Thursday, February 19, 2015

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Medical Terminology 

Medical Terminology is a college based course usually for students who want to work in the medical field in their future. The course features how to use the roots, prefixes, and suffixes of words and creating medical terms. For example, Nephr/itis means inflammation of the kidney. The root word Nephr means kidney and itis means inflammation. Also, Medical Terminology touches upon reproductive systems, nervous system, and the many types of infections and diseases that the body is capable of having. Medical Terminology is the language used to accurately describe the human body and associated components and procedures in a science- based manner.

The educator who is teaching this course is Mr. Maniscalco aka Mr. Man. Mr. Man teaches the course in a way that ensures that class would not leave the room without learning at least something relating to Medical Terminology. Also, Mr. Man makes the class fun by making funny jokes and relating to the class. Mr. Man majors in Physics, Radiation Physics, Radiological Physics, and Medical Oncology Physics. The colleges that he has went to are St. Peter's University, Rutgers, American College or Radiology, and American College of Medical Physics. In his past jobs he was a teacher of chemistry and physics at Cliffside Park High School, and a directer of Medical Physics and Dosimetry,

The Grading Policy for Medical Terminology is quite simple actually. For instance, Formal Assessments are 40% of a grade along with Performance Based Assessments, Also, the last 20% get cut in half with Homework (10%) and Class Performance. The tests in the class are fairly simple if you actually study, and have a good memorization personality. Lastly, Medical Terminology requires a lot of effort, and no fooling around. Furthermore, Medical Terminology is an all around great class to be and gives an outstanding amount of information.

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