1 COURSE SYLLABUS FOR ALH A111 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Spring, 2010 2:30-5:40 pm Mondays CRN#: 30148 Orange Coast College, Science Hall INSTRUCTOR: Marjorie Willis Tele: (714) 432-5658 OFFICE: C & L, Room 100-A OFFICE HOURS: Monday 1:30-2:30 pm; Wednesday 2:00-3:00 pm and 3:00-4:00 pm via email Email: [email protected] Faculty Homepage: http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/mwillis STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME The student will be able to: Apply medical language including prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms along with symptomatic, therapeutic, diagnostic, operative and related diagnostic testing terms to the medical record and patient care. CLASS SCHEDULE DATE CLASS TOPIC/ACTIVITY ASSIGNMENT DUE FEB 1 Course Orientation (Chapters 1-2) Lecture: Medical Word Structure Prefixes Suffixes FEB 8 Combining Forms Practice 1 Quiz (Chapter 2) Lecture: Fields of Medical Practice (Chapter 3) *READ Chapters 1-3 FLASH CARDS FEB 15 HOLIDAY FEB 22 QUIZ#1: Basic Term Components (Chapter 2) Lecture: Medical Record Terms *READ Chapter 4 MAR 1 EXAM #1: Chapters 1-4 Medical Word Structures, Fields of Practice, Medical Record and Pharmacy Terms Lecture: none 1) Med Record 4.3, pages 104-106 MAR 8 Lecture: Integumentary Terms (Chapter 5) *READ Chapter 5 MAR 15 QUIZ # 2 Integumentary Terms (Chapter 5) Lecture: Musculoskeletal Terms (Chapter 6) 2) Med Record 5.4, pages 140-143 *READ Chapter 62 DATE CLASS TOPIC/ACTIVITY ASSIGNMENT DUE MAR 22 EXAM #2: Chapters 5-6 Integumentary and Musculoskeletal Systems Lecture: Cardiovascular Terms (Chapter 7) 3) Med Record 6.2 pages 187-189 *READ Chapters 7 MAR 29- APR 4 SPRING BREAK APR 5 QUIZ #3: Cardiovascular Terms (Chapter 7) Lecture: Blood, Lymph and Respiratory Terms (Chapters 8 and 9) 4) Med Record 7.3 pages 237-240 *READ Chapters 8 and 9 APR 12 EXAM #3: Chapters 7-9 Cardiovascular, Blood, Lymph and Respiratory Terms Lecture: none 5) Med Record 8.2, pages 265-268 6) Med Record 9.2 pages 298-302 APR 19 Lecture: Nervous System/Psychiatric Terms Endocrine System Terms (Chapters 10 and 11) *READ Chapter 10 *READ Chapter 11 APR 26 QUIZ #4: Nervous/Psychiatric, and Endocrine Terms (Chapters 10 and 11) Lecture: Eye and Ear Terms (Chapters 12 and 13) 7) Med Record 10.2, pages 349-353 *READ Chapter 12 *READ Chapter 13 MAY 3 EXAM #4: Chapters 10-13 Nervous, Psychiatric, Endocrine, Eye and Ear Terms Lecture: Gastrointestinal Terms (Chapter 14) 8) Med Record 12.2, pages 411-414 *READ Chapter 14 MAY 10 QUIZ #5: Gastrointestinal Terms (Chapter 14) Lecture: Urinary and Male Reproductive Terms (Chapters 15 and 16) 9) Med Record 14.2, pages 472-475 *READ Chapter 15 *READ Chapter 16 MAY 17 Lecture: Female Reproductive, Breast and Obstetrical Terms (Chapter 17) 10) Med Record 15.2, pages 505-508 *READ Chapter 17 MAY 24 EXAM 5: Chapters 14-17 Gastrointestinal, Urinary, Male, and Female Terms 11) Med Record 17.2, pages 573-576 * See Course Planner/Chapter Checklists for assignment details (starting on the 5th page of this document)3 REQUIRED TEXTS: Medical Terminology: The Language of Health Care, Marjorie Canfield Willis, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Second Edition, ISBN-10: 0-7817-4510-1, or ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-4510-9 Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing, Sixth Edition, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins ISBN: 978-0-7817-7618-9 [For students with limited funds: This dictionary is available for reference at the Reserve Desk in the OCC Library] GRADING: Your grade is based solely on the number of points you accumulate. Possible points are as follows: 5 EXAMS (multiple choice) (60 points each) 300 points 5 QUIZZES (fill-in) (12 points each) 60 points 11 MEDICAL RECORD ASSIGNMENTS (4 points each) 44 points Total 404 points Grades are based on: Grading scale for 60 point section exam: 90-100% = A 363 - 404 = A 54 - 60 = A 80-89% = B 323 - 362 = B 48 - 53 = B 70-79% = C 282 - 322 = C 42 - 47 = C 60-69% = D 242 - 281 = D 36 - 41 = D below 60% = F 241 & below F 35 & below F RULES: 1. YOU WILL BE ALLOWED TO MAKEUP ONE SECTION EXAM if you are absent at test time. Ten percentage points will be deducted from the makeup exam score regardless of the reason for your absence. THE MAKEUP EXAM WILL BE GIVEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FINAL EXAM AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER.4 2. THERE ARE NO MAKEUPS FOR CLASS QUIZZES—Miss the quiz, miss the points 3. Medical Record Homework Requirement: Record your answers to each question in the spaces provided in the text. Tear the pages of the completed assignment from the book or photocopy intact pages and staple together as necessary. Print your name and seat number in the upper right hand corner of the assignment and hand it in prior to class on the date due. 4. No medical record assignments will be accepted early or late. 5. Each section exam will include information covered in Chapters 1-4. You must sit for all section exams to receive credit for the course. It will be necessary for you to purchase five (5) ParSCORE TEST FORM scantrons (F-289-PAR-L) for testing purpose. They will be collected at the beginning of the second class meeting. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY/CHEATING: An incidence of cheating will be reported to the Dean of Students with a recommendation for disciplinary action consistent with the Academic Honesty Policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Examples of cheating are: 1. obtaining information from another student during an examination 2. communicating information to another student during an examination 3. knowingly allowing another student to copy one’s work 4. offering another person’s work as one’s own 5. taking an examination for another student or having someone take an exam for oneself 6. sharing answers for a collaborative project and take-home unless specifically authorized by the instructor 7. using unauthorized material during an examination 8. altering a graded examination or assignment and returning it for additional credit 9. having another person or company do research writing and/or writing of an assigned paper or report 10. misreporting or altering the data in laboratory or research projects Stay on target and have a great