Medical Terminology Syllabus Region 2 Professional-Technical Academy 2015-2016 Course Title: Medical Terminology Credit Hours: 1 High School Credit (Technical Competency Credits may be obtained through LCSC – contact the counselor at your school) Instructor Contact: Sheri Daly, R.N. POB 540 Cottonwood, ID. 83522 Email: daly@sd242.org Office: 208.962.3901 Ext 114 Fax: 866.525.1480 Text and Other Materials: Essentials of Medical Terminology, 3rd Ed. by Juanita Davies Assignments (Located in the blackboard course in “assignments”) Chapter activities (located in the blackboard course in “chapter activities”) Prerequisites: 1. Completion of Introduction to Health Occupations or Fundamentals for Health Professions (FHP) online course with a final grade of 80% or better. 2. Online courses require students to be independent learners and to have good reading skills, time management and good basic computer skills. Course Description: A self-instructed, self paced computer-assisted course providing methods to learn spelling, pronunciation and terminology unique to the medical environment and specific to each of the body systems. Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to: Identify the organs and structures of the body systems. Explain the main function of the body systems. Define the word roots and combining forms used to describe the organs and structures. Define suffixes and prefixes in medical words. Build and analyze medical words. Understand the meaning of new medical words by defining the elements. Use medical terminology and abbreviations correctly. Pronounce and spell medical terms Topics of Study: 1. Medical Terms Rules, Roots, Suffixes & Prefixes, Body Organization 2. Integumentary System Region 2 Professional-Technical Academy Updated 5-6-2015 S. Daly Page 1 3. Skeletal System 4. Muscular System 5. Nervous System 6. Eyes and Ears 7. Endocrine System 8. Cardiovascular System 9. Blood, Immune and Lymphatic Systems 10. Respiratory System 11. Digestive System 12. Urinary and Male Reproductive System 13. Female Reproductive System and Obstetrics Course Requirements: ONLINE ASSIGNMENTS: Each chapter will have an online assignment. The assignments are located in the “Assessments” section of the course and must be submitted for grading before taking the quiz for the corresponding chapter. QUIZZES, MONITORED & FINAL EXAMS: Complete unit quizzes, monitored and final exams online. There are monitored exams which you need to schedule with your counselor/proctor to take by the due date listed on the course calendar. You are NOT allowed to have any materials with you during the monitored exams (including but not limited to: textbooks, notes, other websites cannot be open, IPOD’s, cell phones, mp3 players, etc.) You will be provided with a blank sheet of paper and a pen/pencil when you arrive for the exam. Quizzes and monitored exams must be passed with an 80% in order for the next quiz to become available. Final course exam must be passed with at least a 80% in order to take a clinical course with Region 2 Professional-Technical Academy. You may retake any of the quizzes or monitored exams until you have mastered the 80% required. However make sure to plan accordingly and give enough time to pass each by the due date listed on the course calendar. Retakes of the midterm and final exam must be scheduled with your counselor/proctor. Grading: It is very important to me that you succeed in this course. You need to stay on schedule with the course so that you are not trying to complete all of the work at the end of the semester. If you need an extension on an assignment, you need to contact me for prior approval. The following is the course grading scale. A 90 – 100% B 80 – 89% C 70 – 79 D 60 – 69 F Below 60 Academic Honesty: Academic honesty mandates the use of one’s own thoughts and materials in writing papers, taking of tests, or completing other classroom or shop/lab related activities. Students who aid others in any infraction of academic honesty are considered equally guilty. The concept of academic honesty is designed to assure a uniform standard against which to evaluate all students and to prevent cheating. Students are expected to report infractions to their instructors. VIOLATION OF THIS POLICY MAY LEAD TO A STUDENT’S FAILURE OF THIS COURSE. See your school’s student handbook for other related policies and possible consequences. Region 2 Professional-Technical Academy Updated 5-6-2015 S. Daly Page 2 Region 2 Professional-Technical Academy does not discriminate or deny services on the basis of age, race, religion, color, national origin, sex and/or disability. **SIGN BELOW AND SCAN AND EMAIL OR FAX A COPY TO SHERI DALY** Parent/guardian consent and student commitment form for: Medical Terminology Signing below indicates that we have read the syllabus and understand the requirements for the Medical Terminology Course. Course access will not be given until the commitment form is returned to Sheri Daly. Please sign below and either scan and email or fax this page to Sheri Daly R.N. __________________________________ Student Name (Printed) __________________________________ Parent/Guardian Name (Printed) __________________________________ Student Signature __________________________________ Parent/Guardian Signature Date: _____/_____/_____ Date: _____/_____/_____ Mailing address: Street or PO Box: City: State: Home Phone Number: Zip: Cell Student’s email address: Parent’s email address: *Scan and email OR Fax this signed form to: Sheri Daly RN daly@sd242.org Fax # 1-866-525-1480 Region 2 Professional-Technical Academy Updated 5-6-2015 S. Daly Thank you! Page 3