AH-100 Medical Terminology

Henry Ford Community College

Course Syllabus

1. Division: Health Careers
. Course !o. and Title: AH 100, Medical Terminology
". Credit Hours: 4
#. Total Contact Hours: 62
$. %rere&uisite: None
'. Co-(e&uisite: None
). *rading Scale: A through E (determined y total !oints"
+. Catalog Descri,tion:
This course is an in#de!th !resentation o$ medical language %hich then %ill ser&e as a
solid $oundation $or students interested in health care, medicine, nursing, !harmacy,
!hysical thera!y, or related areas' Medical terminology $or oth health and disease is
!resented in relation to human structure and $unction' The co&ered to!ics in this course
uilds a $rame%or( y introducing the (ey elements in the $ormation as %ell as the
modi$ication o$ medical terms %hich then is a!!lied to the s!eci$ic ody systems'
-. *oal Statement:
)!on com!letion o$ this course, the student %ill ha&e a solid $oundation in the
s!eciali*ed language o$ medicine so that they are ale to de$ine, s!ell, !ronounce, and
analy*e common medical terms as %ell as understand the conte+t in %hich these medical
terms are used'
10. Measurable .b/ectives:
At the com!letion o$ this course, the student should e ale to ,
1' -e$ine, s!ell and !ronounce asic medical %ord roots, !re$i+es, and su$$i+es'
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2' Analy*e common medical terms y di&iding them into com!onent !arts'
.' Construct medical terms y !utting legitimate %ord com!onents together using
comining $orms, !re$i+es and su$$ices $or each ody system'
4' -e$ine, !ronounce, and s!ell the common medical terms related to each ody system'
/' -emonstrate in oth %ritten and &eral $ormats the use o$ the common medical terms
related to each ody system'
6' 0denti$y and descrie anatomical and clinical di&isions o$ the ody'
1' -i$$erentiate the directions and !lanes o$ the ody in relation to !ositions $or
e+amination and surgery'
2' -escrie the commonly encountered clinical !rocedures, laoratory tests, diagnostic
tests, and thera!eutic !rocedures $or each o$ the general ody systems'
3' E+!lain an e+am!le o$ a common !athologic condition $or each o$ the ma4or systems'
10' 0nter!ret a medical re!ort $or a selected ody system co&ered this semester (meets
general education critical thin(ing outcome"'
11. Com,uter (e&uirements
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htt!677%%%'h$cc'edu7online7com8e9'htm
$or online com!uter re9uirements
1. Assessment o0 Academic Ac1ievement
:e %ill co&er all 22 cha!ters in the te+too(' Each %ee(ly cha!ter assignment %ill
consist o$ a#
1' :ord !art 9ui* %orth 20 !oints (the 9ui* %ill e a $ill in the lan( 9ui* $or the $irst 11
cha!ters and then matching $or the last 11 cha!ters"' There is a 1/ minute time limit'
2' -iscussion oard !osting %orth / !oints'
.' Cha!ter test %orth 2/ !oints (the tests %ill e a comination o$ matching, multi!le
choice and7or true7$alse"' There is a 2/ minute time limit'
;lease %atch the time %hen com!leting 9ui**es and tests< =ou %ill ha&e !oints deducted
$or e+ceeding the time limit (until you recei&e no !oints"'
22 %ord !art 9ui**es + 20 !oints each > 440 !oints
22 discussion oard !ostings + / !oints each> 110 !oints
22 cha!ter tests + 2/ !oints each> //0 !oints
1 mid#term e+am + 200 !oints > 200 !oints
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1 $inal e+am + 200 !oints > 200 !oints
1,/00 !oints total
1./0 , 1/00 !oints > A
1200 , 1.43 !oints > ?
