COURSE SYLLABUS FOR ALH A111 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY. Spring, :30-5:40 pm Mondays CRN#: Orange Coast College, Science Hall

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1 COURSE SYLLABUS FOR ALH A111 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Spring, :30-5:40 pm Mondays CRN#: Orange Coast College, Science Hall INSTRUCTOR: Marjorie Willis Tele: (714) 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 mwillis@occ.cccd.edu Faculty Homepage: 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) FEB 15 HOLIDAY *READ Chapters 1-3 FLASH CARDS FEB 22 QUIZ#1: Basic Term Components (Chapter 2) *READ Chapter 4 Lecture: Medical Record Terms MAR 1 EXAM #1: Chapters 1-4 Medical Word Structures, Fields of Practice, 1) Med Record 4.3, pages Medical Record and Pharmacy Terms Lecture: none 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 *READ Chapter 6 1

2 DATE CLASS TOPIC/ACTIVITY ASSIGNMENT DUE MAR 22 EXAM #2: Chapters 5-6 Integumentary and Musculoskeletal Systems Lecture: Cardiovascular Terms (Chapter 7) MAR 29- SPRING BREAK APR 4 APR 5 QUIZ #3: Cardiovascular Terms (Chapter 7) Lecture: Blood, Lymph and Respiratory Terms (Chapters 8 and 9) APR 12 EXAM #3: Chapters 7-9 Cardiovascular, Blood, Lymph and Respiratory Terms Lecture: none 3) Med Record 6.2 pages *READ Chapters 7 4) Med Record 7.3 pages *READ Chapters 8 and 9 5) Med Record 8.2, pages ) Med Record 9.2 pages 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) 7) Med Record 10.2, pages Lecture: Eye and Ear Terms (Chapters 12 and 13) MAY 3 EXAM #4: Chapters Nervous, Psychiatric, Endocrine, Eye and Ear Terms Lecture: Gastrointestinal Terms (Chapter 14) MAY 10 QUIZ #5: Gastrointestinal Terms (Chapter 14) Lecture: Urinary and Male Reproductive Terms (Chapters 15 and 16) *READ Chapter 12 *READ Chapter 13 8) Med Record 12.2, pages *READ Chapter 14 9) Med Record 14.2, pages *READ Chapter 15 *READ Chapter 16 MAY 17 Lecture: Female Reproductive, Breast and Obstetrical Terms (Chapter 17) 10) Med Record 15.2, pages MAY 24 EXAM 5: Chapters Gastrointestinal, Urinary, Male, and Female Terms *READ Chapter 17 11) Med Record 17.2, pages * See Course Planner/Chapter Checklists for assignment details (starting on the 5 th page of this document) 2

3 REQUIRED TEXTS: Medical Terminology: The Language of Health Care, Marjorie Canfield Willis, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Second Edition, ISBN-10: , or ISBN-13: Stedman s Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing, Sixth Edition, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins ISBN: [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: % = A = A = A 80-89% = B = B = B 70-79% = C = C = C 60-69% = D = D = 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. 3

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 semester!! 4

5 Chapter/Assignment Checklists AlH A111 Medical Terminology Course Planner Put a check in the space provided once a task has been completed. Chapter 1 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 1, Building a Medical Vocabulary: Getting Started. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 1 (pages 7-8). 3 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 1 of the Chapter 2 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 2, Basic Term Components. 2 Prepare handwritten flash cards for prefixes (pages 20-22), suffixes (pages 25-29), and combining forms (pages 23-25) as directed in Chapter 1. Bring to class on. 3 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 2 (pages 30-37). 4 Review interactive exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 2 of QUIZ 1: Fill-in quiz covering Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 3, Fields of Medical Practice. 2 Complete practice exercises at the end of Chapter 3 (pages 50-53). 3 Review the exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 3 of 5

6 Chapter 4 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 4, The Medical Record. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 4 (pages ), as well as Medical Record 4.1 (page 102), and Medical Record 4.2 (page 103). 3 Complete Medical Record 4.3 (pages ). Submit for 4 Review the exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 4 of SECTION EXAM 1: Multiple choice test covering Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4. Chapter 5 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 5, Integumentary System. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 5 (pages ), as well as Medical Record 5.1 (page 134) and Medical Record 5.2 (page 135). 3 Complete Medical Record 5.4 (pages ). Submit for 4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 5 of the QUIZ 2: Fill-in quiz covering Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 6, Musculoskeletal System. 2 Complete practice exercises at the end of Chapter 6 (pages ) and Medical Records 6.1 (page 187). 3 Complete Medical Record 6.2 (pages ). Submit for 4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 6 of the SECTION EXAM 2: Multiple choice test covering Chapters 2, 4, 5 and 6 6

7 Chapter 7 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 7, Cardiovascular System. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 7 (pages ) as well as Medical Record 7.1 (page 229). 3 Complete Medical Record 7.3 (pages ). Submit for 4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 7 of the QUIZ 3: Fill-in quiz covering Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 8, Blood and Lymph Systems. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 8 (pages ) as well as Medical Record 8.1 (page 264). 3 Complete Medical Record 8.2 (pages ). Submit for 4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 8 of the Chapter 9 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 9, Respiratory System. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 9 (pages ) as well as Medical Record 9.1 (page 397). 3 Complete Medical Record 9.2 (pages ). Submit for 4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 9 of the SECTION EXAM 3: Multiple choice test covering Chapters 2, 4, 7, 8, and 9 7

8 Chapter 10 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 10, Nervous System. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 10 (pages ) as well as Medical Record 10.1 (pages ). 3 Complete Medical Record 10.2 (pages ). Submit for 4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 10 of Chapter 11 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 11, Endocrine System. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 11 (pages ) as well as Medical Record 11.1 (page 378). 3 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 11 of QUIZ 4: Fill-in quiz covering Chapters 10 and 11 Chapter 12 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 12, Eye. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 12 (pages ) as well as Medical Record 12.1 (pages ). 3 Complete Medical Record 12.2 (pages ). Submit for 4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 12 of Chapter 13 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 13, Ear. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 13 (pages ) as well as Medical Record 13.1 (page 430). 3 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 13 of SECTION EXAM 4: Multiple choice test covering Chapters 2, 4, 10, 11, 12, and 13 8

9 Chapter 14 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 14, Gastrointestinal System. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 14 (pages ) as well as Medical Record 14.1 (page 471). 3 Complete Medical Record 14.2 (pages ). Submit for 4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 14 of QUIZ 5: Fill-in quiz covering Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 15, Urinary System. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 15 (pages ) as well as Medical Record 15.1 (page 504). 3 Complete Medical Record 15.2 (pages ). Submit for 4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 15 of Chapter 16 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 16, Male Reproductive System. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 16 (pages ) as well as Medical Record 16.1 (page 527). 3 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 16 of Chapter 17 Checklist 1 Read Chapter 17, Female Reproductive System. 2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 17 (pages ) as well as Medical Record 17.1 (page 572). 3 Complete Medical Record 17.2 (pages ). Submit for 4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 17 of FINAL CLASS MEETING SECTION EXAM 5: Multiple choice test covering Chapters 2, 4, 14, 15, 16, and 17 9