Medical Terminology for Public Health Professionals

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Spell and Define flashcard prefixes, suffixes, and stem words.
• Identify and Explain the function of specific word parts.
• Describe how medical compound terms (words) are constructed.
• Build compound terms using multiple word parts in a combining form.
• Fracture and Analyze key compound medical terms found on the Word Part Flashcards, Multiple Choice Questions, and Lecture Slides.
• Define key compound medical terms found on the flashcards, both literally and actually.
• Spell and Define medical equipment, treatment, disease, and diagnostic compound terms.
• Identify Visually and Describe Verbally some of the medical problems, disorders, and diseases presented in the lectures.
• Perform at a high level on Professional College Admission Examinations (Examples: GRE, MCAT, DAT, NCLEX, OAT, PCAT, & VCAT).
• Interpret and Understand medical course content, literature, records, and research.
• Interpret and Understand word (term) meanings from a wide variety of academic disciplines in the Arts, Sciences, Humanities, Education, Agriculture, and Technology

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Time Graded Quizzes X 12	60%
Two Exams	40%

Grades will be assigned to students based on the score each student earns from the combination the timed/graded quizzes and the two exams. Each timed/graded quiz is worth 6% of your final grade. Each exam is worth 20% of your final grade. You should track your quiz and exam grades/scores in the online course, not through Canvas. It is your responsibility to complete the requirements on time and earn the grade you want. Grades are final. Please do not contact the instructor requesting extra credit.

Note: Each time graded quiz contains 24 questions. The 12 quizzes will be averaged to make up 60% of your final grade. Each quiz is worth 5% of your final grade.

Note: The exam contains 100 randomized questions and timed to be completed in 60 minutes. Each exam will count as 20% of your final grade. The Exams are much more difficult than the quizzes, so more study is needed.

If an exam or quiz is missed and acceptable documentation is not provided, a grade of 0 will be given. Extensions can be granted with justification, but late quizzes and exams will have 0.25% (a quarter of a percentage point) of the earned score deducted for each day late.

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
93 – 100%	A
90 – 92%	A-
87 – 89%	B+
83 - 86%	B
80 – 82%	B-
77 – 79%	C+
73 - 76%	C
70 – 72%	C-
67 – 69%	D+
63 - 66%	D
60 – 62%	D-
59% and below	F

Attendance/Participation:

It is your responsibility to complete the requirements on time and earn the grade you want.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

You will need to register and pay for your course Etextbook through CANVAS to have access to all learning materials and assignments. If you are enrolled in the UNCG First Day Complete program, you will receive an access key code which you will enter as your form of payment. (Contact the campus bookstore for assistance with the UNCG First Day Complete program). If not, you can pay with a credit card, or apply for a temporary deferment (Deferred Key Code). The eBook for this course is: HEA 113 Medical Terminology (ISBN# 978-0-9819910-7-8).