10/0 # 1133 !oints > C
300 # 1043 !oints > -
233 # 0 !oints > @
All assignments %ill e o!en at the eginning o$ the class and all cha!ter assignments
and tests must e com!leted y 116/3!m Aaturday' =ou may com!lete assignments !rior
to the due date ut, assignments and7or tests %ill not e acce!ted a$ter the due date'
;lease# !lan ahead< 0$ you (no% you %ill e out o$ to%n, ha&e an im!ortant $unction to
attend, etc' com!lete your %or( ahead o$ schedule< Again, assignments and tests %ill not
e acce!ted a$ter the due date<
1". *eneral Course (e&uirements and2or (ecommendations:
None
1#. Te3ts:
8e9uired6 -a&i#Ellen Chaner, The Banguage o$ Medicine, :'?' Aaunders, latest
edition' The te+too( comes %ith a C-# )AE 0T< Also, you should register $or the
student %e site to accom!any the te+t' There are e+cellent sel$#assessments, games, and
a %onder$ul inde+ %hich %ill !ronounce all medical terms co&ered in the oo( $or you'
8ecommended6 Any &ariety o$ medical dictionary (0 !re$er TaerCs Cyclo!edia Medical
-ictionary"'
1$. Core Course To,ical .utline
:e %ill co&er#
Cha!ters 1 thru 22
1'. 4nstructor 4n0ormation
;at -eDoy
;hone6 .1.#24/#3211 (Allied Health -e!t"
Email6 !de&oy10.42Eh$cc'edu
The only %ay 0 ha&e to contact you is y email'
=ou M)AT ma(e sure you ha&e a current and %or(ing Ha%(mail Account' This is the
only %ay %e ha&e to corres!ond' 0 %ill !ost instructions on setting u! your Ha%(mail
account in Moodle'
=ou may NFT use any other email account (i'e' no yahoo, 5mail, etc'" Also, donCt
hesitate to email me %ith 9uestions or concerns, 0 %ill al%ays res!ond in a timely
manner'
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1). %olicy on Academic Honesty 5C1eating6
Henry @ord Community college considers academic dishonesty to e a serious o$$ense' 0t
is the !olicy o$ the College that determination o$ and a!!ro!riate action in res!ect to
academic dishonesty y a student shall e a matter o$ the indi&idual 4udgment y the
instructor' The instructor may administer a !enalty u! to and including $ailure in the
!articular course' 0t is the !ro$essional oligation o$ the $aculty to en$orce academic
integrity in their course'
Academic dishonesty is any acti&ity intended to im!ro&e a studentCs grade $raudulently'
0t includes, ut is not limited to, the $ollo%ing#
1' ;lagiarism (using another !ersonCs %or( %ithout ac(no%ledgement"'
2' Cutting and !asting internet sources $or discussion oard assignments' All discussion
oard assignments must e %ritten in your o%n %ords' -iscussion oard assignments
must include the %e site used' 0$ no %e site is included, no !oints %ill e gi&en'
.' )nauthori*ed ac9uisition o$ tests or alteration o$ grades (such as the stealing o$ tests,
test (eys, or grade oo(s $rom $aculty o$$ice or else%here, or the !urchasing o$ tests or
grade oo(s"'
4' )nauthori*ed use o$ notes, oo(s, or other !rohiited materials during an
e+amination'
/' F!en cheating on an e+amination (such as co!ying $rom another studentCs !a!er"'
6' ;ermitting another !erson to ta(e a test in the studentCs !lace or recei&ing
unauthori*ed assistance %ith any %or( $or %hich academic credit is recei&ed'
1' ;ro&iding unauthori*ed assistance %ith any %or( $or %hich academic credit is
recei&ed'
2' 8e&ision o$ graded %or( in an attem!t to recei&e additional credit $raudulently'
3' Any other conduct intended to otain academic credit $raudulently or dishonestly, the
instructor $ails a student in a course $or academic dishonesty, the instructor must
immediately noti$y in %riting the student and the registrar o$ the in$raction, retaining
co!es o$ oth noti$ications'
The registrar maintains a record o$ all student &iolations' 0$ a student $ails t%o classes as
a result o$ academic dishonesty, he or she is dismissed $rom the College $or t%o academic
years' 0n addition, a notation o$ the reason $or academic dismissal is !laced on the
studentCs transcri!t' The notation may e e+!unged at the discretion o$ the a!!ro!riate
&ice !resident i$ the student !etitions $or its remo&al a$ter at least t%o years ha&e ela!sed
