Welcome to Unit 2! HS100: Introduction to Health Science Ice breaker: While we wait for class to start at the top of the hour, please share at least one key take-away that you learned in Unit 1 that will help keep you focused and motivated as we proceed through the next nine weeks of the course!

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Instructor Information Hripsime Z. Wright, MD, MPH HS Online Professor School of Health Sciences Kaplan University

Poll Time!  Throughout seminar, I may do a poll.  A poll window will pop up on your screen, with a question, and below you will have choices to select.  The purpose of polls is to reinforce key information that I feel is important for you to know.  Please do not type your answer in the class activity box for everyone to see.  The polls are completely anonymous, no one knows who votes how (including me), so don’t worry if you don’t get one right…it’s ok  The polls are completely anonymous, no one knows who votes how (including me), so don’t worry if you don’t get one right…it’s ok

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Important! SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES (SHS) LATE POLICY (From Syllabus we reviewed in seminar for Unite 1) Late work will not be accepted unless there are clear and compelling extenuating circumstances. If you have extenuating circumstances that prevent you from completing course assignments/exams you must contact your instructor immediately—prior to the assignment/exam/quiz due-date unless prevented from doing so by emergency circumstances. Examples of extenuating circumstances are serious personal and/or family illness/hospitalization, death in the family, weather-related evacuation/emergencies, work emergencies, and issues related to active military assignment. Personal computer/software/internet connectivity issues and course blocks are not considered extenuating circumstances. Granting of late-work submission due to extenuating circumstances is at the discretion of the instructor and will require documentation for verification of extenuating circumstances. If late work submission is granted, the instructor will establish new due-dates and requirements without loss of course points.

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PLAGIARIZM POLICY In essence, plagiarism is the theft of someone else’s ideas and work. Whether a student copies verbatim or simply rephrases the ideas of another without properly acknowledging the source, it is still plagiarism. A discussion thread, computer program, marketing plan, PowerPoint presentation, and other similar work produced to satisfy a course requirement are, like a paper, expected to be the original work of the student submitting it. Copying documentation from another student or from any other source without proper citation is a form of academic dishonesty, as is producing work substantially from the work of another. Students are subject to disciplinary action if they submit as their own work a paper purchased from a term paper company or downloaded from the Internet. Kaplan University subscribes to a third-party plagiarism detection service, and reserves the right to check all student work to verify that it meets the guidelines of this policy. Academic dishonesty is a serious offense and may result in the following sanctions: 1st offense: Failure of the assignment in which the action occurred. 2nd offense: Failure of the class in which the action occurred. 3rd offense: Expulsion or permanent dismissal from the University. Plagiarism charges remain on a student’s record permanently. Any offenses a student accumulates while completing a program will be carried over if and when a student reenrolls in a program or begins a new program at the University.

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More from the Reading Icon Web Resources  In this unit and in your academic career, you will be using the World Wide Web to find information. For this reading activity, review how many teachers and students use this website to find great search engines.  Using the Internet to Conduct Research  Searching with Savvy: The Best Search Engines for Teachers and Students  ech/tech001.shtml

More from the Reading Icon  The reading activity is a presentation about the online classroom. If you have flash ( on your computer, access this presentation by clicking on the video button below. If you do not have flash or prefer to read the text version of this presentation, click on the presentation button below and read the notes.  Once you complete the presentation, do a little more web research by going to O*Net OnLine, and enter in your future job profession title. 

More from the Reading Icon Take notes that outline: Take notes that outline: The tasks The tasks The education requirements The education requirements The wages The wages Any other items of interest to you Any other items of interest to you

More from the Reading Icon  Then, use an internet search engine, such as Google, to conduct more in- depth research on your chosen profession and professional resources available in your geographical area. Enter in your future job profession and then “professional organizations.”  Take notes that outline these items:  Explore several of the websites until you find at least 2 professional organizations.  Write a summary of each organization and whether or not you might join it.

Example: BSHCA

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Looking ahead to Unit 3

Enjoy this double rainbow! Have a great week!