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The A&P Professor

Explore human anatomy and physiology (A&P) teaching and learning with host Kevin Patton. An experienced professor, textbook author, and mentor, Kevin is a recognized leader in A&P teaching. The A&P Professor updates science content and provides practical teaching advice. Want some ideas to supercharge your A&P course? How about some support from a fellow A&P professor? This is the podcast for you!

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39:28

Even More Slide Tricks | Ultimate Effective Teaching...

The A&P Professor ·

2021/07/05

We continue our two-part series that explores simple ways that we can make our teaching slides more engaging—and therefore more effective for learning. Let's leave behind those boring slide templates and make our presentations work better for our lectures, case studies, labs, and other learning activities. 00:00 | Introduction 00:46 | Previous Slide Tricks 06:23 | Sponsored by AAA 07:36 | Proper Use of Terminology 14:34 | Distorting Images 15:50 | Sponsored by HAPI 17:06 | Terrific Title Slides

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52:37

More Slide Tricks | Effective Teaching Presentations...

The A&P Professor ·

2021/06/21

Everybody loves to hate teaching with slides. But maybe that's because we've not fully developed our skills! Host Kevin Patton build on previous advice to improve our mastery of the slide-of-hand we need for effective learning. Let's turn that hate into love! This is the first of a two-episode series. 00:00 | Introduction 00:58 | Buy One, Get One 02:06 | I Need Help! 10:20 | Sponsored by AAA 11:47 | Less Text, More Story 24:25 | Sponsored by HAPI 25:49 | Chunky Style Slides 39:44 | Sponsored by HAPS

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48:37

Do A&P Textbooks Have Too Much Content? | TAPP 94

The A&P Professor ·

2021/06/07

Oh, that huge A&P textbook I teach from! Do I really need to cover all of it? Host Kevin Patton discusses his take on this age-old problem. Does the color of my marking pen send a signal that I don't want to send to my students? A breakthrough in understanding how teeth sense cold. And what in the world is a tunneling nanotube—and can I get one at my local hardware store? Greek names for SARS-CoV-2 variants simplifies conversation and avoids stigma. 00:00 | Introduction 00:43 | How Do Teeth Sense

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Weight Stigma! The Difficult Cadaver | Journal Club...

The A&P Professor ·

2021/05/17

Weight stigma among health professionals is a form of discrimination that can have serious consequences in the lives of people who are overweight or obese. These folks are therefore often pre-judged as being difficult patients, for example. Krista Rompolski joins us for a Journal Club episode, where we discuss a paper on how attitudes about large body donors may contribute to weight stigma among health professionals. What's going on? Is there anything we educators do to influence student attitudes

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43:13

Are We Answering Student Questions? | Science Updates...

The A&P Professor ·

2021/05/03

Episode 92 is all about how we can use customer-service concepts in education. Tune in and hear Kevin Patton discuss the importance of being a good listener and empathetic responder. You’ll also hear about new research that shows not all plaques are bad actors when it comes to Alzheimer disease. And finally, find out how to get free almost-daily updates on life science, teaching, and learning! 00:00 | Introduction 00:53 | New Discovery about Plaque 08:33 | Sponsored by AAA 09:51 | New TAPP Science

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44:06

Burnout! A Chat with Rebecca Pope-Ruark | TAPP 91

The A&P Professor ·

2021/04/19

Burnout is a serious issue that can affect your health, relationships, and job performance. It’s important to know the signs of burnout so you can take steps to prevent it from happening in the first place. But if you do experience burnout, don’t panic! There are ways for you to get back on track and feel good again. Listen to this episode of The A&P Professor with Dr. Rebecca Pope-Ruark about how we can avoid, deal with, or be there for others experiencing burnout! You'll be glad you did! 00:00 |

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52:54

Taking Bold Steps in Teaching | Notetaking | Science...

