The A&P Professor: November 2019

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Monday, November 18, 2019

More on Spelling, Case, & Grammar | Episode 56

Revisiting an earlier discussion of his hard-line stance on misspelling, host Kevin Patton clarifies the history and context of his current strategy. Plus updates on macrophages that line joints and sugar-coated RNA —and tips on safely labeling our lab models.

“Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.” (John Dewey)

glycoRNA

6 minutes

Yep, yet another form of RNA has been discovered. This "sugar-coated" RNA is a small, noncoding RNA called Y RNA that has been glycosylated with an N-glycan. What do glycoRNAs do? What does that mean? Listen and learn.

Sugar-coated RNAs could ‘alter the face of biochemistry as we know it’—if they’re real (news summary) my-ap.us/2rDI6uy
Mammalian Y RNAs are modified at discrete guanosine residues with N-glycans (research article) my-ap.us/2KcmvQc

Credit: Ryan A. Flynn/bioRxiv[

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Barrier Macrophages

11 minutes

We knew there were macrophages within, and upon, the synovial membrane that lines synovial joints. What we have just learned is that macrophages on the synovial membrane surface can bind with tight junctions to form a barrier layer. Go figure.

Macrophages form a protective cellular barrier in joints (news summary) my-ap.us/33KVuLm
Locally renewing resident synovial macrophages provide a protective barrier for the joint (research article) my-ap.us/33H5e9H

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Labeling Lab Models

14 minutes

Kathryn Chipchase is concerned about damaging her new anatomical models when labeling them with lab tape for practical tests. So Kevin does some research. Listen to the results of his search. Oh, and find out the first rule of Tape Club, too!

Denoyer-Geppert models amzn.to/32VmMgO
ScotchBlue painter's tape amzn.to/2COe7SV
Scotch painter's tape: Delicate Surfaces (purple) amzn.to/2KtmbNk
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Amplify Learning in Anatomy & Physiology | Episode 53 (reference to how to clean anatomy models using denture cleaner)

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More on Spelling, Case, & Grammar

16.5 minutes

Sometimes a student frets about the A&P course being "not a spelling course" or "not an English course" — but professional communication is an essential skill for health professionals. Why not add this statement to our syllabus and/or other course documents?

Spelling IS important (TAPP blog post) my-ap.us/2Nesi8I
Doing our part to reduce medical errors (TAPP blog post) my-ap.us/341FjsN
Deaths from avoidable medical error more than double in past decade, investigation shows
(Scientific American blog post) my-ap.us/2MLKgQW
In a review of 337,000 patient cases, this was the No. 1 most common preventable medical error (news report) my-ap.us/2qDT8iK
Prevalence, severity, and nature of preventable patient harm across medical care settings: systematic review and meta-analysis (research report) my-ap.us/31OAD88
Official "Do Not Use" list of abbreviations (from the Joint Commission) my-ap.us/3217NBu
End-of-Term Reviews Help Keep Your Course on Track | Episode 17 (discusses mammillary vs. mamillary)
Is it Mamillary or Mammillary? (blog post from o-log-y) my-ap.us/2sqBZrK
Gray anatomy or grey anatomy? (blog post from o-log-y) my-ap.us/2oEXMwj
How Do You Spell the Color Gray? (blog post from Grammarly) my-ap.us/2N9Jldf
From theAPprofessor.org
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- Terms That Are Often Misspelled or Confused in A&P
- Regional Spelling Differences
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Friday, November 15, 2019

Episode 56 Intro | TAPP Radio Preview

A brief preview of the upcoming full episode, featuring upcoming topics (macrophages in joints, sugared RNA, lab models, and more on scoring misspellings)—plus word dissections, a book club recommendation (The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools), and more!

