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

Earle Abrahamson and Jane Langston

Chichester, England

North Atlantic Books

Berkeley, California

Copyright 2017 by Earle Abrahamson and Jane Langston. All rights reserved. No portion of this book, except for brief review, may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the written permission of the publisher. For information, contact Lotus Publishing.

First published in 2017 by

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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 978-1-62317-174-2 (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 612dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016056329

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, youll 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

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 cant 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 techniques, explores the subject matter from a learning-approach perspective, and considers different methods of teaching to understand how best to convey the message and meaning of anatomy and physiology. Like all books on teaching and learning, the emphasis of this text is on the quality process of delivering anatomy and physiology so that learners learn not only to pass an examination or assessment, but more importantly retain the fundamental building blocks of anatomical study and application. The final chapters provide useful resources that can be used to further explore concepts, assessment, learning activities and applications.