Benefits of A&P.

The Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) serves to promote excellence in the teaching of anatomy and physiology. HAPS is open to anyone interested in Anatomy & Physiology Education, and currently includes over 1,600 members from two and four year colleges, universities, high schools and private businesses throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world.
Goals:

• To enhance the quality of human anatomy and physiology instruction at colleges, universities, and related institutions.
• To promote and facilitate communication and collaboration among teachers of human anatomy and physiology.
• To encourage innovation, educational research, and publication by human anatomy and physiology teachers.
• To promote and organize professional development programs for the teaching of human anatomy and physiology.
• To promote interaction among science teachers at all educational levels.
• To provide the membership with opportunities to become and remain informed about the latest developments in the health/science field.
• To facilitate communication with other sectors of the educational and scientific community and to collect and disseminate to the membership information regarding events of interest.
• To foster a sense of collegiality and camaraderie among members.

Some HAPS projects:

• The publication of the HAPS-EDucator, which is published four times per year. Articles cover various topics important to A&P instructors, including national trends in education and teaching tips.
• HAPS Institute (HAPS-I) courses, a professional continuing education program, offers short graduate biology courses in a variety of flexible formats for those teaching human anatomy and physiology. Credit is granted through University of Washington (Seattle). Courses include topics that are often considered to be hard to understand, hard to learn, and hard to teach. Some courses help clarify difficult physiological concepts and others use cadavers to review and explore human anatomy.
• Human Anatomy & Physiology Society Position Statements on Animal Use, Cadaver Use, and Distance Education.
• A comprehensive anatomy and physiology exam, currently being revised.
• A second edition of Course Guidelines for Undergraduate Instruction of Human Anatomy and Physiology.
• A grant and scholarship program for anatomy and physiology students and instructors.
• An ambitious project to develop learning outcomes for all content areas in anatomy and physiology.
• Development of a comprehensive safety manual dealing with all aspects of the A&P lab experience.
• Participation (with a number of other professional societies) in the BiosciEdNet project, which aims to make teaching and learning resources in all sciences available to educators via the Internet.
• Many useful resources are found on our 'Members' Only' Web site, such as our 'A&P Software List', 'A&P Data Acquisition Equipment' page, and our 'How to Build a Cadaver Lab' page.

The annual HAPS national conference, local and regional conferences, and the HAPS newsletter provide members with an important means of updating their knowledge, improving technical and pedagogical skills, investigating new technologies for the laboratory and classroom, and, perhaps most importantly, networking with a growing international contingent of peers.

New members are always welcome. Visit www.hapsweb.org and click on the "To Join HAPS" button, or contact the HAPS National Office at 1-800-448-HAPS.
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