient care, the definitions of exactly what constitutes high blood pressure (hypertension or HTN) areimportant lea...
Source: The A and P Professor - November 18, 2017 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Biomolecule Imaging Pioneers Share Nobel Prize
Today, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 to Jacques Dubochet(University of Lausanne, Switzerland) andJoachim Frank (Columbia University, New York, USA), andRichard Henderson (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK). The award is given "for developingcryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution"Cool microscope technology revolutionises biochemistryWe may soon have detailed images of life ’s complex machineries in atomic resolution. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 is awarded to Jacques Dubochet, ...
Source: The A and P Professor - October 4, 2017 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Nobel Prize for Biological Clock Mechanisms
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly toJeffrey C. Hall,Michael Rosbash, and Michael W. Young for their discoveries ofmolecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.SummaryLife on Earth is adapted to the rotation of our planet. For many years we have known that living organisms, including humans, have an internal, biological clock that helps them anticipate and adapt to the regular rhythm of the day. But how does this clock actually work? Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young were able to peek inside our biologica...
Source: The A and P Professor - October 2, 2017 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Why You Want Your A & P Students to Fail
I want my students to fail. Of course Idon't want them to fail the course,but I do want to give them a lot ofopportunities to get things wrongas they learn new facts, apply new knowledge, and build their conceptual frameworks.Learning scientists have plenty of research that shows that failing to get things right at first, then correcting one's thinking by relearning forgotten facts and applying knowledge in better ways,strengthens mastery.And it reinforces long-term memory of facts —and long-term memory of how to solve problems.So I give my A&P students a lot of opportunities to fail.So that they can stop failing and...
Source: The A and P Professor - June 22, 2017 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Reboot of The A & P Professor Website
Next time you head over to the companion website for this blog attheAPprofessor.org, you'll see awhole new website.Literally. The old website is enjoying a well-deserved rest on the beach of a sea of electrons, and a whole new —completely rebuilt—website has taken its place.Like rookie professors who replace veteran A&P professors, itstill has a lot to learn.So I'm activelyseeking your inputon the kinds of things you'd like me to add or subtract from the website. Either comment on this blog post, or use theCONTACT form on the website.This new version ofThe A&P Professor retains a few of the design elements of t...
Source: The A and P Professor - May 4, 2017 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Huge Breakthrough in Human Anatomy & Physiology!
This article, with the subtitle Things just got complicated, outlines the recent work done in mice to show that most platelets (not just some platelets) may form in lungs. BEC CREW Science Alert 24 MAR 2017my-ap.us/2p5JUdlPhoto:peter biermanMegakaryocyte image: A. Rad (Source: The A and P Professor)
Source: The A and P Professor - April 20, 2017 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
How Dietary Fiber Prevents Disease
So why, exactly, is it that we shouldconsume a lot of fiber in our diet to remain healthy? Are refined fiber supplements just as good as, say, an "apple a day?"Recently, an article in the journalCell answer seems toverify some of the answers for us.As the paper cited below indicates, research seems to confirm that dietary fiber provides nutrients for the inhabitants of our intestinal microbiome. When dietary fiber is missing, then the microbes undergo a shift in populations and start consuming our GI mucus as an alternate source of nutrition. That, as you might guess,reduces the thickness of the protective mucusâ...
Source: The A and P Professor - February 8, 2017 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Pre-Tests as Student Success Tools
I always thought ofpre-testing as something you do before working on a unit of content, later followed up with a post-test. Comparing pre-test results with post-test results can then be used as part of thecourse assessment to find out what, if any, learning has happened. Butthat's no longer my first thought when I hear the term "pre-test."Several years ago, I ran across a news item that referred to a piece of learning science research that describedanother use for pre-testing.It showed thatstudents who took a pre-test did better than students who did not take a pre-test. It showed, I think, that just the process of pre-tes...
Source: The A and P Professor - January 30, 2017 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Checkmarks Make Me Happy
It's true. Like most of you, I have along list of tasks that need to be done in any one day or week.I am pretty good about remembering what I have to get done by when, what I've already finished, and what has just been added to my plate. But my brain is not 100% reliable with that,so I make lists.Sometimes these are lists on my computer desktop or in my onlineTask List. But those are too easily hidden. I have to see themto be reminded. So I often make paper lists. There issomething very satisfying about having the kinesthetic experience of physically ticking something off my list with my trustygreen pen.I was talking about...
Source: The A and P Professor - January 1, 2017 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
