Course

Medical Health Conditions II

Faculty
Health Sciences
Department
Health Information Management
Course code
MOAD 2400
Credits
3.00
Semester length
15 Weeks
Max class size
30
Method(s) of instruction
Lecture
Course designation
None
Industry designation
None
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
Students will build on prior knowledge and experience to further interpret and explain medical terminology by studying prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Students will identify additional abbreviations and acronyms. Students will explore other body systems and other medical specialties, using further study of anatomy and physiology, diagnosis and management of common disorders, and pharmacology fundamentals. Students will increase their contextual understanding of and critical thinking surrounding medical vocabulary usage. This is a hybrid course with full-time or part-time enrolment options.
Course content
  • Circulatory system overview
  • Lymphatic system overview
  • Immune system overview
  • Musculoskeletal system overview
  • Endocrine system overview
  • Integumentary system overview
  • Special senses overview
  • Oncology overview
  • Radiology and Nuclear Medicine overview
  • Pharmacology overview
  • Psychiatry overview 
Learning activities

Learning activities are varied and chosen to align with course outcomes. Learning activities may include, but are not limited to, lecture, independent study, problem-based learning, software applications, hands-on experience, seminar, simulation, and role-playing.

Means of assessment

Assessment will be based on course outcomes and follow the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. This is a graded course. To graduate from the MOA program, students must earn a passing grade of 65% (C+) in this course.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course, within their scope of practice, students will be able to:

  • Explain the anatomical structures, physiological function, and common disorders of the circulatory, lymphatic, immune, skeletal, muscular, integumentary, and endocrine systems, as well as the eye and the ear;
  • Apply vocabulary, root words, suffixes, prefixes, abbreviations, spelling, and pronunciation of words pertaining to the identified body systems;
  • Describe the diagnosis, management, and treatment of cancer and other diseases commonly related to the identified body systems, including psychosocial considerations;
  • Explain the use of radiology and nuclear medicine in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases;
  • Discuss the fundamentals of pharmacology related to identified physical and psychosocial considerations. 
Textbook materials

Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required textbooks and materials is provided to students at the beginning of the semester.

Requisites

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

Course Transfers

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Institution Transfer details for MOAD 2400
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

There are no course offerings this semester.