Clinical Procedures I COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Code:	HEA 170
Instructor:	Dr. Charles Rushing, MD E-mail: cmandtpr@hartconm.net charlesrushing@forrestcollege.edu Phone: 864-225-7653
Course Schedule:	This course meets in room 102 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 8:00 AM to 10:03 AM starting June 30, 2008 to September 13, 2008
Credit Hours:	3.0 Credit hours awarded upon successful completion of course requirements
Text:	Kinn’s: The Medical Assistant - An Applied Learning Approach 10^th Ed: Alexandra P. Young & Deborah B. Proctor; Elsevier, 2007; ISBN: 1-4160-2420-4 Study Guide to Accompany Kinn’s: The Medical Assistant - An Applied Learning Approach 10^th Ed; Alexandra P. Young & Deborah B. Proctor; Elsevier, 2007; ISBN: 978-1-4160-3835-1
Course Description:	The student will be introduced to the impact of infectious diseases. Infection control, medical asepsis and sterilization are reviewed. Taking medical history and documentation in a patients chart. Vital signs and measurements. Physical Examinations, procedures of the body systems, assisting with minor surgery, and nutrition.
Course Objectives:	Note: You may expect that questions on your tests/exams will be based upon demonstrating your knowledge of the following course objectives. Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: Perform proper procedures for sterilization and infection control. Take vital signs and medical history of a patient. Document properly in a patient’s chart. Assist a physician with various types of exams.
Prerequisite:	HEA 150
Course Outline:	Week One: Introduction to course; Chapter 26 Infection Control Week Two: Lab for Chapter 26 Week Three: Chapter 27 Patient Assessment Week Four: Lab for chapter 27 Week Five: Chapter 30 Vital Signs; Chapter 31 Assisting with Primary Physical Examination Week Six: Lab for Chapter 30 and Chapter 31 Week Seven: Midterm Exam; Chapter 48 (Electrocardiography) Week Eight: Lab for Chapter 48 Week Nine: Chapter 55 Surgical Supplies and Instruments; Chapter 56 Surgical Asepsis and Assisting with Surgical Procedures Week Ten: Lab for Chapter 55 and 56 Week Eleven: Review and Exam
Instruction Method:	A variety of instruction techniques will be used in this course. These practices include (but are not limited to) class lecture; small group work; discussion; group projects; out-of-class assignments; individual assignments; electronically based research; expected e-mail communications, etc.
Grading:	Homework...................................................................................................... 10% Cumulative Test 1........................................................................................... 20% Cumulative Test 2........................................................................................... 20% Cumulative Test 3........................................................................................... 20% Quizzes........................................................................................................... 10% Final Exam..................................................................................................... 20% Total.............................................................................................................. 100% *Missed tests: If you miss a test, you must schedule to take the test within one week of having missed it or you will not be eligible to take the test at all. Grading Scale: A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 70-79 D = 60-69 F = Below 60
Attendance:	Regular attendance is expected because it is through regular attendance that you will hear and learn from the experience of your instructor as well as from the input (questions, answers, discussions, concerns) of others of the members of your class. You may also “attend” classes (when you are not physically able to be present in class) by communicating with members of your assigned group and finding out from them what class materials you have missed and/or other aspects of what went on in class that you should know about. You can also “attend” by keeping in touch with your instructor through the use of e-mail. Let your instructor and members of your group know that you might be late, or that you’re too ill to come to class, or that you’ve missed an assignment and are trying your best to complete it, etc. As you can see by the section on grade assignment (above), you will earn one point for every week of perfect attendance. You attend ten weeks and you receive a very positive 10% of your grade. You must be in attendance for your scheduled test dates. You must be in attendance for your scheduled group presentation dates.
Make-up work:	It is the individual student’s responsibility to find out from one of his classmates and/or group members what materials he/she might have missed as the result of having missed a class session. Call your classmates; e-mail them; keep up with them; be responsible for getting the information that you need in order to demonstrate competence in this course.
Academic Dishonesty	Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses and may be punished by failure on exam, or homework or failure of the course, and/or suspension/expulsion from the college.
Resources	The College has adequate resources to assist students in researching projects (i.e. books, magazines, newspapers, Internet, LIRN).
Changes	In accordance with the policy of the College, your instructor has the right to change the syllabus in a manner that he/she feels necessary in order to better accomplish the goal(s) of this course.
Cell Phones	Cell phones are absolutely prohibited to be used in class for calling or texting. Cells phones are to be off or on vibrate. Use of cell phones could result in the cell phone being taken up and held until the end of class.