Course+Syllabus

Washington Online Course Number 7002 Spring 2010 Instructor: Kate Yamamoto kyamamot@btc.ctc.edu COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course builds on the prerequisite course WAOL Comprehensive Medical Terminology (HT 137, 5 Credits). The class is designed to expand and enhance the student’s knowledge base through continued medical terminology studies in the systems of the body with an emphasis on specialized clinical applications. Studies will include investigation of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, advanced abbreviations and symbology, systemic diseases and treatment modalities. The ability to read, understand, and interpret various types of medical reports and physician generated documentation will be stressed and required. The chapters of Pharmacology and Psychiatry will also be covered which will complete the text book content.  || Learning Outcomes: || STUDENT OUTCOMES: At the conclusion of the course, the student will be able to:  1. Correctly spell, pronounce, define and use terms related to each unit. 2. Recognize and identify selected and significant abbreviations and symbols relevant to each unit. 3. Recognize and understand terms used in medical reports, including pathology. 4. Identify frequently encountered diagnostic and laboratory procedures, and describe conditions for which they are performed. 5. Read and understand dictated medical reports commonly found within patient records. 6. Understand terms related to those text chapters as specified in the schedule of studies.  || Method of Assessment: || Objective online testing and evaluation methods. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Schedule: Comprehensive Medical Terminology II: Online (Item 4447-2, WAOL Course Number 7002) 5 Credits || Date || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;"> See WAOL Participation Policy. || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ||
 * Class** ||
 * Test** ||
 * Homework** ||
 * Due Date** ||
 * Week Zero**
 * March 25-31** ||
 * Get Used to Things!** || || || ||
 * Week One**
 * April 1-7** ||
 * Introduction, Ch. 18** ||
 * Practice Quiz** ||
 * Just for you to get used to things (0 pts.)**
 * Also Chapter Review Exercises Ch. 18 Due (5 pts)** ||
 * April 7** ||
 * Week Two****: **
 * April 8-14** ||
 * Ch.19** ||
 * Quiz One (for points)** ||
 * Ch. 18-19** ||
 * April 14** ||
 * Week Three:**
 * April 15-21** ||
 * Ch. 20** || ||
 * Ch. 20**
 * Review Ex 19-20 (10 pts)** ||
 * April 21** ||
 * Week Four**
 * April 22-28** ||
 * Ch. 21** ||
 * Quiz Two** ||
 * 30 points**
 * 2: Ch. 20-21**
 * Review Exercises due (10 pts.)** ||
 * April 28** ||
 * Week Five**
 * April 29-May 5** ||
 * Ch. 22-23** || || ||
 * May 5** ||
 * Week Six**
 * May 6-12** || ||
 * MIDTERM (Ch. 18-23****)** ||
 * 100 points**
 * Review Ex Ch. 22-23 Due (10 pts.)** ||
 * May 12** ||
 * Week Seven**
 * May 13-19** ||
 * Ch. 24** || || ||
 * May 19** ||
 * Week Eight**
 * May 20-26** ||
 * Ch. 25** ||
 * Quiz Three**
 * Ch. 24-25** ||
 * 30 points** ||
 * May 26** ||
 * Week Nine**
 * May 27-June 2** ||
 * Ch. 26** || ||
 * Review Ex due Ch 24-26 (10 pts)** ||
 * June 2** ||
 * Week 10**
 * June 3-9** || ||
 * FINAL (Chs. 18-26****)** ||
 * 100 points** ||
 * June 9** ||
 * June 9** ||
 * Grades Reported** ||
 * All Work Must Be Completed** || || || ||
 * Review Ex due Ch 24-26 (10 pts)** ||
 * June 2** ||
 * Week 10**
 * June 3-9** || ||
 * FINAL (Chs. 18-26****)** ||
 * 100 points** ||
 * June 9** ||
 * June 9** ||
 * Grades Reported** ||
 * All Work Must Be Completed** || || || ||
 * Grades Reported** ||
 * All Work Must Be Completed** || || || ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Grading Policy **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;"> - WAOL instructors must submit grades using the following grades only:
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Grading Policy **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;"> - WAOL instructors must submit grades using the following grades only:

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">A+ = 4.0 A = 4.0 A- = 3.7 B+ = 3.3 B = 3.0 B- = 2.7 C+ = 2.3 C = 2.0 C- = 1.7 D+ = 1.3 D = 1.0 D- = 0.7 F = 0.0 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="color: #7c95a7; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">

Additional Grading Policy: || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;"> -- No Additional Grading Policy -- || <span style="color: #7c95a7; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt;">Additional Information: || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;"> -- No Additional Course Information -- || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Course Schedule **
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Course Schedule **

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">10 weeks, asynchronous with a one week introduction period before instruction begins <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Method of Instruction **
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Method of Instruction **

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Online over the Internet using Angel software. Instructor will utilize Elluminate! and also require that the students work in Teams on a Team WIKI. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Technical Support **
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Technical Support **

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;"> · <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Presidium Learning Tech Support by Phone: 1-866-425-8412 (Toll Free) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ||
 * __<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">http://www.waol.org/help/default.asp __**<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;"> Students can browse a managed knowledge base, view animated tutorials, submit a trouble ticket, communicate through live eChat, or call a toll free number. Presidium Learning Customer Care Technicians are available 24/7 for questions relating to Blackboard.
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Student Rights and Responsibilities
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Student Rights and Responsibilities

RIGHTS ** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">You have the right to expect that your instructor will: · provide a comprehensive syllabus and course calendar · display all due dates for readings, tests, and papers · grade or otherwise respond to all tests and papers as stated in the syllabus · monitor your participation in the cyber classroom weekly and occasionally comment on it · inform you of your current grade and relative class standing upon request · respond to any e-mail and answer all appropriate questions · behave in a professional manner, respecting you as an individual of intelligence and sensitivity <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">As students, you have the responsibility to: · behave to all others in the class in a professional manner, being especially careful in e-mail and other electronic communications to avoid personal attacks, harsh criticisms, and objectionable language · pay attention to the course calendar, keep up with the course work, submit your work in on time, and support your group members to establish a genuine learning community <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ||
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">RESPONSIBILITIES **
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Participation Policy **
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Participation Policy **

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">It is understood that one of the main motivations for taking an online course is that other obligations make it difficult or impossible to attend scheduled, "on-the-ground" college classes. Therefore, the basic unit of time in the course is the module (6 days for the summer session). Material will be posted or otherwise turned in by a specific deadline, but you will always have at least a weeks warning about exactly what is due on that date so that you can do it at any time during the week.

You will need to spend about 20 hours a week on the course, in reading, thinking, writing, discussing your ideas with others, and in online sessions. It is best to log in to your classroom at least once a day, a minimum of 5 days a week. What time of day you login and from where, of course, is up to you. If you procrastinate and do not log in after more than a few days, you will begin to get lost. Most people who fail or drop out of online courses do so because they didn't develop the habit of logging in daily to see what is going on and keep in touch with their discussion group. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ||