RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY COURSE
Academic year 2015/2016
Head of Department: Prof. Ryszard Maciejewski, M.D., Ph.D.
Course Coordinator: Grzegorz Witkowski MSc.
Teaching staff:
Prof. Ryszard Maciejewski, M.D., Ph.D.
Karolina Załuska, MSc, Ph.D. student.
Chris Naylor MSc,
Jan Korulczyk MSc,
I. INTRODUCTION
The Medical Terminology course explains the basics of medical terms related to function,
disorders, diagnosis and treatment of the human body. The course forms a solid foundation
on for a health professional.
Students entering the course are expected to develop a mature approach to education and also
to assume responsibility for their own learning. Studying means not only attending scheduled
classes but most of all it means seeking for information and reading from textbooks prior to
attending lectures and lab sessions. Students who want successfully finish their medical
education should be prepared to work hard and learn how to efficiently manage their time.
Students are obligated to know Rules and Regulation of the
Human Anatomy Department before started the course.
During first class each student is obligated to sign the Rules
and Regulations paper confirming.
II. GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION
Medical Terminology Course is conducted for one semester and covers topics concerning
basic anatomy, physiology and pathology of the human body along with their clinical
correlations. The Course consists of 15 lab sessions (2 hours each = 30 didactic hours).
During every lab session students are required to take short quiz consisting of five multiple
choice test questions.
At the end of the course students will take the Final Exam.
III. COURSE COMPONENTS.
LAB SESSIONS
Topics according to the schedule and syllabus will be discussed during lab sessions. Each lab
session consists of the presentation prepared by the lecturer, discussion on the present topic
and the question panel. In order to be able to actively participate in the discussion and a
question panel students are obliged to come to classes prepared (prior reading is necessary).
Quizzes will be held at the end of every lab session
IV. ATTENDANCE AND BEHAVIOR POLICY
1. Students must attend all lab sessions.
2. Students should come to lab sessions prepared and on-time. Students MUST participate in
labs and lectures in an active way. Students late more than 10 minutes for the class are not
allowed to enter class room (being late of more than ten minutes equals unjustified
absenteeism).
3. In case of an absence during a lab session the student is obligated to certify his/her
absence by the medical excuse certified by the Dean’s Office. To be accepted the medical
excuse must confirm illness longer than 3 days.
4. The medical excuse must be provided by certified general practitioner: public clinic
Langiewicza St. no. 6 (registration number 81 524 78 20). Only such excuse will be
accepted.
4. If the student is absent due to hospital admission his/her absenteeism has to be reported to
the course coordinator within 3 working days and proved with the hospital excuse note
6. All excuse notes must be submitted in Grzegorz Witkowski’s office within the week
following the absence, in electronic way to the email: student@imul.pl subject Medical
Terminology.
7. Failure to obey attendance policy may result in the student not being allowed to take
the final exam. Only one unjustified absenteeism or two justified absenteeisms are
allowed.
8. Students must participate in lab sessions according to the schedule; any changes have to
be discussed with the course coordinator.
9. Students are obliged to be prepared for the classes and actively participate in the
discussion.
10. During all tests answers to test questions must be written with pens (not pencils). Correct
answers must be marked with ‘X’ on the answer sheet and the letter indicating the correct
answer must be placed in the grey box of the answer sheet. No corrections are allowed in the
grey box. Answer sheets filled out in any other different way will not be taken under
consideration and will not be checked. Cheating on quizzes will result in gaining no points
for these tests and referral to faculty and administration officials. Cheating on final exam will
result in failing the course and referral to administration.
11. Students must wear lab coats and lab shoes during every lab session and every time they
enter Human Anatomy Department. Students who are not fulfilling these requirements are
not allowed to participate in the lab sessions.
12. Coats and regular shoes must be left in the cloakroom.
13. The use of mobile phones or any kind of electronic equipment is forbidden during lab
sessions, lectures and tests.
14. Any form of photography or sound recording (including conventional or digital cameras,
video recording or mobile phone cameras) within the Human Anatomy Department is
expressly forbidden
15. Polish law regulations in terms of Copyrights are applicable.
16. Eating and drinking is NOT permitted in the Human Anatomy Department.
17. Smoking in the area of the Human Anatomy Department is strictly prohibited.
18. Professional Behavior. Students joining medical school are expected to abide by the
norms of professional behavior, which is characterized by following attributes:
a. honesty, punctuality and appropriate clothing
b. acknowledging sources of information, avoiding pirating and plagiarism
c. respecting other people’s individuality, rights and property
d. responsibility for own deeds and academic commitments
e. ability to communicate clearly and provide full information when asked to do so during
lab sessions and tests.
