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The
Department of Biological Sciences hosted a combined Chicago
Area Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (CAAPS)/Human
Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) meeting on April
27th. Daniel Olson served as the conference coordinator,
assisted by Chris Hubbard, Virginia Naples and many past
and present graduate students from the M.S. (Anatomy) program.
The
morning session was devoted to three speaker presentations.
First, Reid Nelson from the Department of Kinesiology and
Physical Education at NIU presented a very informative talk
on incorporating cardiovascular pathophysiology into the
curriculum. Reid provided many web sites that will provide
participants the opportunity to incorporate new ideas and
information into their own curricula. Second, Bill Wilson
from the Cook County Crime Laboratory presented forensic
information extremely useful in solving violent crimes.
Although some of the pictures were quite graphic, Bill provided
interesting information about bullet wounds and trajectories,
knife wounds and blood spatter patterns that he incorporates
in his work on a daily basis. Finally, our keynote speaker
was Scott Barrows from the medical illustration program
at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC). Scott showed
beautiful examples of the type of artistic anatomical work
the people in the medical illustration program produce.
In addition, Scott informed the participants of some cutting-edge
work in three-dimensional imaging that is currently in use
at UIC.
Following
a catered lunch, the afternoon session was "hands-on."
Participants had the opportunity to visit with textbook
vendors (Benjamin-Cummings/ Addison-Wesley, Prentice-Hall
and John Wiley and Sons, Inc.), software vendors (Bio-Pac
and iWorx), view research projects produced by NIU graduate
students enrolled in the M.S. (Anatomy) program, tour the
anatomy laboratory, conduct bone analyses, and participate
in physiological measurements.
The
conference concluded with a "swap session", in
which participants exchanged thoughts and ideas about a
variety of teaching/education related issues. The exchange
of information during this session was quite lively, and
lasted for 11/2 hours.
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