Upcoming Topics

1 minute

Update on new type of RNA called glycoRNA
Update on barrier macrophages in joints
Safely labeling anatomy models for lab practicals
Continuing the conversation about grading misspellings

Episode 56

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Word Dissections

16.5 minutes

formative, summative
(lab) practical
rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
Y RNA
glycan
- oligosaccharide, monosaccharide
- N-glycan, O-glycan
- glycosylation

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Book Club

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Monday, November 4, 2019

Communication, Clarity, & Medical Errors | Episode 55

Host Kevin Patton discusses the importance of teaching proper communication in the anatomy & physiology course. Topics include handling spelling errors, alternate spellings, proper use of type case, and addressing professionalism goals in the syllabus.
00:47 | Is Spelling Important?
10:06 | Sponsored by HAPS
10:33 | Alternate Spellings
14:12 | Sponsored by AAA
14:31 | A Case for Proper Case
26:16 | Sponsored by HAPI Online Graduate Program
27:05 | Professionalism as a Course Goal
30:05 | Staying Connected
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When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations. (Marilyn vos Savant)

Is Spelling Important?

9.5 minutes
I've done a complete turnaround in my teaching over the years —I used to be lenient about correct spelling, but now I'm a stickler for exactly correct spelling. In this segment I discuss my reasons.

Examples of commonly confused terms with similar spelling (many of these are from Shawn Macauley). See below for expanded list (handout).
- perineum, peritoneum
- peroneal, perineal, peritoneal
- ileum, ilium
- coronoid, coracoid
- abduction, adduction, addiction
- public, pubic
- cranial, crural, caudal, caudad
- glans, glands
Bonus handout!
- Terms That Are Often Misspelled or Confused in A&P
- Available only in the free podcast app (the TAPP APP)
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Spelling IS important (TAPP blog post) my-ap.us/2Nesi8I
Doing our part to reduce medical errors (TAPP blog post) my-ap.us/341FjsN
Deaths from avoidable medical error more than double in past decade, investigation shows
(Scientific American blog post) my-ap.us/2MLKgQW
In a review of 337,000 patient cases, this was the No. 1 most common preventable medical error (news report) my-ap.us/2qDT8iK
Prevalence, severity, and nature of preventable patient harm across medical care settings: systematic review and meta-analysis (research report) my-ap.us/31OAD88
Official "Do Not Use" list of abbreviations (from the Joint Commission) my-ap.us/3217NBu
From theAPprofessor.org

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Alternate Spellings

3.5 minutes
Some terms can be correctly spelled more than one way. There is also an issue of differences in spelling from one dialect of English to another (e.g., U.K. English compared to U.S. English). If we are to expect our students to use correct spelling, we have to keep up with acceptable variations.

End-of-Term Reviews Help Keep Your Course on Track | Episode 17 (discusses mammillary vs. mamillary)
Is it Mamillary or Mammillary? (blog post from o-log-y) my-ap.us/2sqBZrK
Gray anatomy or grey anatomy? (blog post from o-log-y) my-ap.us/2oEXMwj
How Do You Spell the Color Gray? (blog post from Grammarly) my-ap.us/2N9Jldf
Bonus handout!
- Regional Spelling Differences
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A Case for Proper Case

11.5 minutes
When we properly capitalize terms, it demonstrates our professionalism, serves as a teaching model for students, improves clarity, and potentially reduces medical errors. A capital idea!

Font Case (brief summary of different font cases: sentence case, title case, all caps, etc.) my-ap.us/2pWCSsM
Italic Text Generator (generates italic type for use in texts, tweets, etc.) my-ap.us/italic
Title Case (generates proper title case for different standard styles; gives rules for title case) my-ap.us/TitleCase

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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!
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Professionalism as a Course Goal

3 minutes
Sometimes a student frets about the A&P course being "not a spelling course" or "not an English course" — but professional communication is an essential skill for health professionals. Why not add this statement to our syllabus and/or other course documents?

If the hyperlinks here are not active, go to TAPPradio.org to find the episode page.

More details at the episode page.
Transcript available at the script page.
Listen to any episode on your Alexa device.
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