since the disci!linary action' 0$ a student elie&es that the accusation is $alse, he or she
may a!!eal through the Atudent Com!laint ;rocedure' 0$ the a!!eal reaches the Atudent
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Com!laint ?oard, the ?oard may consider only %hether the charge is 4usti$ied' The
oard may not set aside or change the !enalty gi&en y the instructor unless the charge o$
academic dishonesty is set aside'
Any action that &iolates the Atudent Conduct ;olicy and -ue ;rocess ;rocedure is also
su4ect to re&ie% under that !olicy'
1+. .nline Course Conduct %olicy
1' Atudents at H@CC are e+!ected to sho% res!ect $or order, la%, the !ersonal rights o$
others, and the educational mission o$ the College, as %ell as to maintain standards o$
!ersonal integrity'
2' Atudents %or(ing online %ill e held to the same eha&ioral standards as students in
traditional classrooms' ;lease e a%are that 0 %ill e oser&ing your threaded
discussions %ith each other, and 0 %ill re&ie% those discussions, commenting %here
a!!ro!riate %ith the goal o$ hel!ing you to etter understand the course content'
A!eci$ically, you should adhere to the $ollo%ing guidelines#
a' ;ersonal corres!ondence should e conducted else%here
' Treat and res!ect others as you %ould li(e to e treated
c' G@laming,H an angry series o$ %ords or comments used to !ersonally attac(
others %ho may disagree %ith you is nor !ermitted
d' Ta(e time to re&ie% the tone, language, %ord choice, s!elling and grammar o$
any %ritten corres!ondence !rior to sending it' =ou %ill e 4udged y the 9uality
o$ your %or('
e' H@CCCs com!uter use !olicy is in e$$ect' 0t can e $ound at
htt!677%%%2'h$cc'edu7resources7!olicy'htm
$' Atudents are res!onsile $or com!leting their o%n online course %or('
1-. 7mail 7ti&uette
:hen emailing me or other students in the class !lease utili*e the $ollo%ing guidelines#
1' All emails must e !re!ared in a !ro$essional manner' This means that the su4ect
line should contain a !ro$essional statement o$ the contents o$ the email' 0$ 0
recei&e an email %ithout a !ertinent su4ect line, 0 %ill res!ond to the sender $irst
re9uesting the email to e re#sent in a !ro$essional manner'
2' Emails should e sent and res!onded to in a timely manner' 0 should not need to
%ait more than 42 hours $or a res!onse %hen 0 email you'
.' -o not use Gte+tH are&iations or slang'
4' Emails must utili*e correct grammar and s!elling' Emails %hich are not %ritten
in grammatically correct English %ill e sent ac( re9uesting the email to e re#
%ritten in correct $orm'
/' Al%ays email me through the Henry @ord Ha%(mail system' 0 chec( my email
&ery $re9uently and you %ill recei&e a &ery 9uic( res!onse'
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0. *rading
1' All 9ui**es, e+ams and discussion oard !ostings are due y Aaturday, midnight %ith
no e+ce!tions' Any e+ams not com!leted y the due date %ill close at midnight' -F
NFT email me and as( $or an e+tension' -ue dates %ill e strictly adhered to'
2' -iscussion oards %ill e graded a$ter the due date in a timely $ashion (usually %ithin
1 day"' 0$ you com!lete discussion oards ahead o$ schedule, they %ill generally not e
graded until a$ter the due date'
4' =ou are %elcome to %or( ahead in the course' That is one o$ the ad&antages o$ ta(ing
an online course' ;lease, loo( ahead, udget your time and com!lete assignments on
time'
1. Hel,0ul Hints
1' The (ey to success in this course is MEMF80IE<< =ou %ill e learning !arts o$
%ords that %ill e !ut together %ith other %ord !arts to ma(e a medical term' ?y
memori*ing the %ord !arts you %ill e ale to oth de$ine and use that medical term
correctly' This course is the Gread and utterH o$ the eginning o$ your career in health
care' These are the terms that are used day in and day out o$ any health care $acility'
Bearn this course material and the rest o$ your health career classes %ill e much easier'
2' Thin( aout ho% you learn and !ut that to %or(< The t%o most common %ays 0 ha&e
had students learn medical terminology is#
