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Medical Lab I COURSE SYLLABUS |
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Course
Code: |
HEA180 |
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Instructor: |
Rhonda Harris, RN,
AND, BSN, MSN E-mail: rhondaharris@forrestcollege.edu Phone: 864-933-9428 |
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Course
Schedule: |
This course
meets in room 102 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:38 PM to 9:41 PM starting July
1, 2008 to September 13,2008. |
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Credit
Hours: |
3.0 Credit
hours awarded upon successful completion of course requirements. |
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Text: |
Kinn’s: The Medical Assistant - An Applied Learning Approach 10th
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 10th Ed; Alexandra P. Young & Deborah B.
Proctor; Elsevier, 2007; ISBN:
978-1-4160-3835-1 |
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Course Description: |
The student will
be introduced to the laboratory setting with emphasis on safety, quality
control, the microscope, and blood chemistry tests. |
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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:
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Prerequisite: |
NONE |
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Course Outline: |
Week One: Introduction; Rules of Laboratory Week Two: Chapter 50 – Assisting in the Clinical Laboratory Week Three: Lab for Chapter 50 Week Four: Chapter 52 – Assisting in Phlebotomy Week Five: Lab for Chapter 52 – Collecting Blood in
Syringe Week Six: Lab for Chapter 52 – Collecting Blood in Evacuated Tube Week Seven: Lab for Chapter 52 – Collecting Blood with
Butterfly Week Eight::
Lab for Chapter 52 - Capillary Puncture Week Nine: Lab for Chapter 52 – Capillary Puncture on
Infants Week Ten: Review skills; Review for Final Exam Week Eleven: Final Exam |
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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. |
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Grading: |
Class Attendance (being physically present in class) .................................... 20% (This means 2 points
for each week you physically attend class) Midterm Exam................................................................................................ 40% Final Exam...................................................................................................... 40% ...................................................................................................................... 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 |
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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 20% of your grade. You must be in attendance for your
scheduled test dates. You must be in
attendance for your scheduled group presentation dates. |
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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. |
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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.
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Resources |
The College has adequate resources to assist students in
researching projects (i.e. books, magazines, newspapers, Internet, LIRN). |
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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. |
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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. |