1. First Day of Class Anatomy
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2. Avoid risky activities during this semester!

3. My National University Schedule
Nov-Dec = A&P part 1
Jan-Feb = A&P part 2
Mar-Apr = Micro (2 weeks off for X-Mas and New Year’s)
May-Jun = A&P part 1
July-Aug = A&P part 2
Sep-Oct = Micro is offered there, but I don’t teach in the summer
Hours = Tues + Thurs 5:30-10pm, dinner break from 7-7:30, plus every other Sat for 4 hours, usually 8am-noon
Location = 3390 Harbor Boulevard, Costa Mesa, CA
Phone = (714)
You cannot register online, you must call and ask for me to be your instructor. There are always openings with other instructors, but my classes fill up fast, so apply a few months in advance.

4. Notes about National University
Cost = $1000 a month; financial aid is available, where you don’t start paying until 6 months after you have finished all the classes, and the payback rate is $30 a month (8.25% interest).
The courses are accelerated (4 months of work in 2 months), so don’t take any other classes at the same time.
It is a University, so the grading system includes plusses and minuses.
Also because it is a University, you have to write a 3-5 page report for lecture, and Micro lab requires a lab project and report as well.
The lectures and labs are separate classes, so your grades are separate.
You are not allowed to miss more than 3 lectures and 3 labs per class or you flunk, since each class is only 8 weeks (school rules).

5. Free Amazon Prime for Students
You can get free shipping for 6 months on most Amazon products (including books, school supplies)
Flashcard Website:
Some students want more time with the bones and muscles (for lab). If you want to buy your own bones and muscles to take home, the following slide has the best websites I have found:

6. $21, free shipping Budget Life Size Skull
Skull and mandible had a few holes not drilled out, but otherwise great for the money. Note: you get a similar skull if you order the Bag of Bones.

7. My First Skeleton (Tiny Tim): 17” tall
$24
Skull cap comes off so you can look inside.

8. Big Tim Skeleton (26” tall)
$40
Skull cap comes off so you can look inside.
Has muscle origins and insertions painted on to help for the second lab exam too.

9. Bag of Bones
$40
Mine was missing an ulna and cervical vertebrae, but had all the other bones. Skull and mandible had a few holes not drilled out.

10. Muscle man (8” tall)
$20

11. Model Anatomy Professional Medical Acupuncture Muscle Male 24"
$40 plus $13 shipping
Several places on Ebay

12. Model Anatomy Professional Medical Acupuncture Muscle Male 24"
$70 plus $25 shipping
Several places on Ebay

13. Make your own muscle man model
Made from an inexpensive 3D muscle poster

15. The Muscular System 3d Raised Relief Chart
$12 with shipping

16. The Muscular System 3d Raised Relief Chart
$20 with shipping
18" x 25"

17. Human Anatomy, 3rd ed. By Saladin
Textbooks and Other Supplies (Recommended; other books or older versions okay)
Human Anatomy, 3rd ed. By Saladin
Human Anatomy Laboratory Manual, 3rd ed. By Saladin
Four Scantrons #882E for lecture and lab
You do NOT need a scantron for any quiz
MAKE SURE YOU DON’T FOLD OR WRINKLE THEM

18. You might want to keep your Anatomy Text You will probably use it in the future!

20. Grading Policy
Grades are based on lecture exams and quizzes and lab exams.
A = %
B = 80-89%
C = 70-79%
D = 60-69%
F<60%.

21. Lecture Exams and Quizzes
Lecture Exams and Quizzes: There will be a 10-point quiz on the lecture material from the previous week (all quizzes are multiple choice except the first one has 5 short answer and 5 multiple choice) There are a total of 5 quizzes during the semester.
There are 4 lecture exams worth 70 points each; each one contains 5 questions from each unit preceding it. The lecture exams are 70 questions, one point each. There are 60 questions that are multiple choice (use a scantron) and 10 questions that are fill-in-the-blank. The points in lecture total 330. There is no extra credit in lecture.

22. Lecture Make-up Exams
It is essential that you be present for scheduled exams. Makeup exams will be administered for severe and compelling reasons only, and only when notice is given directly to the Instructor well in advance of the exam or when accompanied by a physician’s note.

23. Lab Practical Exams Lab Practical Exams
There are three lab exams worth 100 points each, and one 30-point quiz; total possible points in lab are 330.
The final is not cumulative EXCEPT for all the histology (microscope slides).

25. Disabilities
If you have specific disabilities and require accommodations, please let me know in the first week of the semester so that your learning needs may be appropriately met.
All discussions will remain confidential.

26. Getting a W or an F?
If a student gets a D or F in a class, you can retake the class, but the bad grade will always remain on your transcript along with and “R”, indicating you re-took the class, and the new grade will also appear.
Only the new grade is used for your GPA (but you have to fill out a form at Admissions and Records, it is not automatic). However, since the bad grade also appears on your record, you may want to consider dropping the class instead of getting the bad grade that nursing schools can still see.

