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HITT-1305-002 Medical Terminology I
Prerequisite: RDNG 0331-minimum grade of C or a score on a state-approved test indicating college-level reading skills
Study of medical terms through word origin and structure. Introduction to abbreviations and symbols, surgical and diagnostic procedures, and medical specialties.
Student ResourcesStudent Resources Website
Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:
Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:
Melodie Graves
Justice Involved Advocate
Student Service Center 117
mgraves24@actx.edu
806-371-5995
Make appointment at https://melodiegraves.youcanbook.me
You can also contact the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.
(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)
On Campus Course
Paper, pens, pencils, and dependable Internet Provider.
AC Computer Labs are available to all enrolled students.
End-of-Course Outcomes: Identify, pronounce, and spell medical terms; use terms in context; build and analyze medical terms; and use medical references as resource tools.
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Upon completion of the following chapters, the student will be able to do the following with at least 70% accuracy as evaluated by the faculty in the program:
Chapter 1 - Basic Word Structure
Chapter 2 Terms Pertaining to the Body as a Whole
Chapter 3 - Suffixes
Chapter 4 - Prefixes
Chapter 5 - Digestive System
Chapter 6 - Digestive System Suffixes and Terminology
Chapter 7 - Urinary System
Chapter 8 - Female Reproductive System
Chapter 9 - Male Reproductive System
Chapter 10 - Nervous System
Chapter 11 - Cardiovascular System
Chapter 12 - Respiratory System
Chapter 13 - Blood System
Chapter 14 - Lymphatic and Immune Systems
Chapter 15 - Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 16 - Skin
Chapter 17 - Sense Organs: The eye and the Ear
Chapter 18 - Endocrine System
In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .
If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".
POLICY FOR STUDENTS REQUIRING THEA REMEDIATION:
Students that have been identified for THEA-required remediation must, according to Texas State Law, participate continuously in their THEA-remediation courses or they will be withdrawn for ALL course work, including the AH courses, through an administrative withdrawal for THEA non-compliance. If you have any questions about THEA-remediation, please call the Advising and Counseling Center at 371-544 or 354-67.
WITHDRAWING FROM A COURSE:
It is the responsibility of the student to officially drop or withdraw from a course. Failure to officially withdraw may result in the student receiving a grade of “F” in the course. The student may obtain a withdrawal form from his academic advisor, the counseling center or from the registrar’s office. It is also the responsibility of the student to take the drop slip to the registrar’s office in order for the student to be officially dropped from a course. Students may also withdraw from a course using Web Advisor and may ask for assistance from any student service counter on any campus.
Students are not automatically dropped from their class roles as a result on non-attendance.
STUDENT GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE:
A student who has a problem with the course or the course instructor should make every attempt to resolve the problem with the course instructor. If that is not successful, the student may appeal the decision of the instructor to the Program Director, the Dean of Health Sciences, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and the President -- IN THAT ORDER. Please refer to the current Online Amarillo College catalog for complete explanation of the grievance procedures
CELLULAR TELEPHONES AND PAGERS:
Pagers and telephones are disruptive during class time. Telephones must be turned off during class time with the exception of emergency personnel, pagers must either be turned off or set on vibrate during class time. Please notify me in writing if you fall in this category, otherwise failure to comply will result in you being asked to leave class for that day. You will still be responsible for the material covered in class. If you feel that you will have an emergency during class time, leave the number of the student services office and they will contact you immediately. The number is 371-5300.
ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:
Academic dishonesty shall constitute a violation of the college rules & regulations & is punish
“Plagiarism” shall be defined as the appropriating, buying, receiving as a gift, or obtaining by any means another’s work and the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of it in one’s own written work.
“Collusion” shall be defined as the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing written work for fulfillment of course requirements.
EVALUATION METHOD
QUIZZES:
Quizzes will be given at the discretion of the instructor.
Quizzes will be announced by the instructor.
Material covered by these quizzes will consist of review material or new material assigned in class.
Quizzes may be given orally, fill in the blank, matching, crossword puzzles, take-home or online.
Quizzes will constitute 15 % of your final grade
• Some quizzes may be administered as take-home.
You must be in class to receive an in-class quiz and you must be in class to grade the quiz in order for the grade to count.
The student must attend the entire class in order to have the quiz grade count. In other words the student cannot drop by class, pick up the quiz and leave.
If you receive a take-home quiz, this completed quiz should be brought to the next regularly scheduled class ready to be graded.
A student may not turn take-home quizzes in early or late.
