Creating the HAPS Physiology Learning Outcomes: terminology, eponyms, inclusive language, core concepts, and skills

Nanette Tomicek; Patrick Cafferty; Janet Casagrand; Elizabeth Co; Meg Flemming; Jenny McFarland; Valerie O'Loughlin; Derek A Scott; Dee Silverthorn

doi:10.1152/advan.00129.2023

Creating the HAPS Physiology Learning Outcomes: terminology, eponyms, inclusive language, core concepts, and skills

Nanette Tomicek, Patrick Cafferty, Janet Casagrand, Elizabeth Co, Meg Flemming, Jenny McFarland, Valerie O'Loughlin, Derek A Scott, Dee Silverthorn^* (Corresponding Author)

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Abstract

Learning outcomes are an essential element in curriculum development because they describe what students should be able to do by the end of a course or program, and they provide a roadmap for designing assessments. This paper describes the development of competency-based learning outcomes for a one-semester undergraduate introductory human physiology course. Key elements in the development process included decisions about terminology, eponyms, use of the word "normal" and similar considerations for inclusivity. The outcomes are keyed to related physiology core concepts and to process skills that can be taught along with the content. The learning outcomes have been published under a Creative Commons license by the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) and are available free of charge on the HAPS website.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	21-32
Number of pages	12
Journal	Advances in Physiology Education
Volume	48
Issue number	1
Early online date	2 Nov 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00129.2023
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2024

Bibliographical note

This manuscript has been made open access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence under the terms of the University of Aberdeen Research Publications Policy. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank the members of the PLO Advisory Board who reviewed a near-final set of outcomes. A full list of their names and affiliations can be found in Ref. 17. We thank the HAPS management organization, Association Services Group, and former HAPS Executive Director Peter English for assistance and support for the HAPS PLO process and ultimate publication of the documents.
GRANTS
HAPS sponsor Cengage Group provided financial support for the 2022 in-person meeting at which the expert panel was able to complete the physiology learning outcomes after the long delay created by the pandemic.

Data Availability Statement

DATA AVAILABILITY
Data will be made available upon reasonable request.

Keywords

learning objectives
core concepts
skills
competency-based education
eponyms

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Creating the HAPS Physiology Learning Outcomes: terminology, eponyms, inclusive language, core concepts, and skills

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