How is your A&P teacher?

Camwill, ASN, BSN, MSN, DNP, LPN, APRN, NP · Sep 1, 2011

I will tell you after this first test. He seems to try to lighten the feeling in the classroom, but what he is going to test on is still up in the air. He says he just test on his slides but other students of his says he doesn't so I will not form any judgements yet. But class is fun so far.

AliF · Sep 1, 2011

I like my teacher. She's teaching it online, and it very communicative and helpful. It's a TON of information, and I think that a bad teacher would make it a lot harder. I'll have to see if I still love her after the first test this week.

wildmtnhoney · Sep 1, 2011

I am reserving a solid judgment until after the first test, but right now, I think he's pretty great.

He does go off on tangents a bit, but I find them interesting. He doesn't have a TA to do weekend open labs, but he shows up to the classroom 30 minutes early each class day, and is willing to pull out models, and slides, and go over them with you.

He gives out an exam study guide at least a week before the exam, and, to my surprise and joy, gives you a list of potential essay questions and will further go over what information he's looking for in the answers if you just come in and ask (of course I already have!).

It is a lot of material, but right now I'm feeling pretty stable in it. We'll see how I feel at the end of next week after the first exam is graded!

Everline · Sep 1, 2011

I can't tell yet because I've only been to class once so far. But she's very popular as a teacher and she definitely seems helpful and gives us lots of tools for studying. She seems like the type of teacher that if she sees you are working hard, she will do everything she can to help you succeed.

I think the teacher can make a huge difference!

jmelyn2 · Sep 1, 2011

We have our first test next week, so I'll have a better answer then, but I can say that your instructor plays a HUGE part in your experience and what you take away from this class.

Last semester I enrolled in A&P based upon the schedule for the class vs. who the instructor was. Big, big, big mistake. I ended up with an adjunct instructor who had no interest in teaching, did not know the material, did not pronounce terms correctly, and had not returned any of our graded material (lecture and lab exams) as of week 8. He could not have been a less helpful, more terrible teacher. I felt I was not learning the material and I had no idea what my grade was. At week 9 I made the difficult decision to drop and focused on my other classes, and started digging around to find out who the best/better instructors at my school are. FYI, I did find out I had a B later - I wondered if I had made a mistake, but hindsight is 20/20, right?

I'm happy to say I registered early for this fall and made sure I got the instructor that I wanted. I just finished week 2 and I am blown away already. It's like a totally different course. I'm really learning the material, not just teaching myself from the book and regurgitating on tests. My instructor is clearly excited about the class and makes it fun and interesting. He actually leads us through lab, unlike my last experience.

My advice is, do your research and find a good instructor, this is one of the most important classes we take as pre-Nursing students! Good luck! :)

AprilAnney · Sep 1, 2011

I LOVED my A&P1 teacher and would recommend her to anyone and everyone. She took the time to explain things in many ways, came up with various visuals, and always made sure we all understood before moving along.

If you are struggling with A&P, I would recommend going to YouTube and viewing Dr. Marian Diamond's A&P lectures. She explains things so well, it's impressive. She was a great help when my A&P2 professor would slack on her teaching.

Iridescent Orchid, CNA, LPN · Sep 2, 2011

I'm also going to wait on the first test to make my full judgement - but so far? He's wonderful. He's the opposite of everything that I was stressed about walking in there on the first day. We do PowerPoint presentations on every chapter, and a lot of us just follow through our books while he's going along with the PowerPoint, and we take notes. He makes sure we're understanding the concepts and material over everything that he goes over. He even gives a lot of "hint-hint"s to let us know we will be seeing a certain thing on an upcoming test. So far, he's great and keeps me interested to the full extent. We'll see about this test! I'm extremely nervous about that coming up, but he's a great instructor so far.

DFWgal · Sep 2, 2011

My A&P I professor was an Eastern European woman. Very nice person and very willing to help the students, but she didn't have the best control of the class (she would teach 2 or 3 people, almost whispering) and her English made things a bit harder. Long story short, I had to learn by myself from the books.

My new A&P professor is very organized and energetic. She only uses the slides as an outline but we can tell she really knows her stuff. I already enjoyed A&P I, and I'm expecting lots of fun for this second part. :yeah: (Let's see what happens in a couple of weeks after the 1st test, though! LOL)

ApostolicGirl · Sep 2, 2011

So far my A&P instructor is great. She is a bit intense and tests are based off of the book, lecture, and extra video lectures that are posted online, and then we have lab tests of course... but she seems to be a REALLY good teacher.