INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PROFESSIONS HHS 2000 3 CREDITS FALL 2012 SYLLABUS Meeting Times: Tuesday, Thursday 12:30-1:45pm in ISA 1051 Textbook: Introduction to the Health Professions. (6 th edition) by Peggy S. Stanfield, Nanna Cross & Y.H.Hui. The textbook will be supplemented with other reading material, which will be posted on blackboard. Instructor: Contact: Office Hours: Claudia Cooperman, Ph.D. coopermanc@usf.edu Office: ISA 2014 Phone: (813) 974-5286 Tuesday 10-11am & Thursday 11-12pm. Generally, I have an open door policy and will see students any time I am available. However, that does not mean I am always available outside of the noted office hours. The best course of action to meet with me outside of office hours is to arrange a meeting through the email address listed above. You are certainly encouraged to email me with any questions you may have. If you do so please include your name and the course you are enrolled in. Please present your questions in a direct manner and specify where your confusion lies. If a question is too long to answer I may direct you to come to my office for clarification. Please be sure to consult the syllabus for questions pertaining to class policies or dates of lectures and exams. Course Objectives: Learning Outcomes: Academic Dishonesty: This course is an introduction to various health professions. The course gives students a basic understanding of the US healthcare system, current issues in healthcare and an overview of the various professions available within the healthcare system. This course should help you focus your career goals and understand the system in which you may work. Upon conclusion of this course students should be able to: understand the U.S. health care system, gain knowledge about current issues in the health care system, and acquire knowledge about the various professions in the health care system to focus career goals. The CMMB Department does not tolerate academic dishonesty of any kind. Students must answer exam questions through their own independent effort. Copying or verifying answers from another
students exam is prohibited as is allowing another student to view your answers. Please note that students may be video taped during any examinations in this course. We will use clickers in this class, the exchange of clickers, use of someone else s clicker when they are not present or consulting on answers to clicker questions all constitute academic dishonesty. Students who violate these policies will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of university policy; this may result in a grade of FF being entered into your academic record. Engaging in plagiarism is also a form of academic dishonesty, even though a student may plagiarize without any intent to be dishonest. A brief, yet informative, discussion of plagiarism may be found at: http://www.tarleton.edu/~mkerr/avoid_plagiarism.htm (also see current Undergraduate Catalog). You will have a writing assignment due at the conclusion of this course. The assignment will be submitted via safe assign, which checks your work against thousands of references, as well as your classmate s work. Please do not be tempted to copy any portion of this essay! Electronic Devices: The CMMB Department prohibits the use of all electronic devices in classrooms and laboratories including, but not limited to: Programmable calculators, laptop computers, cell phones, ipods and PDAs. The use of these items is expressly prohibited during exams. Use of these items during an exam will result in a failure (F grade) for the exam. Please be sure to turn OFF all cell phones and pagers during class. Making or receiving phone calls, text messaging, and taking photos with a cell is prohibited. Conduct: Exam Grading: Disruption of academic process is defined by the University as an act or words of a student in a classroom or teaching environment which, in the reasonable estimation of a faculty member, (a) directs attention from the academic matter at hand (e.g. noisy distractions; persistent, disrespectful, or abusive disruptions of lecture, exam, or academic discussions) or (b) presents danger to the health, safety, or well being of the faculty members or students. Breach of these guidelines can result in dismissal from the classroom and an F grade for the course. There are three exams planned for the course which will be given during regular class hours in our usual classroom unless notified otherwise. There is also a final exam which will be given on December 13 th at 10am. The exams comprise 1/2 of your final grade. All exams include a combination of multiple-choice true/false and matching questions that will cover material presented in class, plus assigned reading and guest speaker presentations. If there are any questions about an exam grade, you
must see the instructor within one week after the exam has been taken, during regularly scheduled office hours or by appointment. Exams will also be available to review during a scheduled session following the exam and by appointment. The exam schedule is as follows: Exam 1: September 20th Exam2: October 11th Exam 3: November 6th Final Exam: December 13 th at 10am Other Grading: We will use clickers in this class. We will use the Turning Technologies system in this class here is the address for their website, http://www.turningtechnologies.com You can purchase the clicker there online, or at the bookstore. Turning technologies also has apps for mobile devices which allow your phone to be used as a clicker. See blackboard for additional links to the clicker website and details on registration and use. There will be clicker questions interspersed throughout the lectures, there will always be one at the beginning of lecture so please try and be on time! It is your responsibility to attend EVERY class, and participate in the clicker questions and that means you need to remember to bring your clickers! It is your responsibility to remember your clicker and ensure that it is functioning. There is NO sign in sheet, so if you forget your clicker or it doesn t work you will miss the points available that day. General tardiness is not an acceptable excuse for missing questions. The total number of possible clicker points will be determined at the end of the class. Each question is worth 1 point. If you miss a class and have the proper documentation (see missed exams and classes section) we can arrange a make up for any missed clicker points. It is to your advantage to attend class regularly. I will take the person with the highest total number of clicker points and set that number as 100%. Clicker grades will be calculated as a percentage of total possible points (based on the highest person s total points). I will give 1 bonus clicker point (added onto your final total percentage) to everyone in attendance at lectures given by the guest speakers IF the class asks at least 5 good (quality will be judged by your professor) questions of the speaker. You must be on time to lecture and check in with your clicker to get the points. BE SURE TO REGISTER YOUR CLICKERS AND HAVE THEM IN CLASS BY SEPTEMBER 4 th.
