INSTRUCTOR:
Steven Lewis
This class is offered online each semester – fall, spring and
summer – as well as on campus. I make the Blackboard site available a
month before the start of the semester. Email me if you have questions about
this class. If you are planning to enter the Health Information Technology
program for medical coding you should take HITE 103 Medical Terminology for
Health Records instead of BIOL 150. Please note that I do not enroll students
nor am I informed of day-to-day changes in enrollment. If a position opens
because a student drops the class or is dropped for non-payment, Metrolink will note
the opening. Openings are most likely to occur when the college drops students
for non-payment. These dates are listed in the MCC credit schedule. If you must
have this class to enter or complete an MCC career program, contact your
program coordinator if the class is full.
This course outline is designed to help you decide if this class is for
you. Medical Terminology will be taught through the Blackboard website. To confirm your
attendance you must log-in to the Blackboard site during the first week of the
semester, read the syllabus, send me a message using the Blackboard messaging
system and introduce yourself to your classmates on the Blackboard discussion
forum. In your message to me you should notify me of your preferred testing
location from the available options. If you are unable to log in, you should
contact the distance education office
for instructions.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
BIOL 150 is an internet-based medical terminology class. Most students who take
this class are planning to major in a health-care field, like nursing or
radiology or physical therapy. We will study the meanings and origins of terms
used in the medical literature and relate these to normal human body function.
This class has no prerequisites, but if you have taken an anatomy class you
will find learning the terms much easier. This class is not intended for
students who wish to become medical coders. The MCC Health Information
Technology program offers its own medical terminology class for this purpose,
HITE 103.
This class is offered by MCC both on campus
and on the internet. An internet class may be for you if you are
self-disciplined and have regular access to computers, the internet and
Blackboard. There are no class meetings. You will need to schedule a time to come
to one of the MCC campuses four times throughout the semester to take the four
exams. There is a deadline for taking each exam, and you must take the exams in
the assigned sequence. You may, however, complete the class as fast as you
wish. An exam and project are due about every 4 weeks. Your projects will be
turned in by posting them to the Blackboard discussion forum.
TEXTBOOK:
The required text is Exploring
Medical Language by Myrna LaFleur Brooks, 7th
edition, Mosby-Elsevier, 2009. The 7th edition differs little from
the 6th, so if you are short of cash you may use the 6th
edition. The bookstore package includes a CDROM. The text is available from the
Penn Valley bookstore (816-437-3399) and can be delivered through the mail. NOTE: Purchase of a medical dictionary is NOT a requirement
for this class.
COURSE GRADE:
Five hundred points are possible in this class -- 400 from exams and 100 from
projects. Your final grade will be based on this schedule:
· 90% of total points = 450
points = A
· 80% of total points = 400
points = B
· 70% of total points = 350
points = C
· 60% of total points = 300
points = D
· Less than 60% of total points = F
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Chapter 1: Word Parts
Chapter 2: Body Structure, Color, Oncology
Chapter 3: Directional Terms, Anatomical Planes and Regions
Chapter 4: Integumentary System
PROJECT #1: (25 points -- due no later than the first exam)
Compare and contrast 2 current medical dictionaries.
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Chapter 6: Urinary System
Chapter 7: Male Reproductive System
Chapter 8: Female Reproductive System
Chapter 9: Obstetrics and Neonatology
PROJECT #2: (25 points -- due no later than the second exam)
Print an abstract of an article from the online medical journal, highlight 5
words or phrases you want to learn more about, and find an appropriate
definition for each using a medical dictionary.
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Chapter 5: Respiratory System
Chapter 10: Cardiovascular and Lymphatic System
Chapter 11: Digestive System
Chapter 16: Endocrine System
PROJECT #3: (25 points, due when you take your third exam)
Write a report on a disease of your choice and highlight 5 technical terms to
define.
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Chapter 12: Eye
Chapter 13: Ear
Chapter 14: Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 15: Nervous System
PROJECT #4: (25 points -- due when you take your fourth exam)
Use the Quackwatch
website to identify examples of health fraud you have encountered.
This page was developed and is maintained by Steven Lewis.