Medical Lab I

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Code:

HEA180

Instructor:     

Dr. Charles Rushing, MD

E-mail: charlesrushing@forrestcollege.edu

            cmandtpr@hartcom.net

Phone: 864-225-7653

Course Schedule:

This course meets in room 102 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:10 AM to 12:13 PM 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 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

Course Description:

The student will be introduced to the laboratory setting with emphasis on safety, quality control, the microscope, and blood chemistry tests.

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:

  • Understand the rules of the laboratory, OSHA, and CLIA.
  • Perform phlebotomy with limited assistance.
  • Perform routine diagnostic tests such as Capillary Puncture.

Prerequisite:

NONE

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

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:

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

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.

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.