Syllabus –Methodist University
Online On-Campus Course Material
Medical Terminology E-Textbook Course (HCA 2300)
Purchase Your Online A-V Tutorial E-Textbook
at:
www.mumedterm.com
Scientific and Medical Terminology E-Textbook:
This course material is designed for degree seeking students at Methodist University
and is a student centered Online computer based classroom course. The tutorial format
has an 800 page online printable textbook containing interactive audio-visual lecture
pages that prepare each student for the 1000 self-testing flashcards and the 800
multiple choice self-test questions. These activities must be completed in full before
you can take the final exam online in chapter 16 of E-Textbook. This work is worth 40%
of the final grade and is specifically designed to prepare you for a comprehensive final
exam online. This exam is worth 60% of your final grade. Upon completion results are
automatically graded and sent to your instructor along with your completed summary
sheet.
This online classroom course is specifically designed to:
 Improve your vocabulary skills.
 Prepare you for advanced professional preparation courses by incorporating
content taught in advanced medical and scientific courses.
 Provide you with multiple (3000) color medical pictures that will visually assist
you in understanding why specific word parts were selected to form the
thousands of specialized compound Medical, Scientific, and English terms
discussed in this course.
 Prepare you for professional school admission tests like the GRE, MCAT, PCAT &
DAT.
 Provide you with the word part and compound term memorization, repetition, and
reinforcement needed to assure mastery of this unique “Language of Medicine”.
 Provide you with an opportunity to study and replay the audio-visual online
lectures and complete the self-testing activities at a convenient time and place.
Instructor Information
Instructor: Dr. Don Brady
Office Hours by apt only
OFC Phone: 910-360-8445
E-mail:
dbrady@methodist.edu
II General Description:
A. This course introduces prefixes, suffixes, and word roots used in the
language of medicine. Topics include medical vocabulary, applicable
acronyms and the terms that relate to anatomy, physiology, pathological
conditions, and treatment of the conditions that can affect the eleven
systems of the human body. Upon completion, students should be able to
pronounce, spell, define, understand and interpret over 11,000 medical
terms as related to the body’s systems and their pathological disorders.
B. A required course for the health care administration concentration,
usually taken in the sophomore year. No Prerequisite: Instructor’s
permission.
Course Objectives and Goals
The Student will be able to:
 Use a computer to complete this on-line course.
 Spell and Define flashcard prefixes, suffixes, and stem words.
 Identify and Explain the function of specific word parts.
 Describe how medical compound terms (words) are constructed.
 Build compound terms using multiple word parts in a combining form.
 Fracture and Analyze key compound medical terms found on the Word Part
Flashcards, Multiple Choice Questions, and Lecture Slides.
 Define key compound medical terms found on the flashcards,
both Literally and Actually.
 Spell and Define medical equipment, treatment, disease, and diagnostic
compound terms.
 Identify Visually and Describe Verbally some of the medical problems,
disorders, and diseases presented in the lectures.
 Perform at a high level on Professional College Admission Examinations
(Examples: GRE, MCAT, DAT, NCLEX, OAT, PCAT, & VCAT).
 Interpret and Understand medical course content, literature, records, and research.
 Interpret and Understand word (term) meanings from a wide variety of academic
disciplines in the Arts, Sciences, Humanities, Education, Agriculture, and Technology.
Health Care Administration Program Goals
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Student Outcome Goal: The student’s that complete the Health Care
Administration program will be prepared for entry-level
professional employment in health care administration-related
fields.
Program Goal: To promote health care management excellence in
the region.
Course Flow Plan
-View and listen to the Audio-Visual Lectures in Chapters 1 through 4.
-Complete the Multiple Choice Question Bank in Chapter 4 (Practice Tests).
-Memorize and complete the self-testing for the 1000 Flashcards in Chapter 5. Exam 1 will
cover these first 5 chapters.
-View and listen to the Audio-Visual Lectures for the Body Systems in Chapters 6-14.
-Complete the Diseases and Disorders Multiple Choice Question Banks in the last file of
Chapters 6-14 (Practice Tests).
-Complete all of the assigned computer activities before the final on-line final exam.
