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Tips & advice for faculty teaching anatomy & physiology curated by @DrKevinPatton. Follow our podcast and our science/education updates newsletter! https://theAPprofessor.org

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If you still think endurance is just muscle and BMI is just math, Issue 363 might nudge you.
Brains adapt.
Fat distribution matters.
Microbes collaborate.
Learning hides in the background.
New issue is out.
https://aandp.info/sci-363

13.02.2026 13:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Variation is the quiet through-line of this issue—anatomical, neural, cellular, and even linguistic. Each story offers a reminder that “normal” is often the least interesting place to start.
https://aandp.info/sci-362

05.02.2026 18:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What if adolescence isn’t about pruning the brain—but building it?What if cholesterol isn’t the best predictor of heart disease?What if humans aren’t really “human” without microbes?All in the new Science & Education Updates.
https://AandP.info/sci-361

24.01.2026 19:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Road-trip "thinking time" is perfect for new teaching ideas. Let an episode of The A&P Professor podcast ride along with you. Short, focused segments. Supportive. Useful.
https://theAPprofessor.org/podcast

05.01.2026 21:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Road-trip "thinking time" is perfect for new teaching ideas. Let an episode of The A&P Professor podcast ride along with you. Short, focused segments. Supportive. Useful.
https://theAPprofessor.org/podcast

26.12.2025 21:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This week’s The A&P Professor updates remind us that human structure and function are never just academic—they shape lives, policy, and trust. Worth a read and a share.
https://aandp.info/sci-360

20.12.2025 15:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Road-trip "thinking time" is perfect for new teaching ideas. Let an episode of The A&P Professor podcast ride along with you. Short, focused segments. Supportive. Useful.
https://theAPprofessor.org/podcast

16.12.2025 21:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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If you could drop one 2025 discovery straight into next semester’s first A&P lecture, what would it be? I picked 15 favorites in my year-end roundup. I’d love to hear your pick.
https://aandp.info/sci-359

12.12.2025 21:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Where else are you going to learn what "butt breathing" is—& how it may one day save your life? or why humor makes better scientists? or how new syllabus rules threaten academic freedom? Those & more in issue 358 of TAPP Sci & Ed Updates.
https://aandp.info/sci-358

06.12.2025 22:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Road-trip "thinking time" is perfect for new teaching ideas. Let an episode of The A&P Professor podcast ride along with you. Short, focused segments. Supportive. Useful.
https://theAPprofessor.org/podcast

06.12.2025 21:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Where else are you going to learn what "butt breathing" is—& how it may one day save your life? or why humor makes better scientists? or how new syllabus rules threaten academic freedom? Those & more in issue 358 of TAPP Sci & Ed Updates.
https://aandp.info/sci-358

03.12.2025 22:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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From AI’s impact on thinking to redhead wound healing, aging microbiomes, and grey hair as a cancer defense—Issue 357 connects new science to classroom-ready stories and tips.
https://aandp.info/sci-357

30.11.2025 00:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Experienced A&P professor Steve Sullivan shows how podcasts, tutor videos, and digital tools help every A&P student find a path that works.
#EdTechInHigherEd #SciencePodcast #AnatomyTeaching #PhysiologyTeaching

28.11.2025 14:05 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Join our chat with veteran A&P professor Steve Sullivan as he shares lessons learned over decades of #teaching, creating digital learning resources, and hosting a #podcast to educate A&P students.
https://theAPprofessor.org/156
#theAPprofessor #AnatomyTeaching #EdTechInHigherEd

26.11.2025 22:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Road-trip "thinking time" is perfect for new teaching ideas. Let an episode of The A&P Professor podcast ride along with you. Short, focused segments. Supportive. Useful.
https://theAPprofessor.org/podcast

26.11.2025 21:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kicking off with a short “Staying Connected” message—then diving into mind-after-midnight risks, a possible universal kidney, and hidden smell loss. Practical teaching tips throughout. Read Issue 356 and share it with a colleague.
https://aandp.info/sci-356