19. All the communication with the department of Human Anatomy must be addressed to
student@imul.pl subject: Medical Terminology.
20. Every lab session students are obliged to take short quizzes:
a. quizzes consist of 5 multiple-choice questions (students obtain 1 point for one correctly
answered question).
b. during semester students have an opportunity to obtain maximum 70 points.
21. Presence at the quizzes is obligatory. Students who are not present at partial tests have no
opportunity to take them at the other term - the only exceptions regard absence justified by
medical excuse note. In these cases students have opportunity to take the quiz during the
following classes (first classes they are present). If the quiz is not taken then, the student is
given zero points for the missed quiz. The student is obligated to remind the teaching
assistant about the missing quiz he/she would like to take.
V. REQUIREMENTS FOR PASSING THE COURSE
1. In order to complete the course students have to: obey attendance and behavior policy;
obtain at least 50 % of total amount of points from quizzes and pass final examination.
2. Final examination’s grading scale:
Less than 60 % 2,0 (fail)
60 – 70 % 3,0 (pass)
71 – 79 % 3,5 (satisfactory)
80 – 84 % 4,0 (good)
85 – 89 % 4,5
90% - 100 % 5,0 (very
good)
3. There is a "Guide" provided. It presents the structure of quizzes and final exam and what
are the minimal requirements to pass the course as well as what is needed to obtain better
grade after the course.
4. At the end of the course, before the final exam, students are obligated to prepare scenes in
which they should prove their ability to use the medical terminology in everyday practice.
Examples of such scenes are presented in the "Guide". It also proposes clues how to prepare
other scenes, but students are encouraged to prepare their own scenes with the words and
terms their learnt during the Course.
VI. FINAL EXAM
1. Final exam takes place in the Collegium Anatomicum in June 13 th 2016 at 03:00pm. The
date of final exam is not to be changed. Students who do not attend final exam obtain
‘Fail’ score and have to take the exam during retake session. The only exception regards
absence justified by medical excuse note. In such cases a date will be individually assigned
for the student by the Head of the Course.
2. To be allowed to take the Final Exam in Medical Terminology student must have not less
than 50% of total amounts of course points and obtain a positive evaluation from the Human
Anatomy Department Faculty Council Meeting. List of students who pass the course and can
take the final exam will be posted after final evaluation of the student’s achievements which
will take place during Human Anatomy Department Faculty Council Meeting.
3. To enter final exam session students must identify themselves with the students’ IDs
(or any ID with full name and photo).
4. Final exam consist of 50 multiple choice questions, during which students can obtain
maximum of 50 points (students obtain one point for one correctly answered question).
According to the "Guide" there are 30 questions considering "Basic Knowledge", 10
questions considering "Advanced Knowledge", 10 questions considering "Expert
Knowledge".
5. Students have 50 minutes to answer examination questions.
6. To pass final exam students have to answer at least 60% of questions correctly and thus
obtain at least 30 points.
7. In case of not passing final examination student has a possibility to retake the exam in
February:
1st retake(test): September 2nd,2016 at 09.00am
2nd retake(test) September 09th, 2016 at 09.00am
Dates of the final exam retakes are not to be changed, and there will be no exceptions made.
Students who do not attend final exam retakes on given dates obtain ‘Fail’ score. The only
exception regards absence justified by medical excuse note. In such cases a date will be
individually assigned for the student by the Head of the Course. Final evaluation of the
Anatomy course and exams for all students will be announced after the Human Anatomy
Department Faculty Council Meeting.
All the suggestions, comments and requests MUST be addressed to the course coordinator at
student@imul.pl with ‘Medical Terminology’ in the title. No other form of communication
has legal value.
8. In order to view your final exam results online STUDENTS MUST COMPLETE A
COURSE EVALUTION. If the student does not fill out the course evaluation that student’s
results will not be posted on imul.pl website.
You declare, that You agree to have your personal image, if it's necessary, processed for
examination process
The reference book: Medical Terminology an illustrated guide, by Barbara Cohen
The "Guide" is available on-line: www.imul.pl