COURSE SYLLABUSFOR

ALH A111 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Fall, 2009 1:00-4:10 pm Mondays CRN#: 20159Orange Coast College, Science Lecture 102

INSTRUCTOR: Marjorie Willis Tele: (714) 432-5658OFFICE: C & L, Room 100-A OFFICE HOURS: Monday 12:00-1:00 pm; Wednesday 2:00-4:00 pm

Email: mwillis@occ.cccd.eduFaculty 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 DUEAUG 31 Course Orientation (Chapters 1-2)

Lecture: Medical Word StructurePrefixesSuffixes

SEP 7 HOLIDAY

SEP 14 Combining FormsPractice 1 Quiz (Chapter 2)Lecture: Fields of Medical Practice (Chapter 3)

*READ Chapters 1-3FLASH CARDS

SEP 21 QUIZ#1: Basic Term Components (Chapter 2)Lecture: Medical Record Terms

*READ Chapter 4

SEP 28 EXAM #1: Chapters 1-4Medical Word Structures, Fields of Practice, Medical Record and Pharmacy TermsLecture: Integumentary Terms (Chapter 5)

1) Med Record 4.3, pages 104-106

*READ Chapter 5

OCT 5 QUIZ # 2 Integumentary Terms (Chapter 5)

Lecture: Musculoskeletal Terms (Chapter 6)

2) Med Record 5.4, pages 140-143*READ Chapter 6

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DATE CLASS TOPIC/ACTIVITY ASSIGNMENT DUE

OCT 12 EXAM #2: Chapters 5-6Integumentary and Musculoskeletal Systems Lecture: Cardiovascular Terms (Chapter 7)

3) Med Record 6.2 pages 187-189*READ Chapters 7

OCT 19 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

OCT 26 EXAM #3: Chapters 7-9Cardiovascular, Blood, Lymph and Respiratory TermsLecture: none

5) Med Record 8.2, pages 265-268

6) Med Record 9.2 pages 298-302

NOV 2 Lecture: Nervous System/Psychiatric TermsEndocrine System Terms (Chapters 10 and 11)

*READ Chapter 10*READ Chapter 11

NOV 9 NO CLASS MEETING

NOV 16 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

NOV 23 EXAM #4: Chapters 10-13Nervous, Psychiatric, Endocrine, Eye and Ear Terms

Lecture: Gastrointestinal Terms (Chapter 14)

8) Med Record 12.2, pages 411-414

*READ Chapter 14

NOV 30 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

DEC 7 Lecture: Female Reproductive, Breast and Obstetrical Terms (Chapter 17)

10) Med Record 15.2, pages 505-508

*READ Chapter 17DEC 14 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 5 th

page of this document)

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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, Fifth Edition, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, ISBN-10: 0-7817-4426-1, or ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-4426-3

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 points5 QUIZZES (fill-in) (12 points each) 60 points11 MEDICAL RECORD ASSIGNMENTS (4 points each) 44 points

Total 404 pointsGrades are based on:

Grading scale for 60 point section exam:90-100% = A 363 - 404 = A 54 - 60 = A80-89% = B 323 - 362 = B 48 - 53 = B70-79% = C 282 - 322 = C 42 - 47 = C60-69% = D 242 - 281 = D 36 - 41 = Dbelow 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.

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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 examination2. communicating information to another student during an examination3. knowingly allowing another student to copy one’s work4. offering another person’s work as one’s own5. taking an examination for another student or having someone take an exam for

oneself6. sharing answers for a collaborative project and take-home unless specifically

authorized by the instructor7. using unauthorized material during an examination8. altering a graded examination or assignment and returning it for additional credit9. having another person or company do research writing and/or writing of an

assigned paper or report10. misreporting or altering the data in laboratory or research projects

Stay on target and have a great semester!!

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AlH 111 Medical Terminology Course Planner

Chapter/Assignment Checklists

Put a check in the space provided once a task has been completed.

Chapter 1 Checklist1 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 Self-Study CD-ROM.

Chapter 2 Checklist1 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 the Self-Study CD-ROM.

QUIZ 1: Fill-in quiz covering Chapter 2 Date: ___________

Chapter 3 Checklist1 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 the Self-Study CD-ROM.

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Chapter 4 Checklist1 Read Chapter 4, The Medical Record.

2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 4 (pages 97-101), as well as Medical Record 4.1 (page 102), and Medical Record 4.2 (page 103).

