Syllabus MEDA 110
Course Name:
Academic
Term:
Human Body in Health
and Disease I
Fall
General Information
Instructor: Shirley Mohsenian RN, BSN
Phone:
509-574-4847
E-mail:
Course
Number:
Year:
Office:
Office
Hours:
MEDA 110
2014
Lyon Hall Rm 124
M - Th 9:00 - 10:00AM
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Course Information
To access our class, go to
Class
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Day/Time:
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access items:
User name: Student ID (SID)
Password: Student PIN (assigned at
time of registration, preset to 6-digit
birthdate) (If a student changes their PIN
they must go to registration for a reset. )
Room: Credits:
Via
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Internet
CANVAS Learning Management System
(LMS) works best with Google Chrome
or Mozilla Firefox browsers. CANVAS
discourages the use of Internet Explorer
as some functionality will be lost.
After you sign into Canvas, at the top of
the page you will see Courses. Use the
drop down arrow to the right of Courses
and select HUMAN BDY:HLTH/DISEAS-I
to access the AH 110 course.
Textbooks:
Required: This book bundle must be purchased at the WWCC bookstore.
The package the publisher has provided for us has an extended access to
the e-learning materials. Purchasing the book elsewhere will include only a
16 week e-learning access and an additional access will need to be
purchased during the following MEDA 120 quarter.
Title:
Anatomy, Physiology, & Disease: Foundation for the
Health Professions
Authors: Deborah Roiger; Nia Bullock
Publisher: McGraw- Hill
ISBN:
E-book bundle only: 9781259155994
Bundle with Hard Copy Book: 9781259156694
Prerequisites Courses: None
Attendance Policy
This course is taught entirely over the Internet. Students are required to log in the course and
complete assignments for each unit. It is advisable to check the website frequently for any
changes or additions. Students may access the website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The
weekly topics change Wednesday and while the lectures and assessments will remain visible for
study purposes, the old unit assignments and assessments will no longer be available for credit.
Students are responsible for obtaining the information they may have missed if they do not
access the website during the week it is posted.
Late Assignments/Make-up Policy
No due date extensions for assignments, quizzes and exams will be given, without exception.
To accommodate illness prohibiting the student to come to campus for proctored exams, the
lowest exam score will be dropped.
If you fail to submit an item by the due date, that item will earn a 0%. If an exam is missed, it
will be considered your lowest grade and dropped. Any other items in any grading category not
submitted by the due date will earn a 0%. If it is an assignment requiring work product, you will
still need to complete it to pass the course.
Please Note: As professional behaviors are required of all allied health employees, I try to instill
professional behaviors in all my classes. Being on time is an important professional behavior. No
late assignments will be accepted. Late assignments will receive a 0% for a grade.
Course Description
This course is an integration of basic structures and functions of the human body with disease
processes that can affect body systems. This is the first of two Human Body in Health and Illness
classes. It includes an introduction to cellular function as well as the anatomy and physiology of
the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, sensory, and digestive systems. Included are the
diagnostic tests, treatments, and possible prognoses for common disease processes that can affect
each of these systems.
Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will:
• Identify the structure and define the life functions of each component of a typical cell and the
integumentary, skeletal, muscular, sensory, and digestive systems.
• Discuss common disease processes, diagnostic procedures, and treatments and prognoses for
each of the above body systems.
Course Objectives
During the course the student will:
1. Identify the structural order of the body.
2. Identify and use the correct terms referring to planes, location, direction and sections of
the body.
3. Define homeostasis and discuss the implication of failure to maintain homeostasis in the
development of pathology.
4. Identify and define the structure and components of a typical cell, and relate the function
of the cell to the function of the body.
5. For the following body systems:
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Identify the major organs and describe the structure and normal function of each system.
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Identify common disease processes and their treatments.
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Compare the structure and function of each system across the human life span.
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Integumentary
Skeleton
Muscles
Central Nervous System
Peripheral Nervous System
Sensory Receptors (Eye, Ear, Nose)
Digestive System
6. Describe the nutritional components essential to homeostasis.
Research select disease processes affecting the integumentary, muscular, skeletal,
nervous, sensory and/or digestive systems, including signs and symptoms, treatments and
prognoses of illnesses.
Written Assignment Grading
All students in the course will be held to college level writing skills. Grading rubrics will be used for
written assignment grading, including reports, discussion forum interactions and essay questions
on exams.
Evaluation and Grading Policy
1. Completion of ALL assignments and examinations by the assigned due date.
Homework/
A final course grade of 72%, a C, or better is required to participate in the
Assignment/
externship or clinical at the end of the student’s course of study.
Completion
2.
Requirements
80%
Exams
Examinations
6 Examinations and 1 Final Examination: Grades will be calculated using the
six highest exam grades.
Examinations will be completed on the course website, but must be
proctored in a college computer lab or with a pre-approved proctor.
Please see the Computer Lab section of the syllabus for the computer lab
schedule and proctor request forms.
Exams must be completed by the assigned due date. Students will not be
allowed to make up an exam or quiz. Additional information will be
provided in each lesson’s Assignment Checklist.
There will be seven proctored, closed book exams for a total of 6 content
exams and 1 final exam. The final exam will be comprehensive, assessing
mastery of all quarterly course material. Students who have scored a
cumulative exam grade of 72% or higher after the first 6 content exams will
not be required to complete the final exam. All students who have a
cumulative exam grade of lower than a 72% after the first 6 content exams,
or have missed completing a content exam, will be required to complete the
final exam to demonstrate course content mastery.
Exams account for 80% of your grade in this course. Six content exams and
one final exam are offered during the quarter, 7 total exams. The total exam
grade will be calculated using the highest 6 exam scores. The lowest of the 7
possible exam scores will be dropped. Students who have scored 72% or
above on the first 6 content exams are not required to complete the final
exam but may elect to complete the final exam and substitute that grade for
a content exam grade, if the grade is higher.