The A&P Professor ·

2021/04/05

Episode 90 of The A&P Professor podcast is a thematic smörgåsbord, full of tasty tidbits to share with students and colleagues. Host Kevin Patton talks about dealing with resistance when we try to take bold steps in teaching. Is note taking better with a paper or an electronic device? The effects of diluting blood plasma on aging (don't try this at home).And the phenomenon of pandemic weight change. 00:00 | Introduction 01:06 | Notetaking: Paper or Digital? 13:14 | Sponsored by AAA 14:53 | Pandemic

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45:49

Smooth Teaching with Slides: Animations to Dramatize...

The A&P Professor ·

2021/03/18

Host Kevin Patton outlines several new discoveries, including the function of background noise in the brain, how exercise triggers immunity, a possible blood marker for longevity, and how mitochondria are organized during cell division. And he discusses how easy animation effects can help students focus on important elements of the story of anatomy and physiology. 00:00 | Quotation & Intro 00:47 | Brain's Background Noise 08:06 | Sponsored by AAA 09:12 | How Exercise Triggers Immunity 13:30 |

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43:05

The Proper Order of Topics in A&P | Leaderboards |...

The A&P Professor ·

2021/02/24

Ever wonder why topics in A&P seem to have a uniform order of topics in all the courses & textbooks? Host Kevin Patton discusses the proper order of those concepts. We continue the discussion of gamification, including a focus on leaderboards. And we tackle why pandemic learning causes students to lament that they have to teach themselves. 00:00 | Quotation & Intro 00:44 | More on Gamification 06:20 | Sponsored by AAA 07:38 | Leaderboard Competition 16:02 | Sponsored by HAPI 17:16 | Pandemic

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40:32

Micro-Credentials & Gamification in the A&P Course |...

The A&P Professor ·

2021/02/09

Allowing students to earn badges in the A&P course provides motivation to master all the concepts and also provides granular documentation of learning beyond the transcripted course grade. Host Kevin Patton shares his experience, along with a discussion of skin color in teaching future health professionals and the use of refresher tests to get students ready for their A&P course. 00:00 | Quotation 00:46 | Refresher Tests 08:49 | Sponsored by AAA 10:13 | Black & Brown Skin 19:48 | Sponsored by HAPI

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57:51

What a Year! | Pandemic Teaching & More | A...

The A&P Professor ·

2021/01/27

In his annual look back at this podcast, host Kevin Patton reviews what we learned this year in A&P teaching. Which was a lot! He also looks ahead to what to expect in teaching—and in the podcast—as we go forward. 00:49 | Looking Back 10:15 | Those Darn Sponsor Messages 14:40 | There's More! 22:49 | Psychic Predictions 38:30 | TAPP Community 47:02 | TAPP Education | TAPP-ed 51:34 | Our Complex Selves 55:35 | Staying Connected If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Apply for

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50:36

Student Evaluations of Teaching II: Proactive,...

The A&P Professor ·

2021/01/04

Host Kevin Patton continues the discussion about student evaluations of teaching (SETs) with a set of strategies to make them work better, or at least mitigate some of the potentially bad or ugly outcomes. There are things we can do proactively before a SET, actively during a SET, and reactively after a SET. Listen to hear them all! 00:00 | Quotation 00:57 | Student Evaluation of Teaching: Part II 04:16 | Sponsored by AAA 05:39 | Proactive Strategies 12:49 | Sponsored by HAPI 14:03 | Active

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47:37

Student Evaluations of Teaching I: The Good, The...

The A&P Professor ·

2020/12/21

Student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are problematic in many ways—but perhaps useful in other ways. Host Kevin Patton discusses the good, the bad, and the ugly. What are the issues and what's behind those issues? 00:47 | Student Evaluation of Teaching (intro) 02:28 | Share the Fun: Refer & Earn 05:37 | The Good 08:39 | Sponsored by AAA 10:12 | The Bad 26:10 | Sponsored by HAPI 28:13 | The Ugly 44:15 | Sponsored by HAPS 45:26 | Staying Connected If you cannot see or activate the audio player

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50:39

Actual Learning vs. Feeling of Learning | Journal...

