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anyone know a good online A&P class for a reasonable price?

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Wai
 
Achilles said:
Nope, you should take it at a school so you can do all labs.
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You would be surprised how many natural science classes are becoming available online with virtual labs. 100 and 200 level Chemistry classes are an example of this at Oregon State University. I have also taken a physics class online with virtual labs. They show up on transcripts the same as in class version.s

for A&P, I have not herd of any yet.
 
Achilles said:
Nope, you should take it at a school so you can do all labs.
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Some of us do shift work, where our work days vary from week to week. We would prefer to not burn leave or shift exchanges to be available for class. I like the idea of virtual labs to accomodate busy professionals.

Some EMS AAS programs only require a basic human biology class w/o lab. I got lucky
 
46Young said:
Some of us do shift work, where our work days vary from week to week. We would prefer to not burn leave or shift exchanges to be available for class. I like the idea of virtual labs to accomodate busy professionals.

Some EMS AAS programs only require a basic human biology class w/o lab. I got lucky
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Ours required a hybrid basic A&P class. Lab twice a week for 3 hours and all of the physiology was online. Not terrible, but not good for a rotating shift.
 
I don't know of any anatomy courses that are only online. I do know of some physiology courses that are online only.
 
Wheel said:
Ours required a hybrid basic A&P class. Lab twice a week for 3 hours and all of the physiology was online. Not terrible, but not good for a rotating shift.
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Our only saving grace is that (if we can get the day's leave approved) we can take a day off (24 hrs), and turn in the hours we don't need. I can use a day's leave to attend four classes if I use a six hour block, say 1500-2100, to allow time for travel and a late call.

Still, I'd rather use my leave to actually have time off. I'd also rather not have to pay back exchanges, when it can be inconvenient for me.
 
I suppose you could do a virtual lab. But then you couldn't smell anything.
 
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Achilles said:
I suppose you could do a virtual lab. But then you couldn't smell anything.
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The only thing I ever smelled was awful formaldehyde. Do you just want him to "do his time" or feel like the awful smell is tradition, or do you feel there is something to be learned from the smell?
 
How many undergrad anatomy courses have cadaver labs?
 
joshrunkle35 said:
Don't know. Mine did.
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So did ours.


joshrunkle35 said:
The only thing I ever smelled was awful formaldehyde. Do you just want him to "do his time" or feel like the awful smell is tradition, or do you feel there is something to be learned from the smell?
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I think he should do his time because I'm an :censored::censored::censored::censored::censored::censored::censored: and everyone should smell it. :rolleyes:
But not just smell it. Taste it too :rolleyes:

No, I just don't think a virtual lab is the same as being in class doing it. At a virtual lab all you do is click a mouse.
 
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How many undergrad anatomy courses have cadaver labs?

My class had a cadaver lab, but I didn't find it to be particularly beneficial. We had a couple cadavers in the cadaver room and the professor would periodically take us back there to show us certain structures. We had one lab exam where we had to identify some structures on one of them. At no time did we do any actual dissection ourselves.

I think the labs in general were somewhat overrated. Gross anatomy is fairly straightforward stuff and while it can be helpful to have a 3d model in front of you, its not essential. Dissecting sheep and pig organs didn't really add much to the class either, at least not in my opinion.

Its better to have a class with a lab, but if you cant do it I don't see it as being the end of the world. Ultimately what matters is that you understand physiological processes and an A&P lab isn't going to help much with that.
 
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