73 Zoom Fatigue and Other Symptoms of Pandemic Teaching The A&P Professor

What 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 If you cannot see or activate the audio player click here.

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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.
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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 Special opportunity Contribute YOUR book recommendation for A&P teachers! Be sure include your reasons for recommending it Any contribution used will receive a $25 gift certificate The best contribution is one that you have recorded in your own voice (or in a voicemail at 1-833-LION-DEN) For the complete list (and more) go to theAPprofessor.org/BookClub
 
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!
nycc.edu/hapi

 
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 (brie