18.10.2025 21:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Today’s Sci & Ed Updates #355: giant DNA “inocles” hiding in the mouth, a rogue almost-life discovered, a sobering pause in a gene-therapy trial, new organelle discovered, new immune-cell pathway to brain—each with A&P teaching tips.
https://aandp.info/sci-355

13.10.2025 03:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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There's still time to register for the HAPS Virtual Conference! There will be four "flipped" keynote addresses by HAPS past presidents—including Kevin's presentation on using audio strategies in teaching. See you there?
https://www.hapsweb.org/conferences-events/conference-hub/virtual/

11.10.2025 18:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Today’s Science & Education Updates brings fresh headlines for your A&P course: stricter blood pressure rules, #tattoos & #melanoma, hidden causes of heart attacks, and more. Don’t miss the teaching twists inside!

https://AandP.info/sci-354

30.09.2025 03:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A captioned audiogram of the fresh episode of The A&P Professor for teaching #anatomy & #physiology is not ready and available on YouTube. #highered #DualEnrollment #CoreConcepts #ControlledChaos #GuidedInquiry

https://youtu.be/nrQDZSwa2nQ

25.09.2025 19:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Not all rigor is rigid. Find out what makes a dual-enrollment class truly challenging in the fresh episode of #theAPprofessor #podcast for #anatomy & #physiology #teaching
https://theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-155.html

24.09.2025 22:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Here are more headlines and snippets of information to keep you informed about human anatomy & physiology!
https://AandP.info/sci-353

31.08.2025 19:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fresh episode! TAPP 154 has #mucus in the spotlight. 🔦 Get ten ideas for cross-system, whole-body teaching in #anatomy & #physiology. Plus a surprise "bonus"…an eleventh reason that mucus 🤧 is our friend. 😍
https://theAPprofessor.org/154

21.08.2025 17:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Flu & cancer. Foods & anaphylaxis. Why skin wrinkles. Gut therapy for Parkinson’s. Parent-of-origin genes. Reading A&P terms aloud. GLP-1 & aging. A universal cancer vaccine. All in this week’s Science & Education Updates #352.
https://aandp.info/sci-352

10.08.2025 20:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My friend Steve Sullivan just had me on his podcast Anatomy & Physiology: Bit by Bit for a fun chat about teaching A&P. Have a listen to that and also get informed about this episode's featured topic: sex, gender, and reproduction.
https://aandp.info/e8a352

31.07.2025 22:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Issue 351 just dropped! 🎉 The latest on remote test cheating, fascinating insights about infant sex ratios, hacks to outsmart AI reviewers, & our podcast award win! 🏆 Plus, learn about another rare blood type & new info on brain blood flow.
https://aandp.info/sci-351

24.07.2025 23:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We interrupt your regularly scheduled scroll to announce: The A&P Professor #podcast just won a 2025 APEX Award. No big trophies, but still shiny.
https://apexawards.com/winners-2025
#anatomy #physiology #HigherEd

19.07.2025 20:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Issue 350 is available? Does #mindset matter? Are #FlexibleDeadlines good or bad for students? Treating #HearingLoss has added benefits. #Aging ≠ #inflammation & more #anatomy #physiology #HigherEd updates.
https://aandp.info/sci-350

07.07.2025 18:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We all make #mistakes while #teaching! In this episode, Kevin give tips on how to shift focus away from embarrassment and toward learning opportunities.
https://theAPprofessor.org/63
#HigherEd #anatomy #physiology#theAPprof #authenticity #transparency

06.07.2025 18:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ever wonder what are the perfect prerequisite courses for #anatomy & #physiology? Or how the brain decides which smells are disgusting? Wonder what's going on with censorship in higher ed? Answers to these and more in Sci-Ed Updates 349!
https://aandp.info/sci-349

24.06.2025 12:55 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0