IF A QUIZ IS MISSED, THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP QUIZZES.
If a student arrives late to class, while a quiz is in progress, he/she will NOT be given extra time to complete the quiz.
If a student arrives late to class after a quiz has been given, he/she may or may not be allowed to take the quiz at the discretion of the faculty.
Daily quizzes will be worth 20 % of your FINAL GRADE.
One quiz grade will be dropped (exception: no zeros will be dropped)
MAJOR EXAMS:
There will be Eight (8) exams, Seven (7) major exams and a copmprehensive final exam, given at the end of the course.
Exams dates are listed in this syllabus and will be announced during class and will be posted on the AC Connect course calendar.
All major exams will be taken On-line including the final exam. The exams will constitute 30 % of your final grade.
The student will have a minimum of a 72 hours hour window or 3 day window to take the exam.
The student will have 80 minutes to complete an exam.
Once an exam is started the clock is running, remember you have only 80 minutes to complete the exam.
As you answer each question, the student should submit the answer and proceed to the next question.
When the student is finished with the exam, the student must submit the exam for grading.
The student will be able to see their exam score after the exam has been submitted for grading
Exams will open at 8:00 AM on test day and close 72-96 hours later at 11:59 PM the exact dates and times may be found in the schedule provided below in th next section of the syllabus.. Please understand that if circumstance so demand these dates and times may change. If there is a change your instructor will notify you in ample time to allow you the appropriate time to comple the exam.
Exams willconstitute 30% of your final grade
MAKEUP EXAMS FOR ON-LINE EXAMS MUST BE SCHEDULED ,AT THE DISCRETION OF THE INSTRUCTOR, MUST BE SCHEDULED NO LATER THAN 48 HOURS FROM THE ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED EXAM DATE AND TIME.
The lowest major exam grade will be dropped if the student has completed all seven major exams. and documented any required tutoring sessions in a timely manner.
Completing the exams means attempting all 100 questions on the exam.
Tutoring will be required of any student who makes less than 70 % on any major exams.
If for any reason a student has not completed all seven (7) major exams, did not attend a required tutoring session or has more than three (4) absences there will be NO dropped exam grade!
MAJOR EXAMS WILL BE WORTH 40 % OF YOUR FINAL GRADE
Students with questions regarding examination results may review examinations, under the supervision of the AH faculty, by appointment only.
Grade Scale:
A = 90-100. %
B = 80 - 89.9 %
C = 70 - 79.9 %
F = 69.9 or less %
When the student returns to class after an absence, the student will be expected to fully participate in any class activities including quizzes or exams.
FINAL EXAM:
IMPORTANT!...ALL STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF GRADEPOINT AVERAGE, WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE COMPREHENSIVE FINAL.
Final grades will be rounded in this course.
Students are advised to keep a record of all quizzes and major exam grades in order to be informed of their academic progress.
GRADING SUMMARY:
Daily quizzes = 15 % of the final grade.
Major Exams = 30% of the final grade
Comp. Final = 40% of the final grade.
Attendance = 15 % of your grade
100 % Total Grade
TUTORING
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
"Regular attendance is necessary for satisfactory achievement. Therefore, it is the responsibility of the student to attend class."
Any student who is chronically late to class or leaves early or is absent more than 3 times during the course is in danger of earning a failing final course grade.
Students who come to class late (15 minutes) or leave class early will be recorded as absent unless prior arrangements with instructor have been made and approved. This applies to online courses as well!
Students who have more that 3 absences in this course will lose the ability to drop their lowest exam and quiz grade.
It is very helpful (for you) to have read each chapter before the instructor covers the material in class. It is also very IMPORTANT that you complete the “EXERCISES” which you will find at the end of each chapter. The majority of questions on the major exams , and final, are drawn from these exercises.
Completing the exercises at the end of each chapter (1-18) will earn you a bonus at the end of the course.
HELP:
A student may call the Student Help Center if technical assistance is needed.
Student Help Center: 371-5932 or 371-5992
The Student Help Center provides Amarillo College Students with technical assistance.
If a student needs to update their computer or check for viruses, the center will provide these services FREE OF CHARGE to AC Students.
Your instructor highly recommends that students take advantage of these services!
Location: Washington Street Campus, Library Room 111
Hours of Operation:
Monday – Thursday 8:00am to 9:00pm
Friday 8:00 am to 5:00pm
Suggested Dictionaries:
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
Stedman's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
Tabers Medical Dictionary
There are NO manuals required in this course.
There are numerous websites located in the textbook.
Summer 2022
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