There will also be a final 2 page written essay due December 4th. Details concerning this essay will be posted on blackboard as the semester progresses. In summary, there are a potential 400 points in the course (200 from exams (the average of all 4 exams will be used and doubled - so if you have a 99% exam average you will have 198 points from exams), 100 from Clickers and 100 from the final written essay). Grading Scale: Percentage Grade Total Points Quality Points 90+ A 360-400 4 80-89 B 320-359 3 70-79 C 280-319 2 60-69 D 240-279 1 <60 F < 240 0 I will use blackboard course management for posting course documents, grades and to make announcements. It is your responsibility to insure that you have access to the website and that your email address is up to date. Blackboard can be accessed through https://myusf.edu. I will make every effort to provide accurate records of your progress during the semester through Blackboard. However, please note that a grade in Blackboard is not an official record and is subject to change at the instructor s discretion. In other words I reserve the right to correct any errors that are made to the gradebook in Blackboard at any time during the semester! Extra Credit: There is ONE extra credit opportunity each semester, it is worth 5 points added onto your final total points (see above for calculation of total points). It will consist of a brief paper written about a book related to professional development chosen by the professor at the beginning of the semester. Details about the books and paper can be found on blackboard under course documents. This extra credit assignment will be submitted via safe assign and is due by noon on NOVEMBER 27 th. Extra credit papers will not be accepted after that date. Missed Exams and classes Acceptable reasons for requesting a make-up exam or clicker points are medical (individual or immediate family only), legal (accident or court case; individual only), or funerary (immediate family only). Being late for an exam due to traffic or oversleeping are not valid reasons to retake an exam. Reasons for requesting a make-up must relate specifically to the time period of the missed exam and be submitted to the instructor WITHIN 48hrs of the missed work. Reasons for requesting a make-up must be documented in writing by an involved professional. Examples
include a doctors note with the students name and date (illness), a hospital visitor s pass or funerary program (illness/death of a close family member) or a police report/tow truck receipt (accident). The instructor retains the right to make additional inquiries concerning the documentation. The instructor retains the right to give a makeup exam that is different in exact content and/or style than the missed coursework (i.e. an oral or written exam)! University Holidays: September 3 rd, November 12, 22, & 23 rd. Attendance: Religious Observances: Disabilities: Lecture Notes: Attendance is the responsibility of the student and you are strongly encouraged to attend all class meetings. Failure to attend will result in missed: CLICKER QUESTIONS, self-evaluation exercises, class demonstrations, in class assignments, announcements and other information. This class will have many guest speakers, they are not required to provide you with notes. Therefore if you miss their lectures you may have difficulty answering exam questions on their material. Class meetings are designed to be interactive providing you with the greatest opportunity to be successful in the class. Students who anticipate the necessity of being absent from class due to the observation of a major religious observance must provide notice of the date(s) to the instructor in writing, by the second class meeting. See University policy on this matter at http://acad.usf.edu/wright.html USF policy specifies that all programs are open to students with disabilities. Students in need of academic accommodations for a disability may consult with the office of Students with Disabilities Services to arrange appropriate accommodations. Students with special needs must provide the instructor with documentation of those needs from Student Disability Services at the beginning of the semester. Students with disabilities are responsible for registering with Students with Disabilities Services in order to receive academic accommodations. Please let me know if you require any special accommodations by the end of the second week of class. Notes or tapes of lectures ARE NOT PERMITTED TO BE COPIED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SALE. Please Note: Steps for academic continuity in the event of campus closure: In the event of an emergency, it may be necessary for USF to suspend normal operations. During this time, USF may opt to continue delivery of instruction through methods that include but are not limited to: Blackboard, Elluminate, Skype, and email messaging and/or an alternate schedule. It s the responsibility of the student to monitor Blackboard site for each class for course specific communication, and the main USF, College, and department websites, emails, and MoBull messages for important general information.
Tentative Schedule of Course Topics Order of Topics Chapters History of Healthcare US Healthcare System 1,2 Paying for Healthcare 3 Baby Boomers & Healthcare 4 Gender Issues in Healthcare 5 Career Planning 6 Medical, Dental, Nursing, Pharma. 7,8,9,10 Optometry, Physician Asst., Communication Disorders 12,13,14 Dietician, EMT, Paramedic, Imaging 11,15,16 Respiratory Therapy, Physical Therapy 19,20 Social Work, Psychology 17,18 Occupational Therapy, Aides 21,23 Technologist, Clinical Lab. Sciences 22,24 Administration, Regulatory 26,27 Health Information, Nonclinical Professions 25,30 Health Education, Vet. Sciences 28,29