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TAPP Radio Episode 56

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Revisiting an earlier discussion of his hard-line stance on misspelling, host Kevin Patton clarifies the history and context of his current strategy. Plus updates on macrophages that line joints and sugar-coated RNA —and tips on safely labeling our lab models.

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“Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes.” (John Dewey)

glycoRNA

6 minutes

Yep, yet another form of RNA has been discovered. This “sugar-coated” RNA is a small, noncoding RNA called Y RNA that has been glycosylated with an N-glycan. What do glycoRNAs do? What does that mean? Listen and learn.

Sugar-coated RNAs could ‘alter the face of biochemistry as we know it’—if they’re real (news summary) my-ap.us/2rDI6uy
Mammalian Y RNAs are modified at discrete guanosine residues with N-glycans (research article) my-ap.us/2KcmvQc

Credit: Ryan A. Flynn/bioRxiv

Barrier Macrophages

11 minutes

We knew there were macrophages within, and upon, the synovial membrane that lines synovial joints. What we have just learned is that macrophages on the synovial membrane surface can bind with tight junctions to form a barrier layer. Go figure.

Macrophages form a protective cellular barrier in joints (news summary) my-ap.us/33KVuLm
Locally renewing resident synovial macrophages provide a protective barrier for the joint (research article) my-ap.us/33H5e9H

Labeling Lab Models

14 minutes

Kathryn Chipchase is concerned about damaging her new anatomical models when labeling them with lab tape for practical tests. So Kevin does some research. Listen to the results of his search. Oh, and find out the first rule of Tape Club, too!

Denoyer-Geppert models amzn.to/32VmMgO
ScotchBlue painter’s tape amzn.to/2COe7SV
Scotch painter’s tape: Delicate Surfaces (purple) amzn.to/2KtmbNk
Post-It Notes: Super Sticky amzn.to/33Y1Wik
Post-It Notes: Extreme amzn.to/2QptclZ
Scotch Magic Tape (transparent) amzn.to/37dN3KI
Amplify Learning in Anatomy & Physiology | Episode 53 (reference to how to clean anatomy models using denture cleaner)

More on Spelling, Case, & Grammar

16.5 minutes

Sometimes a student frets about the A&P course being “not a spelling course” or “not an English course” — but professional communication is an essential skill for health professionals. Why not add this statement to our syllabus and/or other course documents?

Spelling IS important (TAPP blog post) my-ap.us/2Nesi8I
Doing our part to reduce medical errors (TAPP blog post) my-ap.us/341FjsN
Deaths from avoidable medical error more than double in past decade, investigation shows
(Scientific American blog post) my-ap.us/2MLKgQW
In a review of 337,000 patient cases, this was the No. 1 most common preventable medical error (news report) my-ap.us/2qDT8iK
Prevalence, severity, and nature of preventable patient harm across medical care settings: systematic review and meta-analysis (research report) my-ap.us/31OAD88
How Good Grammar Saves Lives and Other Reasons It’s Still Important (blog post) my-ap.us/3oMNfZ6
Official “Do Not Use” list of abbreviations (from the Joint Commission) my-ap.us/3217NBu
End-of-Term Reviews Help Keep Your Course on Track | Episode 17 (discusses mammillary vs. mamillary)
Is it Mamillary or Mammillary? (blog post from o-log-y) my-ap.us/2sqBZrK
Gray anatomy or grey anatomy? (blog post from o-log-y) my-ap.us/2oEXMwj
How Do You Spell the Color Gray? (blog post from Grammarly) my-ap.us/2N9Jldf
From theAPprofessor.org
Bonus handouts!
- Terms That Are Often Misspelled or Confused in A&P
- Regional Spelling Differences
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