Our third week’s blog post is about designing a course profile. To have a better understanding of how to fill the necessary sections of the ADDIE template, I had to do further readings, and I came across the Remote/Online Course Design Checklist on the University of Toronto’s website, which creates a simple road map on basic things that need to be considered when designing online learning courses. So, let’s get started with specifics about the course. See the link to my ADDIE: Medical Terminology Course Profile

Welcome to this online course. MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY (MTHS101)

This course is designed for medical students and professionals interested in learning or refreshing their knowledge and application of healthcare languages. This course is also relevant for medical-related professionals who work in non-clinical healthcare careers and students who aspire to work in these fields. These include fields like medical transcriptionists, continuing care assistants, healthcare administrators, and health information managers

For example, there is a growing need for health administrators across the country because they are essential to the efficient running of medical institutions. However, many students enrolled in health administration courses often struggle to understand and use medical terms. Medical terminology is a foundational skill and language required by many healthcare professionals to enable them to communicate clearly and effectively across various settings. Without proper instruction, health administration students may find it difficult to interpret and document medical conditions, patient information, billing and coding procedures, interact with patients, and communicate with other healthcare professionals. This lack of knowledge can cause mistakes in patient care and inefficient administrative processes, as well as make students less credible in their responsibilities.

Course delivery

This is a self-directed online course that will run synchronously for 9 weeks with daily class reviews through Zoom, and course content, assignments, and related materials will be shared using Google Classroom. Videos and live photos of content related to the course will also be shared during the class review.

All assignments and exams are done online through Google documents that will be shared in the course’s Google Classroom site.

Course structure

• Topic 1: Introduction to Medical language and health care today
• Topic 2: Respiratory system
• Topic 3: Cardiovascular system
• Topic 4: Nervous system
• Topic 5:  Integumentary system
• Topic 6: Gastrointestinal system
• Topic 7: Blood and lymphatic system
• Topic 8: Skeletal system
• Topic 9: Urinary system

Course objective and learning outcome

By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Identify, describe, and pronounce the combining words that form the foundation of medical terms
• Understand the meaning of medical term constructions and its relation to anatomy and physiology
• Identify and describe the major anatomical position, body systems, plane and direction
• Identify the various structures of the human body and describe their functions
• Identify and describe common diseases and how they are diagnosed and treated.
• Explain the critical role of accurate medical terminology in various healthcare professions.

Assessment Overview

Assessment of this course will be done through the following:

• Online Quiz(zes), weighted at 20%
• Assignment Weighted at 30%
• Exam Weighted at 50%

The minimum passing rate for the assessment is 70%

Time allowed for online quiz (zes) is 120 minutes

Quiz(zes) are done during Friday class with webcam’s on.

Here are free resources that can also help in learning this course:

Medical Terminology Quizzes

Interactive medical terminology exercises

Learning Materials

All core readings for this unit are provided for free through the Building a Medical Terminology Foundation—Simple Book Publishing, which will be uploaded on the unit’s Google Classroom site. However, if you would like additional readings, you may wish to purchase:

• Textbook: Medical Language: Immense Yourself, 5^th edition, Susan M. Turley, Pearson Canada
• Pearson Canada: My Medical Terminology Lab. Students can have access to online resources and quizzes to each chapter to enhance learning. Links are available in the contents.

IT Resources

You will need access to the following IT resources:

• University Student Email
• Internet
• Unit Website (Google Classroom)

Attendance

• Regular online attendance in this course is mandatory to ensure optimal learning. Though the medium is different from regular classes, it is still expected for you to be interactive and participative in every online and offline activity.
• Should there be any mitigating situation that could lead to a student’s absence, please notify the instructor accordingly before the class.
• Students are responsible for learning any missed material due to absence(s).
• Students are required to review the course material before coming to class in order to develop a basic understanding of the course content.