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RE: Physiology [HAPP-L]

No but I have spent a lot of time looking up there to try to get it fixed.


dford@xxxxxxxxxx 01/22/03 03:17PM >>>

Haven't got it fixed yet either, have you?

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From: David Evans [mailto:devans@xxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:13 PM To: HAPP-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; earls@xxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Physiology [HAPP-L] 


I used to be an adjunct and I busted my patookie for the students...


earls@xxxxxxxx 01/21/03 03:36PM >>>

I have been an adjunct professor who has taught anatomy and physiology to
countless undergraduates for close to 15 years at the same institution.  I
currently teach 56 students (mostly nursing and some biology majors) with
3
lab sections in addition to the lecture.  Why do I do it?  Because I love
teaching and making a difference in the lives of students.  I devote my
time
to teaching students whose parents pay a bundle to give their children a
college education.
The point to this?  I take issue with the statement "We have tried
adjuncts,
but most are more trouble than they are worth..."
I know plenty of dedicated adjunct professors who teach because they love
teaching.  Students appreciate professors who have time to spend with them
whether they are full-time or "part-time". Maybe your experience with
adjunct professors hasn't been positive, but please don't say that most
are
more trouble than they are worth.
Christine Earls
Adjunct Professor
Biology Dept.
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT 06430

----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Favero" <favero@xxxxxx>
To: <HAPP-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:46 AM
Subject: Physiology lab. [HAPP-L]




Friends, as most of your are experiencing, enrollment numbers in A and P
courses have been going up for the last decade.  This has made staffing

in

these areas challenging at best.  At the university of Portland we teach
separate A and P courses. Our enrollment numbers would necessitate
teaching about 3 more physiology labs than we can currently staff.  We
have tried adjucts, but most are more trouble than they are worth and
trying to staff these courses on a yearly bases has been almost
impossible.

Therefore, we are exploring the possibility of teaching 1.5 hour
physiology that are more clinically based. Currently we teach 3 hour

labs

and have a strong investigative component that generally requires 3

hours

and sometime more to complete. These labs are not wet labs and we use
no fluids-human or otherwise. The more clinical labs would be more
focused on current diagnostic tools and techniques used by health care
professionals (i.e. EKG, EMG, BP, HR, resp, etc), the science behind the
technique (i.e. exactly what are you measuring) and applications to
clinical conditions.


This is still inthe development stages, but I thought I'd ask the HAPS
brain trust for comments and suggestions.

Thanks
Terry Favero
University of Portland.




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