SYLLABUS BIOLOGY 105 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

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1 SYLLABUS BIOLOGY 105 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY COURSE INFORMATION Title Biology 105 Medical Terminology CRN 4454 Day/Time Summer 2015 (8 wk) Location Virtual Campus (no campus meetings) accessed from the internet. Dates Starts June 22, 2015 Ends August 13, 2015 (last day of class) College Closed Independence Day Holiday July 4, 2015 INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION Name Contact Natalie E. Lyter BS, MT(ASCP)SH or I prefer that you communicate through the D2L system (ehacc.hacc,edu). If not available or if D2L is down, contact me at my hacc.edu address or by phone if necessary. I will respond to messages within 48 hours or sooner (as per AP 772). If you need an immediate response, you can call my cell phone ( ). Leave a message and I will get back to you ASAP. If D2L is down, the only way I have to contact you is by Hawkmail please make sure you have your Hawkmail account activated. All non D2L s sent to me must be sent through Hawkmail. I will not open messages sent through your personal . If you contact me outside D2L (phone or ) please state name, HACC ID and class CRN section. Please sign all of your messages. REQUIRED TEXT NO ACCESS CODE REQUIRED LaFleur-Brooks, M. Exploring Medical Language: A Student Directed Approach, 9 th edition, Mosby, ISBN

2 Premade flashcards are free when the book is purchased. Pronunciation audiotapes and CD s are also available to purchase. Do not purchase an access code. A medical dictionary is recommended but not required. There are free medical dictionaries and encyclopedias on the internet. I have provided some links within the course. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS & TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY INFORMATION Visit the following link: sses?&id=447 COURSE DESCRIPTION This is a body systems approach to learning medical language. Word parts are used to build, analyze, define and spell medical terms. Structural, directional, disease and disorders, surgical and diagnostic terms, pronunciation and abbreviations are included. This will be achieved through an integrative review of anatomy and physiology. PREREQUISITES None COURSE COMPETENCIES Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to: Identify commonly used prefixes, word roots, combining forms, and suffixes used in forming medical terms and combine these word parts to form and define medical terms Identify standard anatomic positions plus body planes, directions, cavities and regions Identify a selection of standard medical, diagnostic and laboratory abbreviations Recognize and define the medical terms related to the major organs and functions of the human body systems Recognize and define the medical terms related to major pathological conditions, diagnostic procedures, and treatment/surgical procedures built from word parts and not built from word parts Recognize and define commonly used complementary medical terms built from word parts and not built from word parts Identify six medical specialists who study and treat disorders of the human body systems Interpret medical language in simulated medical statements Identify pleural meanings of the words, and be able to spell and pronounce the medical terms.

3 PLANNED SEQUENCE OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES Module 1 June Orientation Chapters 1 and 2 Module 2 June 29 July 5 Chapters 3 and 4 Module 3 July 6-12 Chapter 5 and 6 Exam Chapters 1-4 Module 4 July Chapters 7, 8 and 9 Module 5 July Chapters 10 and 11 Exam Chapters 5-8 Module 6 July 27 August 2 Chapters 12 and 13 Case Study/Journal Article Assignment Due Module 7 August 3-9 Chapters 14, 15 and 16 Exam Chapters 9 12 Module 8 August (Thurs) Exam Chapters COURSE REQUIREMENTS To successfully complete the course, each student will be required to: 1. Independently complete the text/workbook exercises. You are to read chapters assigned and complete as many exercises as possible. The text provides you a supplemental learning aid called EVOLVE. Use this supplemental learning aid in order to gain expertise in constructing, defining and pronouncing medical terms. Directions for access to the web site will be found in your getting started material. There are excellent self-assessments, games and a wonderful index which will pronounce all medical terms covered in the book. Doing Evolve is highly recommended. Some assignments require the use of EVOLVE, therefore you will want to create your account during the first week.

4 2. Chapter Web Modules I will provide an additional Web Link Module for each chapter. There are no quizzes or exams from these web links therefore disregard any mention of them. These are NOT required but highly recommended. 3. Take chapter quizzes online (10 points per quiz) The quiz will be on the material in the chapter or chapters assigned for that week. (there are several weeks where you will have 2 chapter quizzes) There will be a practice quiz available on Chapter 1 which will not count towards points. You will be given only 10 minutes per quiz. All questions are multiple choice. All quizzes must be taken They are not optional. You will fail the course if you miss 2 or more quizzes. Students with a reasonable excuse will be allowed to make up one quiz not taken by the close date. Requests to make up a missed quiz must be made within 24 hours of the close date. You are not to use any text materials while taking a quiz or exam. 4. Participate in class discussions Each week you will be given a critical thinking (Discussion) question to answer and discuss. Students will be awarded up to 10 points per discussion. (maximum 160 points). Discussion posts must be more than 3 sentences. You will post your answer under discussions. You will not be able to see any of you classmates responses until you post your response. You will receive 0-8 points for this response. After you see at least 5 classmate posts, you will then respond to at least 1 classmate s post for 1-2 more points, making the value of each discussion up to 10 points.. You will have an additional week to respond and discuss. In order to get the additional 2 points you must say more than good post or I like your answer. You must give reasons why you think it is a good post or why you like the answers. Response must be more than 2 sentences. Students must answer and participate in all discussions. These are not optional failure to do more than 2 discussions will result in failing the course, regardless of the number of point accumulated. 5. Exams There will be 4 exams each worth 100 points. There will be no make-up exams. No excuses accepted. The exam must be taken in the window of time. It is clearly marked on the calendar and on the home page. The student will fail the course if exams are not taken regardless of the number of points accumulated. 6. Assignments Each chapter will have some type of assignment. The assignment could be questions, definitions, case studies or other topics. You will receive up to 10 points for each assignment submission. Please note, the drop-box in D2L may differ from other courses you have taken. There is a comment box this is exactly what it means comments. DO

