Med Term online or lecture

halkogirl · Jan 3, 2011

The biggest difference between the online course my college offers and the lecture is that, in lecture, you have to take an oral exam on top of the written. If you feel comfortable pronouncing medical terms I think that doing it online would be just fine.

heavenbound · Jan 3, 2011

Thanks for the information. An oral exam, geesh, I have not taken one of those exams since my foriegn language courses many years ago.

RLtinker, LPN · Jan 3, 2011

I did the live lectures. Well it was mostly live. There were lectures and the tests were all on campus, but the home work and quizzes were all online. We didn't have an oral version like Halkogirl's class. The class was pretty easy (I got an A), but it did require some study time. For the most part there were over 100-200 words per-chapter, but if you knew your word parts the remaining words only made up of about 25% For an example some suffixes show up again and again like; -itis, -graphy/-graph/-gram, -scopy/scope, -oma/-sarcoma, -plasty, -ectomy/-tomy, to the point that even before you read the definition you know what the word means or at least guess at it meaning. Such as encephalomyeloradiculitis, even without knowing the word roots you can at least figure out its an inflammation of some type. In this case encephal/o (brain), myel/o(spinal cord), and radicul/o (nerve root); or inflamation of the brain, spinal cord, and nerve roots.

My personal opinion is that you will learn more in a live class. With internet classes, while easier since you can use your book, there is a tendancy not to study just for that reason. As a result you may get an A, but in the end not learn anything.

heavenbound · Jan 3, 2011

Thank You RL for your response. It was helpful in making my decision. I was thinking along the lines that this class is essential to the profession, and thought it would be more beneficial in a class room setting, rather than online. Many say it' easy, while some folks say otherwise. I will determine it's level of difficulty soon. Electives whether required or not, I think should be fun and interesting; while core course on the other hand should be more challenging especially in this field. I expect my not not to be wasted and learn as much as I can seeing how I am paying for this degree out of pocket without any assistance.

THE BAR HAS BEEN SET HIGH!!!!

Protongirl · Jan 8, 2011

Although it wasn't required, I took med term in person the summer before I began my nursing program. I kicked myself as I sat in class until 9:30 at night, but once I began the nursing program I was so thankful that I had! I would highly, highly recommend taking it and I think hearing how to pronounce things in the class really helped!