27. Getting a W or an F?
Getting a W is also not viewed favorably by nursing schools. The last day to drop a class without a W is on the day of the second lecture quiz.

28. Getting a B or a C?
If you get a B or C in a class, you cannot take it again at the same school DISTRICT. You can take it again elsewhere, but both of your grades will be seen by the nursing school if you submit both transcripts.
The nursing schools look at a C the first time you take a class and an A the second time you take a class, and they will give you credit for your average of both grades, so they will assign you a B for the overall grade in that class.

29. Tip
If you plan on withdrawing with a W and retaking the class, it is better to stay here until the last day to drop with a W (about 6 weeks before the end of the semester).
Once you drop, you cannot come back in to the classroom to audit…problems with liability.

30. How do nursing schools feel about W’s and F’s?
Cypress –One W in the prerequisites is OK.
Cerritos –Only allows 1 W, D, or F for prerequisites.  Can repeat 1 prerequisite to improve the grade.
Golden West –They have a formula for the number of W, D, or Fs on the transcripts.
Long Beach City –Only allows 1 W, D, or F for prerequisites.  Can repeat 1 prerequisite to improve the grade.
 Santa Ana – Student can petition to have the W, D, or F removed.  GPA will calculate both grades until substandard grade removed.  The number of W, D, or Fs does not affect entry.  The first passing grade is the grade used to calculate points for entry into the program.

31. New Rule! All Community Colleges must abide by a new State rule:
No one can take the same class more that three times in one school District.
If you have taken this class twice in this school, this is the last semester you can take it again.
If you drop or flunk again, you would need to go to another school district.

32. New Rule: Three Strikes
A withdrawal is now counted the same as a D or F.
If you get an F, that is one strike.
If you get a W, that is one strike
If a person gets a D, that is one strike.
If you get three strikes in the same course (even with different instructors), you cannot take the class again in the same school district.
If you had extenuating circumstances, you may petition to have a strike removed.

33. Make sure you write your answers on the correct line of your Scranton…the right answer on the wrong line is still wrong! That’s like writing the morning dose of a patient’s medicine on the line for the evening dose!

34. Miscellaneous Information and Tips
Cell Phones: Electronic devices ringing during class can be very annoying to your fellow students. They must be turned off or be converted to the vibrate mode once in the classroom.
Please do not bring guests or children to class. We must ask this for college liability reasons.
You are welcome to use a tape recorder in class and you may use a digital camera for studying lab work.
If you have a lap top computer you like to use, bring it!
NOTE: this week with your name and the address you want me to use for announcements.

35. Miscellaneous Information and Tips
You are encouraged to form study groups outside of class. It is common to see a remarkable improvement in students’ performance when they review and study as a group. Before you leave today make 5 friends in class/ or study groups you can contact for information due to missed class time or studying times. Get their addresses and cell phone numbers if possible.

36. Grades Posted by Random ID Number
It is against campus policy to post grades by student names or ID number.
Therefore, you will be assigned a random number to use this semester so you can see your grades each month.

37. Lab Safety
Do not eat, drink, smoke or store food in the laboratory. Avoid all finger to mouth contact.
Report ALL accidents immediately!
Wipe down the lab bench surface with disinfectant before each lab period.
Keep the lab bench clear of any unnecessary books or other items.
Know the locations of fire extinguishers, the fire blanket, the eyewash apparatus, emergency flashlights and the first aid kit.
Know emergency procedures, phone numbers (x4444) and evacuation routes (see information on the bulletin board in the front of the classroom.)
Use caution when handling sharp instruments.
Wear gloves in the lab if your hands have cuts or suffer broken skin.
Inform your instructor of any allergies or medical conditions you may have that could directly affect your work in the lab. (including pregnancy.)
Under no circumstances are visitors or children allowed in the lab.
If you drop the class, you cannot continue to attend lecture or lab.

38. Disaster Preparedness
During an Emergency
Always remain in the classroom with your instructor until your class has been instructed to evacuate. Wait outside your classroom building to receive instructions before leaving the area.
Acknowledge ALL campus alarms. When you hear the alarm, calmly exit the building you are in and NEVER enter a building when the alarm is sounding.
Ask students with special needs if they need assistance exiting the classroom or building.
Whatever you carried in, take out (keys, cell phone, backpack.) A campus official will alert students when it is safe to reenter the building.

39. Earthquake Should an earthquake occur: Duck, cover and hold.
Do not run out of the building.
Stay away from glass while indoors.
Remain calm and stay with your instructor.
If you are not in a building, seek out an open area and stay away from glass.