5 NOT post your submission in the comment box. You submission must be an attachment. Please use either a doc file, text file or pdf. Please check feedback because if I cannot open your attachment I will let you know under feedback. These are not optional. Failure to do more than 2 assignments will result in failure of the course regardless of the number of points accumulated. 7. Case Study/Journal Article This is due a few weeks before the end of semester (check calendar and assignment dates). You are to find a medical journal article or medical case study and rewrite it in layman s terms. You must define at least 30 medical terms or abbreviations as you rewrite it. Highlight, underline or boldface all medical terms or abbreviations in the case or article. When you rewrite you will substitute the definitions for the highlighted terms. I will release this assignment in week 2 so that you have plenty of time to work on this. Do not wait until the last minute to start looking for a case to do. The instructions are clearly explained when you click on the assignment. I have provided web links to find a case or article. This assignment is worth 300 points. The due date is August 2 but I will accept submissions until the last day of class. Five points will be deducted for each day late. This is not an optional assignment and failure to do this assignment will result in failure of the course. GRADING POLICY 15 Quizzes (10 points each) 150 Discussion participation 160 Weekly assignments 160 Exams 400 Case Study/Journal Article 300 Total= 1170 A = % B = 80 89% C = 70 79% D = 60 69% F = below 60% = points = points = points = points = less than 702 points

6 WAYS TO FAIL THIS CLASS 1. Failure to achieve at least 702 points 2. Failure to take 2 or more quizzes 3. Failure to participate in 2 or more discussions 4. Failure to do 2 or more assignments 5. Failure to take an exam 6. Failure to do final case study/journal article assignment ATTENDANCE and WITHDRAWAL POLICY 1. Attendance in an online course means active participation in the class. You will be expected to log on at least 3-4 days per week. Students must check regularly for announcements (under NEWS) and events. Check the calendar for due dates. Attendance means doing required weekly discussions, quizzes and assignments. 2. Assignments and exam due dates are clearly posted on the course calendar within D2L. Exams, quizzes, assignments and discussions are scheduled with a 7 day window which provides the students sufficient time to arrange their schedule. It is best not to wait until the last day, last hour to take quizzes and exams. If you experience personal computer or problems, you are expected to find another computer to use and may use computers on any HACC campus. In other words, personal computer or problems are no excuse for failing to communicate or submit course work. Monday of each week (12:01 AM) all assignments, discussions and quizzes/exams are released for the Chapter/s assigned for that week. The deadline for completion is the following Sunday night at 11:59 PM. Deadlines are clearly marked on the calendar. 3. If you will not be logging into the course for an extended period of time, contact me to see what arrangements can be made to continue your active participation in the class. Repeated absence from logging into the course may result in faculty initiated withdrawal from the course, per AP If a student wishes to withdraw from this course, it is the student s responsibility to complete the necessary paperwork. Those students who do not complete the course, and have not withdrawn from the course or made some other arrangement with the instructor, will be assigned a failing grade. The instructor will grant the request for a withdrawal if the student has been attending the class in a manner consistent with the class attendance policy, has completed required graded material and has not been dishonest in completing the work. If the above requirements are not met, the student will receive a grade of F as per AP I intend to monitor student activities. Remember I can tell how often you log on and what you are doing when you are logged on.

7 ACADEMIC DISHONESTY Academic honesty is expected at all times of all students. College policy on academic dishonesty/plagiarism is fully described in the student handbook (AP 594) and will be followed. EVALUATION OF COURSE You will be requested to complete a student evaluation of this course. I will notify you when it is available for you to do. All evaluations are anonymous. They are used to improve online courses and online instruction. I encourage you to complete the evaluation when it is available. COLLEGE CLOSING Does not affect our class unless power outages or D2L site is down. STUDENTS IN NEED OF ACCOMMODATIONS: Students with disabilities who are in need of accommodations should contact the campus disability coordinator listed below. Coordinators for each campus are listed here: EEOC POLICY 005: It is the policy of Harrisburg Area Community College, in full accordance with the law, not to discriminate in employment, student admissions, and student services on the basis of race, color, religion, age, political affiliation or belief, gender, national origin, ancestry, disability, place of birth, General Education Development Certification (GED), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, genetic history/information, or any legally protected classification. HACC recognizes its responsibility to promote the principles of equal opportunity for employment, student admissions, and student services taking active steps to recruit minorities and women. The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act ( PHRAct ) prohibits discrimination against prospective and current students because of race, color, sex, religious creed, ancestry, national origin, handicap or disability, record of a handicap or disability, perceived handicap or disability, relationship or association with an individual with a handicap or disability, use of a guide or support animal, and/or handling or training of support or guide animals. The Pennsylvania Fair Educational Opportunities Act ( PFEOAct ) prohibits discrimination against prospective and current students because of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, sex, handicap or disability, record of a handicap or disability, perceived handicap or disability, and a relationship or association with an individual with a handicap or disability. Information about these laws may be obtained by visiting the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission website at

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