Making Sense of Human Anatomy and Physiology: A Learner-Friendly Approach

312 Pages·2017·7.45 MB·English

by  Earle Abrahamson

Making Sense of Human Anatomy and Physiology
Making Sense of Human Anatomy and
Physiology
A Learner-Friendly Approach
Earle Abrahamson and Jane Langston
Chichester, England
North Atlantic Books
Berkeley, California
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Anatomical Drawings Amanda Williams
Photographs all taken by Jane and Mark Langston unless otherwise indicated Cover Design Wendy Craig
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ISBN 978-1-62317174-2 (e-book)
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 905367 70 2 (Lotus Publishing)
ISBN 978 1 623171 73 5 (North Atlantic Books)
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Abrahamson, Earle, author. | Langston,
Jane, author.
Title: Making sense of human anatomy and physiology : a learner-friendly approach / Earle
Abrahamson and Jane Langston.
Description: Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2017]
Identifiers: LCCN 2016056329 (print) | LCCN 2017005251 (ebook) | ISBN 9781623171735
(paperback) | ISBN 9781623171742 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Human physiology. | Human
anatomy. | BISAC: MEDICAL / Anatomy. | SCIENCE Life Sciences Human Anatomy &
Physiology. | HEALTH & FITNESS / Reference.
Classification: LCC QP34.5 .A25 2017 (print) | LCC QP34.5 (ebook) | DDC 612—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016056329
Contents
Foreword
About this Book
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Laying Foundations
Chapter 2: Speak Anatomy
Chapter 3: Do Anatomy
Chapter 4: See Anatomy
Chapter 5: Coming Unstuck
Chapter 6: Learn Anatomy
Chapter 7: Test Anatomy
Chapter 8: Own Anatomy
Chapter 9: Resource Anatomy
Appendix: The VARK Questionnaire
Index
Foreword
As I flew to London, I was nervous to present a new anatomy seminar,
Immaculate Dissection (ID), to a group of eager physiotherapists, trainers,
chiropractors and fitness enthusiasts. At ID, we had created a seminar that filled
in gaps in anatomy education for movement professionals. Our students took a
chance on a new method of anatomy instruction, with body painting, palpation
and movement assessments. Sitting front-row center for our London premiere
was Jane Langston, the co-author of Making Sense.
Throughout the course, Jane eagerly asked questions about the body paintings
and lecture materials, and she was quick to volunteer for the corrective exercise
portions. I naturally gravitated towards her to ask about her training. She
informed me of her goals in helping improve education of anatomy in every
discipline that studies it.
As Jane described this book you are about to read, I knew she had created a
necessary game changer in the way anatomy is taught. This book is not just for
the student but for the anatomy educator.
This topic hits home for me. As a gross anatomy instructor with five colleges, I
see the foundational anatomy getting lost as students progress into becoming
clinicians.
Something is missing in anatomy instruction.
Making Sense covers this ground, by combining several different learning
methodologies into one concise program. Students are applying the anatomy –
not just memorizing where it is in space. Making Sense also closes learning gaps
by providing multiple learning styles. This helps the educator and the student
improve efficiency in the anatomy instruction.
If you are already studying anatomy and physiology, you’ll find Making Sense
helps you to solidify your understanding with its innovative approach to
learning.
If this is your first experience learning anatomy and physiology, you potentially
will have much frustration saved by the use of Making Sense.
And if you are an anatomy instructor, you already know the importance of an
anatomy text. Perhaps you have room to grow by using Making Sense as one of
your primary references. This book closes the gaps between text and the
carryover of anatomy into professional life.
Kathy Dooley, DC, MSc
Creator, Immaculate Dissection
Instructor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
About this Book
Rationale and Notes on How to Use the Text
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel.
Socrates
The paradox … There is more known, in every discipline, than students in any
course can learn!
As a result, in most courses students are asked to learn too much, with the
seemingly paradoxical result that too little is learned and retained.
If students can’t learn it all, what should they learn? This text outlines the
concepts of the big ideas. Big ideas are the key themes necessary to master the
foundation knowledge. Through the compilation of learning methodologies, the
text provides guidance on how to navigate difficult learning situations and
learning barriers. This provides a revolutionary portal into the functional
learning and application of anatomy from a learner-centred perspective.
Anatomy and physiology are a wonderful exploration and study of the human
body that allow for an understanding of the processes of living and those that
sustain life. There are multiple books and resources that explain the systematic
approach to learning about the human body across levels of learning and
learners. Few texts examine the core dynamics of learning and teaching anatomy
and physiology.
This book engages the reader by presenting anatomy and physiology as a lived
experience, one that requires understanding of terms and concepts. The book
presents anatomy as a language and uses the principles of language learning to
clarify meaning in anatomy and physiology study. In a learner-friendly
approach, the chapters of the book take the reader through a journey of both
studying and making sense of the content in anatomy and physiology. The book
provides a road map for understanding problems and issues in studying the
subject matter, provides useful insight into practical and effective assessment