The A&P Professor ·

2020/12/07

Krista Rompolski again joins host Kevin Patton for a Journal Club episode to discuss a study of whether student feelings of how much they learn accurately reflect their actual learning. What were the results and how do they impact the effectiveness of our courses? 00:46 | Kevin & Krista: Journal Club 02:43 | Sponsored by AAA 04:00 | Article Summary 09:52 | Sponsored by HAPI 11:36 | Feeling of Learning vs. Actual Learning 35:39 | Sponsored by HAPS 36:51 | More Discussion: Our Students 47:49 |

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37:18

Bones: Inside and Out—A Chat with Dr. Roy Meals |...

The A&P Professor ·

2020/11/23

In this episode, we have a chat with Roy Meals, author of Bones: Inside and Out. We discuss what our students should know about bones and how that fits into their journey as learners. And we talk about how to make complex topics make sense to our students. Grab a drink and turn up the volume, we're going to tell some bone stories! 00:46 | Dr. Roy A. Meals MD 03:30 | Sponsored by AAA 04:21 | Student Engagement with Bone 16:52 | Sponsored by HAPI 17:54 | Telling the Story of Bones 32:50 | Sponsored

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53:38

The Cheater! Academic Integrity in Remote Learning |...

The A&P Professor ·

2020/11/09

Cheating has become a concern in remote teaching. Host Kevin Patton discusses some approaches and best practices for preventing cheating, detecting cheating, and prosecuting cheating. 00:52 | The Cheater 04:00 | Academic Integrity 20:26 | Sponsored by AAA 21:54 | Consequences 32:22 | Sponsored by HAPI 33:20 | Remote Cheating 42:50 | Sponsored by HAPS 43:41 | Advanced Anti-Cheating 51:34 | Staying Connected 'If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here. Apply for your credential

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34:18

New Organ, Dam Protons, & Our Secret Language | TAPP 80

The A&P Professor ·

2020/10/26

The news is out: we have a new organ that's been uncovered in the body. Or do we? What's the secret language of A&P? And should we be telling people?! Host Kevin Patton continues his story of cellular respiration with another playful analogy. 00:48 | Word Dissection 04:58 | Sponsored by AAA 06:23 | New Organ 14:41 | Sponsored by HAPI 15:38 | Secret Language of A&P 20:19 | Sponsored by HAPS 21:05 | Dam Protons 32:05 | Staying Connected If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here.

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44:18

Krebs Cycle Horror Story | Anatomy Terms | TAPP 79

The A&P Professor ·

2020/10/12

Say the term Krebs cycle around anyone who's had a biology course and watch for signs of stress. In this episode, host Kevin Patton provides a way to make the citric acid cycle less scary by playing into the horror of it all. And we revisit the idea of a standard terminology of anatomy. 00:46 | Krebs Cycle Game 15:22 | Sponsored by AAA 16:07| Proof of Concept 25:07 | Sponsored by HAPI 25:54 | Riding the Krebs Cycle 35:25 | Sponsored by HAPS 36:01 | Anatomical Terms Info 42:33 | Staying Connected

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41:47

Desirable Difficulty | More Web Meeting Skills | TAPP 78

The A&P Professor ·

2020/09/28

Students want things easy. We often make it hard for them. Host Kevin Patton discusses desirable difficulty and contrasts it with undesirable difficulty. Did you know that healthy human cells have little sections of 4-stranded DNA? We can be better in our web meeting skills. And don't forget our new online community of anatomy & physiology faculty! 00:46 | G4 DNA 05:58 | Sponsored by AAA 06:38 | Even More Web Meeting Ideas 18:55 | Sponsored by HAPI 19:55 | Desirable Difficulty 35:35 | Sponsored by

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01:09:17

Stress & Community | Acronyms | Media Tips | TAPP 77

The A&P Professor ·

2020/09/14

Host Kevin Patton discusses the stress we are all feeling right now and introduces a new community of support. Word Dissection: What, if anything, is an acronym? New research on the use of acronyms in science. Some practical tips for instructional video & web meetings. 0:00:49 | Instructional Media Tips 0:20:54 | Sponsored by AAA 0:21:35 | Acronyms: Enough or Too Many? 0:33:38 | Sponsored by HAPI 0:34:36 | Stress. Yeah. Stress. 0:54:23 | Sponsored by HAPS 0:55:55 | Your New Online Community

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