If you should miss any of the exams for ANY reason, including illness, that
score, a 0%, will be considered to be your lowest score will be the exam
score that is dropped. Students who miss completing any of the first six
content exams are required to complete the final exam regardless of the
cumulative exam grade, to demonstrate mastery of the content in assessed in
that exam.
Study Quizzes and Weekly Quizzes and Discussion Forum Assignments; Written
Discussion
Assignments
Forums/ Written
Assignments
10% for each Category:
Quizzes
The quizzes in this course are considered to be study tools. Quizzes will be
open book and may be taken an unlimited amount of times to maximize
your grade. You are encouraged to take the first quiz early in the assigned
week to help guide your study. Taking the quiz attempts at least 24 hours
apart with study in between the attempts will maximize their usefulness in
assisting you to master the competencies.
Although quizzes in this course are open book, they must be
completed independently. Students may NOT work together to complete
quizzes. Collaborating with another student or students on a quiz will be
considered cheating and subject to the ethical standards violations policies
listed in student program handbooks.
Total
Discussion Forums and Written Assignments
Each of these assignments must be completed according to the directions
for each assignment by the assignment due date. Late work will not be
accepted. Grades will be assigned using the appropriate rubic in the
assignment.
100%
Percentage / Grade Requirements
A 94 -100%
B+ 88 - 89%
A - 90 - 93%
B 82 - 87%
B- 80 - 81%
C+ 78 - 79%
C 72 - 77%
C- 70 - 71%
D 64 - 69%
F 63% Or lower
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is stealing and will not be tolerated. Submitting any work written by another person,
published or not, and claiming it as your own, is considered plagiarism. The first incidence of
plagiarism by a student in Medical Assisting Program courses will result in notification by the
instructor of the course where the plagiarism occurs, and the student will receive a "0" for that
assignment. A copy of the plagiarized assignment will be placed in the student’s Medical
Assisting Program file. Any subsequent incidence of plagiarism by that student in ANY Medical
Assisting course will result in failure of that course and ineligibility to continue.
Honesty and Integrity
Health care professions require a high degree of honesty and integrity. Students are expected to
conduct themselves in the classroom as they would in the place of employment. Because
knowledge gained in the classroom, lab, or externship directly impacts the student’s future
ability to safely provide patient care, all breaches of ethical behavior are considered extremely
serious. Violations of ethical standards may result in immediate dismissal from the program.
Students shall:
1. complete all examinations using only their own knowledge. Students shall not refer to others’
answers, other students, old examinations, class notes, or other references while completing
the examination unless specifically permitted by the instructor.
2. use their own knowledge to write papers or compile research information. They shall not
plagiarize, quote, or copy other work without giving proper recognition as stated in a
standard manual on style.
3. be accurate and truthful in all verbal communications.
4. respect the opinions of faculty and other students, even when they are not in agreement.
Students shall demonstrate self-control and speak professionally at all times.
5. use language that is respectful to others. The student shall not use profanity.
Professionalism
The professional behaviors of personal hygiene, timeliness, professional judgment, interpersonal
skills, and teamwork may be as important in determining whether a student will be a good health
care professional as academic and clinical abilities. Health care professionals must have the
ability to interact well with other members of the health care team. Students who are unable to
satisfactorily address these basic professional issues, either in the class or in their interactions
with other Medical Assisting students, staff and faculty , may be unable to complete this course
as well as their chosen program of study.
TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE
Fall 2014
Week Date
Topic
Assignments
1
Sept 22 - 30
Unit 1: The Basics and
Introduction Discussion Forum
Introduction to Body
Connect Assignments
Structure and Organization Quizzes 1 and 2
Exam 1
Unit: Pathology and The
Connect Assignments
Integumentay System
Quiz 3 and 4
Exam 2
2/3
Oct 1 - 14
4/5
Oct 15 - 28
Unit 3:
System
6/7
Oct 29 – Nov 11
Unit 4: The Muscular
System
8
Nov 12 - 21
9
Nov 22 – Dec 5
Final
Exam
Dec 9
The
Skeletal Connect Assignments
Quiz 5
Exam 3
Connect Assignments
Quiz 6
Exam 4
Unit 5: The Nervous
Connect Assignments
System and Special Senses Quiz 7
Exam 5
Unit 6: The Digestive
System
Connect Assignments
Quiz 8
Exam 6
Comprehensive Final Exam
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
WWCC complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
of 1990 as amended in 2008. Information regarding student accommodations may be obtained by
contacting Claudia Angus, Coordinator of Disability Support Services, Walla Walla Community College,
500 Tausick Way, Walla Walla, WA 99362. Walla Walla campus: 509.527.4262, TDD 509.527.4412,
claudia.angus@www.wwcc.edu; or Carol Bennett, Clarkston campus: 509.758.1718, TDD 509.758.1714,
carol.bennett@www.wwcc.edu.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Walla Walla Community College District No. 20 (WWCC) is committed to provide equal opportunity and
nondiscrimination for all educational and employment applicants as well as for its students and
employed staff, without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, including
gender expression/identity, genetic information, marital status, age (over 40), the presence of any
sensory, mental, or physical disability, the use of trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a
disability, or status as a Vietnam and/or disabled veteran, National Guard member or reservist in
accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Federal
Rehabilitation of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and any other applicable Federal and
Washington State laws against discrimination. Overall Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity program
responsibility is assigned to Sherry Hartford, Human Resources Director (509)527-4382. The College’s
Title IX and Section 504 Officer is Wendy Samitore, (509)527-4300.