Ma(e $lash cards' ;ut the medical %ord !art on one side o$ the $lash card and the
de$inition on the other' Carry the $lash cards %ith you %here&er you go and use them<
:hen youCre standing in line at the grocery story, %hen youCre %aiting in a dri&e#thru,
%hen youCre !ic(ing someone u! and theyCre late, %hen youCre %atching TD' # =ou get
the !icture' )tili*e all the Gdo%n timeH that you normally may day dream to re&ie% your
$lash cards' =ouCll e sur!rised ho% 9uic(ly you %ill learn the %ord !arts'
:rite6 Aome students learn y %riting' 5et yoursel$ a legal si*e !ad (or maye se&eral"
and %rite the medical %ord !art and the de$inition' =ou may need to %rite it /, 10,
maye e&en 2/ times e$ore you get it ut, i$ you learn y %riting, this is the %ay to go'
.' )se the C- and the student %e site accom!anying the oo(< -o e&ery cha!ter
section each %ee(' This %ill e a tremendous re&ie%, let you (no% %hat youCre getting
and %hat youCre not and rein$orce the in$ormation that youC&e read'
4' Com!lete the cha!ters in the oo(< =ou %ill not e ale to G$loatH through this class'
The only %ay to learn these %ord !arts is to com!lete the cha!ter in the oo(, re&ie%
%ith the C- and student %e site and use $lash cards (or another learning !re$erence"'
The oo( is e+cellent in !resenting ne% in$ormation %hile simultaneously re&ie%ing
!re&iously !resented in$ormation' =ou %ill see some %ord !arts many, many times' 0tCs
not ecause the author $orgot she !ut that in the last cha!ter' 0tCs there to hel! you
rememer y re&ie%ing %ord !arts each %ee('
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. Attendance
This class is an online class' 0 chec( attendance y the time you ha&e een logged into
Moodle' 0$ you do not log in $or one %ee(# that %ill e an asence $or that %ee('
". Student Su,,ort Services
0nstructional Technology
0$ you re9uire assistance accessing online courses, !lease contact ,
On-campus su!!ort, go to6
8oom 202 located u!stairs in the cam!us lirary'
Off-campus su!!ort, contact6
Jristin Flin#Aulli&an
(olinEh$cc'edu
.1.K24/K6463
5lenn 5addis
gagaddisEh$cc'edu
.1.K24/K31/3
Dic(y Aignorelli
signorelliEh$cc'edu
.1.K24/K64..
Media Center
Bocated on the second $loor o$ the Birary, the Media Center is an o!en access com!uter
la %here students can go to %or( on com!uter assignments, access the internet, and7or
chec( their email' @or more in$ormation, you may contact the Media Center at .1.#24/#
6.26' @or more in$ormation regarding Birary Aer&ices, you may !hone .1.#24/#3606'
Assisted Bearning Aer&ices
The Assisted Bearning Aer&ices !rogram is designed to assist !hysically challenged,
learning disaled or academically disad&antaged students at Henry @ord Community
College to o&ercome arriers to education through su!!orti&e ser&ices' 0n addition, the
Assisted Bearning Aer&ices -e!artment also !ro&ides tutoring ser&ices to the general
student !o!ulation' Assisted Bearning Aer&ices is located in the B8C (Bearning
8esources Center", north side (!ar(ing lot side" main le&el' @or more in$ormation, you
may contact the o$$ice at .1.#24/#3611 or $or the hearing im!aired .1.#24/#3204'
Bearning Ba
Bocated on the second $loor o$ the Bearning 8esource Center, the Bearning Ba assists
H@CC students %ith identi$ying and im!ro&ing the s(ills needed $or success in the areas
o$ reading, %riting, and math' Although o!eration hours may slightly &ary each semester,
generally, the Bearning Ba is o!en Monday, Tuesday, :ednesday, Thursday, $rom 16.0
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a'm' , 2640 !'m', on @riday $rom 16.0 a'm' , 4640 !'m', and Aaturday $rom 3640 a'm' ,
1640 !'m' @or more in$ormation, contact the Bearning Ba at .1.#24/#364.'
Don8t 0orget t1e 9ee:ly routine;;
1' Com!lete the cha!ter7s in the oo(, C- and the student %e site'
2' Ma(e your $lash cards and memori*e them'
.' Com!lete all the cha!ter acti&ities'
4' 8e&ie% using the C- and student %e site# matching games, hangman, etc'
/' :hen youCre ready# com!lete the cha!ter7s 9ui* and test (e$ore Aaturday, midnight"
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