The A&P Professor: Slides Serve the Story of Anatomy & Physiology

Host Kevin Patton talks about ways to improve our teaching slides, the challenge of trying new things, how to make sure our web meetings secure from Zoom bombing, and the Foldit protein folding game. Check out AAA's virtual meeting week, OMES virtual conference, HAPS's virtual town hall meetings.

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When we have no relevant experience or expertise, the vulnerability, uncertainty, and fear of these firsts can be overwhelming. Yet, showing up and pushing ourselves past the awkward, learner stage is how we get braver. (Brené Brown)

Fumbling First Try

5.5 minutes
Professor and author Brené Brown talks about "effing first tries" but which I call "fumbling first tries." These are the firsts cited in the quote above—those that involve that awkward learner stage. And yes, getting through our FFTs makes us braver!

Collective Vulnerability, the FFTs of Online Learning, and the Sacredness of Bored Kids (Brené Brown's blog post) my-ap.us/3by5tay
Brené on FFTs (Unlocking Us podcast episode) my-ap.us/2yoRpBY
Making Mistakes Teaching Anatomy & Physiology | Episode 63

Zoombombing

3.5 minutes
Zoombombing involves unwanted intrusion into our web meetings. There are ways to avoid this however!

‘Zoombombing’ Attacks Disrupt Classes (article discussing the importance of familiarizing yourself with the settings in your web meeting platform to avoid intrusive and offensive interruption) my-ap.us/2WGYCHH
- How to Keep the Party Crashers from Crashing Your Zoom Event (post from Zoom on how to manage settings for safety) my-ap.us/3bwesZY
- Are Zoom Chats Private? Here’s Why You Should Think Before Opening The App (Forbes article) my-ap.us/2wfqyaM
- ‘Zoom is malware’: why experts worry about the video conferencing platform (article from The Guardian) my-ap.us/2wgde62
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Foldit Protein Folding Game

4.5 minutes
The online protein folding game called Foldit lets you and/or your students help scientists work out protein folding that promotes scientific advancement. And interesting way to learn science, help science, and contribution to potential therapies for COVID-19 and other diseases. Teaching resources are available.

Foldit: Solve Puzzles for Science (start page for the site where you solve protein folding puzzles) fold.it
Foldit: Instructions for Educators (help in using Foldit in your course) my-ap.us/39y2Ioe
The creativity of citizen scientists could help researchers design proteins that may be able to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus. (Interview with scientists who use Foldit results.) my-ap.us/2Jvhwti
Want to fold some proteins? (my 2012 post in The A&P Professor blog on Foldit, with links) my-ap.us/33YbH0K
Protein folding game (my 2012 post for students in The A&P Student blog) my-ap.us/33XbbAf
Why bother with protein folding? (post in The A&P Professor blog about why I think our students need to know something about protein folding) my-ap.us/2w35y73

Online Medical Education Summit

2 minutes
Past guest on this podcast Chase DiMarco introduces a new event from FreeMedEd—the Online Medical Education Summit (OMES) at FreeMedEd.org/OMES

Memory Palaces with Chase DiMarco | Episode 64
Social media:
Faculty can book a one-on-one chat with Chase DiMarco at
- - bookme.name/chasedimarco/
- Students or faculty can get personalized tutoring at
  - https://freemeded.org/tutoring/
- Read This Before Medical School: How to Study Smarter and Live Better While Excelling in Class and on your USMLE or COMLEX Board Exams
  - Chase DiMarco's book
  - amzn.to/2ThbBwv
  - Reviewed by Kevin Patton at
    - Book Club for Anatomy & Physiology Professors
    - Episode 64 Preview (book club segment) theAPprofessor.org/64#pre

Slides Serve Our Story

12 minutes
When we give presentations, it's best if our slides serve our story—rather than letting our story serve our slides. How to do that? Sparse, well-organized text and lots of pictures.

Are Your Students Dodging Bullets? (blog post) my-ap.us/2JEMKxX
Presentation Zen (blog post) my-ap.us/39IwI0J
Handling bullets safely (blog post) my-ap.us/3aCJgIe

Slides serve the story of anatomy & physiology

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1 minute
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