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50 Years of ERIC
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Use of Individual Feedback during Human Gross Anatomy Course for Enhancing Professional Behaviors in Doctor of Physical Therapy Students
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Youdas, James W.; Krause, David A.; Hellyer, Nathan J.; Rindflesch, Aaron B.; Hollman, John H. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2013
Medical professionals and public consumers expect that new physical therapy graduates possess cognitive, technical, and behavioral skills required to provide safe and high-quality care to patients. The purpose of this study was to determine if a repertoire of ten professional behaviors assessed at the beginning of doctorate of physical therapy…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Feedback (Response), Physical Therapy, Allied Health Occupations Education
Learning of Musculoskeletal Ligament Stress Testing in a Gross Anatomy Laboratory
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Krause, David A.; Youdas, James W.; Hollman, John H. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2011
Human anatomy in physical therapy programs is a basic science course serving as a foundation for subsequent clinical courses. Integration of anatomy with a clinical emphasis throughout a curriculum provides opportunities for reinforcement of previously learned material. Considering the human cadaver laboratory as a fixed cost to our program, we…
Descriptors: Human Body, Anatomy, Physical Therapy, Science Curriculum
A Functional Model of the Digital Extensor Mechanism: Demonstrating Biomechanics with Hair Bands
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Cloud, Beth A.; Youdas, James W.; Hellyer, Nathan J.; Krause, David A. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2010
The action of muscles about joints can be explained through analysis of their spatial relationship. A functional model of these relationships can be valuable in learning and understanding the muscular action about a joint. A model can be particularly helpful when examining complex actions across multiple joints such as in the digital extensor…
Descriptors: Biomechanics, Models, Demonstrations (Educational), Human Body
Use of an Audience Response System during Peer Teaching among Physical Therapy Students in Human Gross Anatomy: Perceptions of Peer Teachers and Students
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Wait, Kevin R.; Cloud, Beth A.; Forster, Lindsey A.; Jones, Tiffany M.; Nokleby, Jessica J.; Wolfe, Cortney R.; Youdas, James W. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2009
An audience response system (ARS) has become popular among educators in medicine and the health professions because of the system's ability to engage listeners during a lecture presentation. No one has described the usefulness of ARS technology during planned nonlecture peer teaching sessions in gross anatomy instruction for health professionals.…
Descriptors: Audience Response, Likert Scales, Anatomy, Physical Therapy
Peer Teaching among Physical Therapy Students during Human Gross Anatomy: Perceptions of Peer Teachers and Students
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Youdas, James W.; Hoffarth, Brianna L.; Kohlwey, Scott R.; Kramer, Christine M.; Petro, Jaime L. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2008
Despite nearly 200 accredited entry-level physical therapist education programs in the United States that culminate in a doctoral degree, only a paucity of reports have been published regarding the efficacy of peer teaching in gross anatomy. No one has described the usefulness of peer teaching from the viewpoint of the peer teacher. An organized…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Likert Scales, Anatomy, Physical Therapy
Interprofessional Education in Gross Anatomy: Experience with First-Year Medical and Physical Therapy Students at Mayo Clinic
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Hamilton, Steven S.; Yuan, Brandon J.; Lachman, Nirusha; Hellyer, Nathan J.; Krause, David A.; Hollman, John H.; Youdas, James W.; Pawlina, Wojciech – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2008
Interprofessional education (IPE) in clinical practice is believed to improve outcomes in health care delivery. Integrating teaching and learning objectives through cross discipline student interaction in basic sciences has the potential to initiate interprofessional collaboration at the early stages of health care education. Student attitudes and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Student Attitudes, Allied Health Occupations Education, Interaction