Mid-Winter Winterizing of Our Courses | Bonus Episode 63

02/26/20 • 28 min

Host Kevin Patton alerts us to the potential impact of influenza and other outbreaks on our courses and provides advice and options for preparation, handling impacts, and more! In the absence of outbreaks, these tips also help cope with normal winter absences resulting from illnesses.

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Just think: your family are the people most likely to give you the flu. (Jane Wagner)

Why Winterize in Mid Winter?

3.5 minutes

We are now in a flu (influenza) season and on the verge of a coronavirus pandemic. Maybe we should have talked about this earlier, eh? But better late than never!

CDC expects ‘community spread’ of coronavirus, as top official warns disruptions could be ‘severe’ (news summary) my-ap.us/2TjciVO
World is approaching coronavirus tipping point, say experts (news summary) my-ap.us/2vel7bp
Image: influenza structure my-ap.us/2Vlk58u

Sponsored by AAA

0.5 minutes

A searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) at anatomy.org.
- Searchable transcript
- Captioned audiogram
- Don't forget—HAPS members get a deep discount on AAA membership!

Learning From Past Epidemics and Pandemics

4 minutes

Back in the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918, St. Louis had a much lower impact than other major U.S. cities. The key was implementation of "social distancing," which we can implement in our personal lives—and in our courses.

Quarantine during 1918 Spanish flu epidemic saves lives (retrospective on how closing things down helped stem an epidemic in St. Louis) my-ap.us/38VFJUJ
Information About Social Distancing (fact sheet) my-ap.us/2TaEla1
Influenza—Flu (CDC information hub regarding influenza) my-ap.us/3a5W8WN
Image: Spanish flu in St. Louis 1918 my-ap.us/3c4mABR

Sponsored by HAPI Online Graduate Program

0.5 minute

The Master of Science in Human Anatomy & Physiology Instruction—the MS-HAPI—is a graduate program for A&P teachers. A combination of science courses (enough to qualify you to teach at the college level) and courses in contemporary instructional practice, this program helps you power up your teaching. Kevin Patton is a faculty member in this program. Check it out!

nycc.edu/hapi

Staying Home. I Mean It!

7 minutes

Yeah, we want to come to school. We want our students to be regular participants in class. But, you know, sometimes the public good takes precedent over what we think is "right" or h...

Just think: your family are the people most likely to give you the flu. (Jane Wagner)

Why Winterize in Mid Winter?

3.5 minutes

We are now in a flu (influenza) season and on the verge of a coronavirus pandemic. Maybe we should have talked about this earlier, eh? But better late than never!

CDC expects ‘community spread’ of coronavirus, as top official warns disruptions could be ‘severe’ (news summary) my-ap.us/2TjciVO
World is approaching coronavirus tipping point, say experts (news summary) my-ap.us/2vel7bp
Image: influenza structure my-ap.us/2Vlk58u

Sponsored by AAA

0.5 minutes

A searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) at anatomy.org.
- Searchable transcript
- Captioned audiogram
- Don't forget—HAPS members get a deep discount on AAA membership!

Learning From Past Epidemics and Pandemics

4 minutes

Quarantine during 1918 Spanish flu epidemic saves lives (retrospective on how closing things down helped stem an epidemic in St. Louis) my-ap.us/38VFJUJ
Information About Social Distancing (fact sheet) my-ap.us/2TaEla1
Influenza—Flu (CDC information hub regarding influenza) my-ap.us/3a5W8WN
Image: Spanish flu in St. Louis 1918 my-ap.us/3c4mABR

Sponsored by HAPI Online Graduate Program

0.5 minute

nycc.edu/hapi

Staying Home. I Mean It!

7 minutes

Yeah, we want to come to school. We want our students to be regular participants in class. But, you know, sometimes the public good takes precedent over what we think is "right" or h...

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Making Mistakes Teaching Anatomy & Physiology | Episode 63

Host Kevin Patton discusses the fact that mistakes in teaching anatomy & physiology happen—and that it's okay. And how to deal with the embarrassment. Also: how stress makes our hair turn gray and a newly discovered immune lymphocyte.

It's discouraging to make a mistake, but it's humiliating when you find out you're so unimportant that nobody noticed it. (Chuck Daly)

Stress Grays Our Hair

4.5 minutes

The leading cause of premature graying of hair in humans is teaching A&P. Not really. Perhaps. Just seeing if anybody actually reads these notes! But we do know that stress can do it. Here's the mechanism...

Stress speeds up hair greying process, science confirms: Fight-or-flight response nerves pump out hormone that wipes out pigmentation cells (news story) my-ap.us/3bPZ8s5
How the stress of fight or flight turns hair white (editorial summary from Nature) https://my-ap.us/2V8Pmeo Hyperactivation of sympathetic nerves drives depletion of melanocyte stem cells (research article from Nature) my-ap.us/2V7edPP
The five: factors that affect early greying (news feature) my-ap.us/2T5AmLI

Sponsored by AAA

1.5 minutes

A searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) at anatomy.org.
- Searchable transcript
- Captioned audiogram
- Don't forget—HAPS members get a deep discount on AAA membership!
Social Media Guidelines for Anatomists (Viewpoint commentary in Anatomical Sciences Education by Catherine M. Hennessy, Danielle F. Royer, Amanda J. Meyer, and Claire F. Smith) my-ap.us/2I3sXrv

New Type of Immune Cell

6 minutes

We know about B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes, right? What happens when we find a combination lymphocyte? A "CatDog" of lymphocytes?

Novel Type of Immune Cell Discovered in Type 1 Diabetes Patients (news feature) my-ap.us/2v1g1iN
A Public BCR Present in a Unique Dual-Receptor-Expressing Lymphocyte from Type 1 Diabetes Patients Encodes a Potent T Cell Autoantigen (research article from Cell) my-ap.us/2SZz453
CatDog: The Complete Series (DVD set) amzn.to/39Og1kX

Photo credit: NIAID

Sponsored by HAPI Online Graduate Program

1 minute

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Episode 64 Intro | TAPP Radio Preview

A brief preview of the upcoming full episode, featuring upcoming topics—a chat with Chase DiMarco—plus word dissections, a book club recommendation, and more!

Upcoming Topics

1 minute

In the full episode, I'll chat with mnemonist, author, and podcaster Chase DiMarco about a powerful memory technique called a "memory palace."

Sponsored by HAPI Online Graduate Program

0.5 minute

nycc.edu/hapi

Word Dissection

5 minutes

mnemonic (again!)
mnemonist
loci (and locus) not Loki

Sponsored by AAA

0.5 minutes

A searchable transcript for this episode, as well as the captioned audiogram of this episode, are sponsored by the American Association for Anatomy (AAA) at anatomy.org.
- Searchable transcript
- Captioned audiogram
Don't forget—HAPS members get a dee...