40. Fire Should a fire occur:
Stay with your instructor, and evacuate the building together.
If you are the first to witness fire or smoke, immediately contact Administration. Do not re-enter the building until a campus official gives “okay.”
 Building evacuation routes are posted in the College Emergency Procedures that are hanging up in every classroom and office on campus.

41. Safety Summery
Fire exit: exit to the left, leave the campus, go to the left again, and head toward the park.
Do not exit to the right…it leads to a dead end!
Come and go to the bathroom as you want.

42. Sickness Safety
If you have a fever, please do not come to class until the fever has been gone for 24 hours.

43. Class Announcements by Email
Once you are enrolled, send me an from your preferred address so I can send you notices about when grades are posted, announcements, or when I make changes to the website.
Then I will have your address that you wish for me to use.
I will send the class s as a blind carbon copy so no one sees your address.

44. A little about myself…. Microbiology major, CSULB
Graduated from Samuel Merritt College of Medicine, 1986.
Spent my 4th year at USC Medical Center
Surgical Residency in several OC Hospitals
Private practice in Orange County as physician and surgeon for 20 years.
Came down with leukemia, had to close my doors.
Recovered, decided to go into teaching.

45. A little about myself…. Updated my microbiology classes at CSULB.
Earned a Community College Teaching Certificate at CSUDH, completed my internship in Anatomy at Fullerton College.
I then graduated from Loma Linda University with a PhD in Biology.
I have mainly been teaching Anatomy, Microbiology, and Physiology for the past 10 years at 12 schools in all nearby Counties.

46. A little about myself…. I did two research projects at LLU:
1. Algal control by phosphate restriction in freshwater lakes. Involves using a modified Koi pond sand bed filtration system to filter lakes, with the use of ferric chloride to bind up the phosphate in the water. Without the phosphate, the algae cannot grow.
2. The prevalence of blue-green algae toxins that cause liver cancer. What coastal lagoons are harboring the algae that produce these toxins? Why are some lagoons affected and others are not? Which lagoons are harbors for endangered species?

47. Tips
Lab exams come after the lectures exams. The temptation is to study for the next exam, but that will not leave you enough time to study for the following exam.
Keep up on the material in both lecture and lab!

48. 10 hours  C 15 hours  B 20 hours  A

49. Grades

50. Try not to misspell words so badly that if you spelled that word on a patient’s chart that goes to court for a lawsuit, you would lose because doubt is shed about your competency!

51. Letters of Recommendation
Look ahead at the letters of recommendation you will be needing!
They ask me about how prompt you are, your written communication skills, and some ask for your class rank.

53. Sample Letter of Recommendation

56. PharmCas

57. FOR PTCAS: How would you rate the applicant for each of the following characteristics?
Commitment to Learning: The ability to self-assess, self-correct and self direct; identify needs and sources of learning; continually seek new knowledge and understanding.
Interpersonal Skills: The ability to interact effectively with patients, families, colleagues, other healthcare professionals and the community; deal effectively with cultural or ethnic diversity issues.
Communication Skills: The ability to communicate effectively (speaking, body language, reading writing, listening) for varied audiences and purposes.
Effective Use of Time: The ability to obtain the maximum benefit from a minimum investment of time and resources.
Use of Constructive Feedback: The ability to identify sources of and seek out feedback; to effectively use and provide feedback for improving personal interaction.

58. FOR PTCAS: How would you rate the applicant for each of the following characteristics?
Ethical and Professional Behavior: The ability to exhibit appropriate ethical and professional conduct and to represent the profession effectively.
Responsibility: The ability to fulfill commitments, be accountable for actions and outcomes, and to persevere to achieve goals.
Critical Thinking: The ability to question logically; identify, generate and evaluate elements of logical argument; recognize and differentiate facts, illusions, assumptions; distinguish the relevant from the irrelevant.
Stress Management: The ability to identify sources of stress, develop effective coping behaviors, and adapt well to change.
Problem Solving: The ability to recognize and define problems, use imagination and creativity to solve problems, analyze data, develop and implement solutions, and evaluate outcomes.
Leadership: The ability to take initiative and motivate or guide others; generates ideas and plans or shares a vision for the future.

59. CASPA Recommend Form

60. Clinical Care Extender Program
This is one of the many places where you can get volunteer experience working with patients. Many schools require 1000 hours of patient contact before you are considered for admission to the program. See my website for more volunteer opportunities.

61. New Criteria for SC Nursing School

63. A caution about what you put on the internet of yourself…
employers and schools check you out online before accepting you!
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67. About Downloading My Files
When you go to my website and click on any file:
DO NOT CLICK ON OPEN FILE
CLICK ON DOWNLOAD FILE
When the file is in your computer, then open the file.
Otherwise, your computer will be frozen for 30 minutes while it is opening the large files.
Don’t bother printing the lecture PPTs, just the flashcards.
If you don’t want to study from your electronic appliance, you might want to print the lab Complete Review PPTs; print 6 slides per page to save on ink.