Terry J. Bond - Adjunct Faculty

HS 111 Seminar schedule – Wednesdays, 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm EST Our unit’s week start on Wednesdays as well The first unit is to help the student understand the expectations of the course and get to know your colleagues and instructor Tonight we will discuss the major areas of the syllabus and the expectations.

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Who are we? Let’s begin tonight by sharing a little bit about us! Where are you from? What program are you in? Is this your first Kaplan course

AIM is one of the methods for communicating with the instructor. If you do not have AIM, you can go on line and sign up for it – there is no charge involved for this. Instructors no longer have specific office hours but you may call to schedule a time if you need to speak to me. What if I see the instructor on line can I “talk” with her?

There are two locations for you to view your syllabus 1) On your course home page 2) Saved in your doc sharing files (you can print this for future reference if desired) Grading rubrics are found in your syllabus – please become familiar with these The grades you will receive from the instructor are in: discussion participation and postings, seminar participation and project papers. Your quizzes are automatically graded. The quiz grades are typically available approximately 5 days after the close of the unit.

The discussion board offers students the opportunity to participate in a forum to ask and answer questions about the chapter’s material. The requirements for discussion posting include: the student must participate 3 of the 7 days in the week, the posting to the initial question must contribute to the quality of the discussion, and the student must post at least 2 responses to their peers posting over the course of the week. Some students prefer to create their response in a Word document, then post to the discussion board.

If a student meets all criteria as stated what would be their grade for discussion? If the student only posts brief responses, and there are multiple errors in the posts, what would the grade be now? Why is it important to post early in the week? Why would the instructor attempt to redirect the discussion into a different direction?

There are two project papers in this course. One is due at the end of Unit 5 and the second at the end of Unit 5. There are templates to assist you with formatting these papers. APA formatting style is recommended but not required. In addition, the web site apastyle.org is helpful

There are very few circumstances where late work is accepted for grading after the due date. Examples of these are located in the syllabus under late assignments. In addition, in order for the instructor to accept late assignments, the student must be in contact with the instructor prior to the due date. Situations which involve computer technology are not one of the extenuating circumstances for acceptance of late work. Please be sure to save your work prior to submission and have alternate web access if needed.

- Historic development - Greek and Latin word parts - Acronym - formed from the first letters of the word in a set phrase, e.g. LASER - Eponym – named after an individual such as Lou Gehrig or Parkinson - Modern language

- Word root – all medical terms which are built from word parts must contain at least one word root - Prefixes - Suffixes - Combining vowels

- Word root – the core of the medical term - Prefix – attached at the beginning of a word root - Suffix – attached at the end of a word root - Combining vowels – /o, vowels which are used to assist in the pronunciation of the term

- There are many terms which are not built from word parts - The student of medical terminology will rely on memorization to learn these terms

- Word root Dermat – relating to the skin Cyto – relating to a cell Hepat - relating to the liver - Prefix Sub – below Intra - within - Suffix itis – inflammation pathy – disease of Can you list others?

 Combining form – word root with combining vowel attached  Combining vowel – usually an “o”  Examples  Cyt/o  Leuk/o  My/o

 When you combine a word root and suffix which does not begin with a vowel, a combining vowel is used  If the suffix does begin with a vowel, a combining vowel is not used  When combining two word roots, a combining vowel is used even if the terms begin with a vowel  When combining a prefix and word root, a combining vowel is not used

 Analyzing  Defining  Word Building

 To analyze a medical term:  Divide the term into word parts  Label each word part, e.g. WR, P, S, and CV  Label the combining forms

 Begin first by defining the suffix  Move next to the word root  Finally, define the prefix  Apply the meanings of each word part contained in the term E.g. Osteoarthritis = oste/o/arthr/itis = inflammation of the bones and joints

 To build medical terms, place the word parts together to form words  Select the appropriate suffix  Find the word root(s) for the term you are building  Use combining vowels to join the parts

 Myopathy – disease of the muscle  Cytology – study of cells  Dermatitis – inflammation of the skin  Hepatitis – inflammation of the liver  Intravenous – within the vein

 Discussion participation  Seminar participation – synchronous or Option 2 asynchronous  Quiz