Zoom Fatigue and Other Symptoms of Pandemic Teaching | TAPP 73
Release Date: 07/15/2020
The A&P Professor
In Episode 147, host Kevin Patton reviews the highlights and events of the previous year in the world of The A&P Professor. He then turns to last year's predictions for teaching human anatomy and physiology to see if he was on the right track. Finally, predictions for the coming year are revealed. And lots of other stuff—this episode is two hours long, after all! 0:00:00 | Introduction 0:00:50 | Debrief: Topics, Stats, Reflections 0:21:28 | A Long, Long, Long Episode 0:23:05 | Debrief: More Reviewing & Reflecting 0:38:59 | Did I Get My Predictions Right? 0:50:22 | Textbook &...
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In episode 143 of The A&P Professor podcast for anatomy and physiology faculty, host Kevin Patton uncovers the super-secret, single, ultimate teaching strategy you need to keep your course tuned up and effective. He also revisits the "out there" transducer model of the brain and suggests a connection with a recent discovery supporting quantum wave activity in brain cell microtubules. Yes, quantum waves in the microtubules. Kevin also clarifies and expands on those wacky "extra" courses he described in Episodes 140 and 141. 00:00 | Introduction 00:51 | Clarifying Kevin's Wacky Supplemental...
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info_outlineWhat causes Zoom fatigue and how can we prevent it? Host Kevin Patton tackles that as well as another nasty effect of pandemic teaching: stress cardiomyopathy. Plus updates in sensory physiology, the value of keeping skill lists, and the Book Club recommends Chris Jarmey's Concise Book of Muscles.
- 00:40 | Updating Our Skill Lists
- 01:59 | Updates in Sensory Physiology
- 07:30 | Sponsored by AAA
- 08:05 | Book Club: The Concise Book of Muscles
- 12:05 | Sponsored by HAPI
- 14:26 | Zoom Fatigue
- 29:11 | Sponsored by HAPS
- 30:06 | Pandemic Heart: Stress Cardiomyopathy
- 39:48 | Staying Connected
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Updating Our Skill Lists
1.5 minutes
Anatomy professor Amanda Meyer reminded us on Twitter that pandemic teaching has given us a lot of new skills that we should be adding to our skill list in our curriculum vitae (CV).
- How to describe skills in your CV (some hints) my-ap.us/308zLMR
Updates in Sensory Physiology
5.5 minutes
A few content updates to spice up our teaching.
- Is "water" a primary taste in mammals?
- Scientists discover a sixth sense on the tongue—for water (summary of research) my-ap.us/2Zn5uuI
- The cellular mechanism for water detection in the mammalian taste system (research paper) my-ap.us/3etufcO
- Do we need cold receptors to feel warmth?
- Changing how we think about warm perception (summary of research) my-ap.us/2DAV8Pj
- The Sensory Coding of Warm Perception (research article) my-ap.us/2DyHNqF
- Can you hear your tensor tympani?
- Some People Can Make a Roaring Sound in Their Ears Just by Tensing a Muscle (brief news article) my-ap.us/38Ur7pu
- Voluntary contraction of the tensor tympani muscle and its audiometric effects (case study) my-ap.us/2CAGxmk
Sponsored by AAA
1 minute
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.
Don't forget—HAPS members get a deep discount on AAA membership!
Book Club
4 minutes
- The Concise Book of Muscles
- by Chris Jarmey
- amzn.to/3h1GW07
- For the complete list (and more) go to theAPprofessor.org/BookClub
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- Contribute YOUR book recommendation for A&P teachers!
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Sponsored by HAPI Online Graduate Program
2.5 minutes
The Master of Science in Human Anatomy & Physiology Instruction—the MS-HAPI—is a graduate program for A&P teachers, especially for those who already have a graduate/professional degree. 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 be your best in both on-campus and remote teaching. Kevin Patton is a faculty member in this program. Check it out!
Zoom Fatigue
15 minutes
Zoom meetings, webinars, classes, etc., make me tired just thinking about them. I think this is part of Zoom fatigue, that exhaustion we feel from participating in video meetings. Here's a discussion of what Zoom fatigue is and how to combat it. I'm thinking of hosting a virtual telethon to support finding a cure. You in?
- How to Combat Zoom Fatigue (article talked about in this segment) my-ap.us/3fx0V6O
- Zoom fatigue is real — here’s why video calls are so draining (brief article) my-ap.us/3fs8USo
- 'Zoom fatigue,' explained by researchers (brief article) my-ap.us/2AZfv83
- ‘ZOOM FATIGUE’ IS REAL. HERE’S WHY YOU’RE FEELING IT, AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. (brief article) my-ap.us/38XnCyq
Sponsored by HAPS
1 minute
The Human Anatomy & Physiology Society (HAPS) is a sponsor of this podcast. You can help appreciate their support by clicking the link below and checking out the many resources and benefits found there. Watch for virtual town hall meetings and upcoming regional meetings!
Pandemic Heart
10 minutes
I'm calling it pandemic heart but experts call it stress cardiomyopathy. It's also called broken heart syndrome and several other names. One of which involves fishing for octopuses. Whatever you call it, it's incidence has more than doubled due to the pandemic.
- Word Dissection
- stress cardiomyopathy
- takotsubo cardiomyopathy
- apical ballooning syndrome
- Clarification: The ballooning characteristic of stress cardiomyopathy is often more pronounced in the apical region of the left ventricle.
- Incidence of Stress Cardiomyopathy During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic (research article) my-ap.us/3emx0g1
- Researchers find rise in broken heart syndrome during COVID-19 pandemic (news summary of the research) my-ap.us/2ZmkKb7
- Stress Cardiomyopathy Symptoms and Diagnosis (disease summary from Johns Hopkins) my-ap.us/2CtjE4x
- Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (disease summary that include a lot of great still and video images of this condition) my-ap.us/3ekWL09
- Ancient catching octopus trap. (video showing one method for using takotsubo to catch octopuses) youtu.be/ac9XSKjabjI
- Diagram of stress cardiomyopathy (A) compared to a normal ventricle (B) by J. Heuser my-ap.us/303stda
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