3 Complete Medical Record 4.3 (pages 104-106). Submit for grading before class on ______________.

4 Review the exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 4 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

SECTION EXAM 1: Multiple choice test covering Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4.Date: ___________

Chapter 5 Checklist1 Read Chapter 5, Integumentary System.

2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 5 (pages 125-133), as well as Medical Record 5.1 (page 134) and Medical Record 5.2 (page 135).

3 Complete Medical Record 5.4 (pages 140-143). Submit for grading before class on ______________.

4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 5 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

QUIZ 2: Fill-in quiz covering Chapter 5 Date: ___________

Chapter 6 Checklist1 Read Chapter 6, Musculoskeletal System.

2 Complete practice exercises at the end of Chapter 6 (pages 172-181) and Medical Records 6.1 (page 187).

3 Complete Medical Record 6.2 (pages 187-189). Submit for grading before class on ______________.

4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 6 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

SECTION EXAM 2: Multiple choice test covering Chapters 2, 4, 5 and 6Date: ___________

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Chapter 7 Checklist1 Read Chapter 7, Cardiovascular System.

2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 7 (pages 222-228) as well as Medical Record 7.1 (page 229).

3 Complete Medical Record 7.3 (pages 237-240). Submit for grading before class on ______________.

4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 7 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

QUIZ 3: Fill-in quiz covering Chapter 7 Date: ___________

Chapter 8 Checklist1 Read Chapter 8, Blood and Lymph Systems.

2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 8 (pages 256-263) as well as Medical Record 8.1 (page 264).

3 Complete Medical Record 8.2 (pages 265-268). Submit for grading before class on ______________.

4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 8 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

Chapter 9 Checklist1 Read Chapter 9, Respiratory System.

2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 9 (pages 269-296) as well as Medical Record 9.1 (page 397).

3 Complete Medical Record 9.2 (pages 298-302). Submit for grading before class on ______________.

4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 9 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

SECTION EXAM 3: Multiple choice test covering Chapters 2, 4, 7, 8, and 9Date: ___________

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Chapter 10 Checklist1 Read Chapter 10, Nervous System.

2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 10 (pages 338-346) as well as Medical Record 10.1 (pages 347-348).

3 Complete Medical Record 10.2 (pages 349-353). Submit for grading before class on ______________.

4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 10 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

Chapter 11 Checklist1 Read Chapter 11, Endocrine System.

2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 11 (pages 372-377) as well as Medical Record 11.1 (page 378).

3 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 11 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

QUIZ 4: Fill-in quiz covering Chapters 10 and 11 Date: ___________

Chapter 12 Checklist1 Read Chapter 12, Eye.

2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 12 (pages 403-408) as well as Medical Record 12.1 (pages 409-410).

3 Complete Medical Record 12.2 (pages 411-414). Submit for grading before class on ______________.

4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 12 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

Chapter 13 Checklist1 Read Chapter 13, Ear.

2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 13 (pages 426-429) as well as Medical Record 13.1 (page 430).

3 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 13 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

SECTION EXAM 4: Multiple choice test covering Chapters 2, 4, 10, 11, 12, and 13 Date: ___________

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Chapter 14 Checklist1 Read Chapter 14, Gastrointestinal System.

2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 14 (pages 462-470) as well as Medical Record 14.1 (page 471).

3 Complete Medical Record 14.2 (pages 472-475). Submit for grading before class on ______________.

4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 14 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

QUIZ 5: Fill-in quiz covering Chapter 14 Date: ___________

Chapter 15 Checklist1 Read Chapter 15, Urinary System.

2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 15 (pages 462-470) as well as Medical Record 15.1 (page 504).

3 Complete Medical Record 15.2 (pages 505-508). Submit for grading before class on ______________.

4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 15 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

Chapter 16 Checklist1 Read Chapter 16, Male Reproductive System.

2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 16 (pages 462-470) as well as Medical Record 16.1 (page 527).

3 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 16 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

Chapter 17 Checklist1 Read Chapter 17, Female Reproductive System.

2 Complete the practice exercises at the end of Chapter 17 (pages 564-571) as well as Medical Record 17.1 (page 572).

3 Complete Medical Record 17.2 (pages 573-576). Submit for grading before class on ______________.

4 Review exercises and quiz sections related to Chapter 17 of the Self-Study CD-ROM.

FINAL CLASS MEETINGSECTION EXAM 5: Multiple choice test covering Chapters 2, 4, 14, 15, 16, and 17 Date: ___________

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