The Silent Teacher - A Conversation with Aaron Fried | TAPP Episode 29

0:43 | Why is this podcast loud?
3:56 | AAA now funds episode transcripts
5:58 | The TAPP app & your homework assignment
11:50 | Featured: The Silent Teacher (the human body donor)
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1 | How Loud Should a Podcast Be?
3 minutes
This podcast may sound a bit louder (maybe a lot louder) than some other podcasts. The reason is that it's required for some podcast outlets. And for those of us who are hearing impaired, it works better because a low-volume podcast sometimes can't be turned up enough for us to hear it.



2 | AAA Supports Transcripts for This Podcast
2 minutes
The American Association of Anatomists (AAA or "triple-A") is now sponsoring the searchable transcripts available with episodes of this podcast. I'm a member of AAA, why don't you join me?

• anatomy.org (AAA's website, where you can explore resources and check out the membership options)

 
3 | The TAPP App and Your Homework Assignment
6 minutes
The TAPP (The A&P Professor) app has many features:

• Car/bike mode that rotates your screen to display larger playback controls while driving
• Streaming access to play episodes from anywhere
• Always updated with the latest episodes—and an archived back catalog
• Playback resume (when interrupted by a call, a student drops by, or other distraction)
• Quick access to all the contact methods for the show like call, email, web, Facebook, and Twitter (but not carrier pigeon)
• Playback controls like continuous play, Speed Control, Repeat On/Off, and Sleep Timer
• BONUS content, such as sample handouts and other resources

It's a great way to share this podcast with colleagues. Just ask them to go to their device's app store, which everyone knows how to do—even if they don't know how to access a podcast. Plus, they get the great functionality of the app!
Your homework assignment: share this podcast with ONE other A&P colleague before the next episode arrives.

4 | The Silent Teacher—A Conversation with Aaron Fried

25 minutes
Aaron Fried, A&P faculty at Mohawk Valley Community College and national speaker on human body donation and anatomists in Nazi Germany, joins Kevin for a lively discussion of the value of "the silent teacher"—the human body donor—in teaching human structure. This chat touches on the value of respect and appreciation of human donors, proper implementation of human remains such as skeletons in A&P courses, and how that respect should extend to reproductions of human specimens.
This is the first of two conversations with Aaron Fried. The next episode (Episode 30) will delve more deeply into the anatomy illustrations produced by anatomists in Nazi Germany and the many ethical questions surrounding their continued use in anatomy labs around the world.

• https://www.mvccanatomy.org/ (Aaron Fried's website)
• professoranatomeme (Aaron Fried's Instagram)
• The Anatomist (book by Bill Hayes about Henry Gray and illustrator Henry Vandyke Carter; from the TAPP Book Club)
• History & Culture Mini Lesson (part of Kevin's course outline that explores issues of using human bodies in anatomy)

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Using Media in Our A&P Course - Advice From Barbara Waxer | TAPP Radio 28

0:40 | How many genes in the human genome? An update.
4:36 | A new sensory structure found in the gut
9:27 | Featured: Advice on using media properly - chat with Barbara Waxer

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1 | Update: Number of Genes in Human Genome 4 minutes

A recent article in Science News kinda sounds like the known number of genes in the human genome has doubled since the report cited in a recent episode. Nope. It's just that experts are now often including both protein-coding genes and noncoding (RNA-coding) genes in the total.

• A recount of human genes ups the number to at least 46,831 (Recent Science News article; and a hint to today's lucky numbers)
• TAPP Radio Episode 20 (episode where we discussed the number of genes in the human genome)

 

2 | New Sensory Structure Found in the Gut 5 minutes

A new sensory structure has been documented in the lining of the mammalian gut. It involves the enteroendocrine cell, which has now been shown to synapse with neurons that lead to the brain via the vagus nerve, sort of like other epithelial-nervous sensory structures like the tactile disk (Merkel disk) arrangement in the skin.

• A gut-brain neural circuit for nutrient sensory transduction (research article in Science)
• A gut feeling (summary of the research)
• Permission granted to use image here in teaching (attribution: Kevin Patton theAPprofessor.org or link back to this page)

 

 

3 | Interview with Barbara Waxer 30.5 minutes

Barbara Waxer, a professor of media and expert in copyright and the use of media joins Kevin for a chat about a topic that has come up before: how to properly use media created by others in our A&P course.

• www.barbarawaxer.com (Barbara's website, where she curates a large collection of resources)
• Internet Surf and Turf-Revealed: The Essential Guide to Copyright, Fair Use, and Finding Media (book by Barbara)
• Teach Act - Copyright Clearance Center (brief synopsis; PDF file)
• Creative Commons
  
• TAPP Radio Episode 26 (in which Greg Crowther suggested the importance of citing our sources)
• TAPP Radio Episode 25 (in which Kevin first mentioned integrity in using images in our teaching)

 

 

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