COURSE SYLLABUS

ALH A111 - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Spring 2019
1430-1730 Mondays CRN#: 35026, 3 Units
Orange Coast College, Science Lecture Hall
INSTRUCTOR: Lynne Cottrell, MSN, RN, PHN, CMA (AAMA) Tele: (714) 432-5658
OFFICE: ALH 208A
OFFICE HOURS: T 12-3; other times by appointment only
Email: lcottrell@occ.cccd.edu Preferred method of communication 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME:

The student will be able to: Apply medical language including prefixes, suffixes, and combining
forms along with symptomatic, therapeutic, diagnostic, operative and related diagnostic testing
terms to the medical record and patient care.

CLASS SCHEDULE

DATE CLASS TOPIC/ACTIVITY NOTES

1-28-19 Course Orientation
Lecture: Chapter 1 Introduction to Medical
Language
Basic Word Structure
Suffixes
Prefixes
2-4 Lecture: Chapter 2 Scantrons due before class
Introduction to Health to TA. NoScantron=No
grades
Records
2-11 QUIZ#1: Chapters 1-2
Lecture: Chapter 3
Integumentary System
Dermatology
2-18 HOLIDAY

2-25 EXAM #1: Chapters 1-3

Lecture: NONE
3-4 Lecture: Chapter 4 The Musculoskeletal
System and Orthopedics

3-11 QUIZ # 2 Chapter 4

Lecture: Chapter 5 The Nervous System

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CLASS TOPIC/ACTIVITY
3-18 EXAM #2: Chapters 4 & 5
Lecture: Chapter 6 The Sensory System

3-25 Spring Break

4-1 QUIZ #3: Chapter 6

Lecture: Chapter 7 The Endocrine System

4-8 EXAM #3: Chapters 6&7

Lecture: NONE

4-15 Lecture: Chapter 8

The Blood and Lymphatic System
Lecture: Chapter 9
The Cardiovascular System
4-22 QUIZ #4: Chapters 8 & 9
Lecture: Chapter 10 The Respiratory System
Chapter 11 The GI System

4-29 EXAM #4: Chapters 8, 9, 10 & 11

Lecture: Chapter 12 The Urinary and Male
Reproductive

5-6 QUIZ #5: Chapter 12

Lecture: Chapter 13 The Female Reproductive
System

5-13 Exam #5Psyche-No

Lecture: Review* reading required
FINAL EXAM REVIEW
5-20 EXAM 5: 12&13& Rx
MAKE-UP EXAMS AS NEEDED

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 REQUIRED TEXT:

(2018) Acquiring Medical Language, 2nd Ed. Jones. McGraw-Hill, ISBN 978-1-259-63816-9

OPTIONAL TEXT:

Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing, Sixth Edition,
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins ISBN: 978-0-7817-7618-9
[For students with limited funds: This dictionary is available for reference at the Reserve Desk
in the OCC Library]
GRADING:

Your grade is based solely on the number of points you accumulate. Possible points are as
follows:
5 EXAMS (multiple choice) (60 points each) 300 points
5 QUIZZES (multiple choice) (25 points each) 125 points

15 CLASS PARTICIPATION (1 point per class) 15 points

Points Possible: 440

Grading Schema:

90-100% = A
80-89% = B
70-79% = C
60-69% = D
Not acceptable
for any ALH
program at OCC
below 60% = F

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CLASS RULES:

1. You will be allowed to makeup one (1) section exam if you are absent at exam time.
Ten percentage points will be deducted from the makeup exam score regardless of
the reason for your absence.

This make-up will be

after exam #5 on the last
day of class. No
exceptions!

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2. THERE
ARE NO
MAKE-UPS
FOR CLASS
QUIZZES; NO
EXCEPTIONS
, PLEASE
DON’T ASK.

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4. It will be necessary for you to purchase ten (10) ParSCORE TEST FORM
Scantrons® (F-289-PAR-L) for testing purposes. They will be collected at the
beginning of the second class meeting; students’ grades will be withheld until
Scantrons® are turned in.

5. If you are a student with Special Services, it is your responsibility to register this class
with your counselor. Your exams will be taken in the Special Services Center and it is
your responsibility to make sure that it does not coincide with lecture time. They may be
taken prior to or at the same time class meets. Our classroom test times are 2:30-4:10pm.
Lecture starts at 4:15.
6. CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES: Absolutely NO cell phones or
electronic devices during class. If you are carrying one on your person or if you have one
in your purse or book bag, please, TURN IT OFF! Please let your instructor know if you
are experiencing an emergent situation. Computers may be used for note taking, however,
if you are watching YouTube, on FB, or other activity, you will be asked to leave class.

OTHER IMPORTANT INFO:

BREAKS: You will be given one (30 minute) break at approximately 1600. On Exam
days this is not the case, and you are to leave the lecture hall immediately after
completing your exam and return at approximately 1615.

MEDICAL ADVICE: Please do not ask me for medical advice. This means via e-mail,
during my office hours or during class time. This places me in a non-professional, and
frankly, uncomfortable position. I am employed by OCC as a professor/program
director, not as a free health advice nurse. This is also related to the liability issues
related to my malpractice carrier. All health and psychological concerns should be
directed to your personal health practitioner. If you do not have one, please, contact the
OCC Student Health Center at 714-432-5808. Thanks for your understanding.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY/CHEATING: An incidence of cheating will be reported to

the Dean of Students with a recommendation for disciplinary action consistent with the
Academic Honesty Policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Examples of cheating are:
1. obtaining information from another student during an examination
2. communicating information to another student during an examination
3. knowingly allowing another student to copy one’s work
4. offering another person’s work as one’s own
5. taking an examination for another student or having someone take an exam for
oneself
6. sharing answers for a collaborative project and take-home unless specifically
authorized by the instructor
7. using unauthorized material during an examination
8. altering a graded examination or assignment and returning it for additional credit
9. having another person or company do research writing and/or writing of an
assigned paper or report
10. misreporting or altering the data in laboratory or research project
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RECORDING INSTRUCTOR: The use of electronic audio or video recording devices
during class is a violation of the course syllabus, Coast Community College Student Code
of Conduct (Board Policy 5500), and the California Education Code section 78907. The
instructor does not permit the distribution of words or images in any form of film, video, or
electronic communication. Additionally, I understand that unauthorized recording or
distribution of classroom content is an unlawful intellectual property infringement.

TESTING SEATING

Due to the large lecture hall, your seat will be re-assigned with each exam and you can
return to your normal seat at lecture time. It is my hope that you will rise to the profession
for which you are studying and not cheat, however, being a realist, all cheating will be
reported. Likewise, please report any suspicious activity to myself or one of the TAs while
it is happening. You do not want this person taking care of you, your parents or child!
One final note-strong arming or intimidating another student to give you answers will not
be tolerated. Come on people-it’s super easy, just study and you will be awarded a
passing grade ‘nuf said

Stay on target and have a great semester!!

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