The Summary Sheet verifies that you are prepared to take the final exam online in
Chapter 16. The final exam is a 90 minute exam that gives you 300 questions related to the
on-line self-testing activities.
Weekly schedule and due dates (Fall 2013)
First week of semester
Ch1-2
The Basics of Medical Terminology
Second week in semester
Third week in semester
Fourth week in semester
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapters 5
Body, Diagnosis,Equipment,Instruments, and Treatment
Integrated Medicine
1000 Flashcards
Fifth week in semester
Sixth week in semester
Seventh week in semester
Eighth week in semester
Ninth week in semester
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Musculo/skeletal System Lectures
Nervous System&SpecialSenses Lectures
Circulatory (Cardio/vascular) System
Respiratory System
Integumentary (Skin) System
Tenth week in semester
Chapter 11
Digestive System Lectures
Eleventh week in semester
Chapter 12
Urinary System Uro/genital System
Twelvth week in semester
Chapter 13
Reproductive Systems and Venereal Disease
Thirteenth week in semester
Chapter 14
. Endocrine System
REVIEW ALL CHAPTERS FOR EXAM 2
fourteenth week in semester
December 1st, 2013
Chapter 15
Final EXAM
COMPLETION
DEADLINE
Lecture Appendix
Exam 2 – on line
This final examination covers the 1000 Flashcard Word Part and
Medical Abbreviation Meanings and the 800 Multiple Choice
Questions. Be sure to review your on-line materials, printed copies,
and / or the Textbook/Workbook before the exam.
The final exam can be completed in Chapter 16 at any time after you complete all work in the
online interactive audio-visual E-Textbook and you feel prepared for the 300 question
examination. This exam is at your computer and your E-textbook is locked for security.
Grading
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The Completed Summary Sheet - Online Computer Self-Testing Questions:
1000 Flashcards and 800 Multiple Choice Questions: 40% of Final Grade.
Final Exam
. 60% of Final Grade.
Grading Scale :
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Methodist University has a QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PLAN (QEP), and we’re asking students to
Students with Disabilities: Any student requiring accommodations due to one
or more disabilities must bring the appropriate documentation to the Methodist
University Center for Personal Development no later than the first week of
classes during the semester in which the accommodations are required. Together
the student and personnel of the Center for Personal Development will decide
upon the accommodations to be implemented.
Purchasing Your On-Line Textbook at: E-Textbook Website Address:
www.mumedterm.com with online final examination $99.95
Supplemental Textbook Note: This book cannot be purchased in the MU
bookstore. You must contact the bookstore listed to purchase this book.
Supplemental Textbook/Workbook
$29.95 + s/h
Students who want to save time and ink in printing their own copies can purchase a “Hardcopy”
of the
374 page textbook/workbook at:
Target Copy at 352-376-3826, service@target-copy.com)
Ask for undergraduate hardcopy if interested ($29.95)
The Supplemental Textbook/Workbook contains the following:
1.) All lecture slides in chapters 1-4 (Basis of Medical Terminology)
2.) All 800 M/C chapter texts and Fill-In-The-Blank exercises in chapters 4 & 6-14
3.) All 1000 Flash Card word parts, abbreviations and Fill-In-The-Blank exercises in chapter
5.
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Student Computer Technical Help (ANYTIME)
E-mail: Go to the E-Textbook Website and click “CONTACT US”
on the bottom left of the Tool Bar or go to: support@cipcourses.com
Phone: Toll Free 1-866-280-2900
IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE THE FINAL EXAM BY THE GIVEN
DUE DATE, YOUR GRADE WILL BE BASED SOLELY ON THE
WORK
YOU HAVE COMPLETED BY THAT DATE. IF YOU COMPLETE THE
40% OF REQUIRED MATERIALS, YOU WILL RECEIVE A FINAL
GRADE PERCENTAGE OF 40%. PLAN ACCORDINGLY! YOU MAY
FINISH ANY AND ALL MATERIALS EARLY; IT MIGHT BE BEST NOT
TO WAIT UNTIL THE LAST DAY OF SCHEDULED CLASS TO TAKE
YOUR FINAL. There will be no exceptions to this due date!
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