Medical Terminology

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I dropped my English class (due to the RIDICULOUS amount of work they were requiring for it) and picked up Med Term online at the end of the month.

Can anyone let me know what to expect from it? Homework wise.

I am not sure why this was moved, I was asking for answers from Ivy Tech students in Indiana, not generally from across the country. I would like for this to be moved back.

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

most likely, a lot of memorization. i taught medical terminology. there a helpful weblinks on post #20 of this sticky thread in the nursing student assistance forum

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My instructor described medical terminology as requiring the same time and effort it takes to learn a foreign language. I spent 2-3 hours each day studying and doing homework. Had the tests not been curved, a significant portion of the class would have failed.

I did most of the extra credit homework, but did not do the cancer report, since I had a strong A. The final test was not curved, so the 98% I got on it dropped my class average from a 107% to a 105%.

My course consisted of both classroom and online activities. It is also offered entirely online, but I enjoy the interaction with my instructors and fellow students too much to consider that option.

It is conceivable that medical terminology would require less time than your English course, but I would not count on it.

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My instructor described medical terminology as requiring the same time and effort it takes to learn a foreign language. I spent 2-3 hours each day studying and doing homework. Had the tests not been curved, a significant portion of the class would have failed.

I did most of the extra credit homework, but did not do the cancer report, since I had a strong A. The final test was not curved, so the 98% I got on it dropped my class average from a 107% to a 105%.

My course consisted of both classroom and online activities. It is also offered entirely online, but I enjoy the interaction with my instructors and fellow students too much to consider that option.

It is conceivable that medical terminology would require less time than your English course, but I would not count on it.

The syllabus and homework/paper requirements of my English class compared to other students attending the same school, taking the same exact class online, just at different campuses was more than anyone could handle- without working and without a child, and I have both. It is pretty easy to say that this class will not require the ridiculous amounts of busy work that the English class I was in required. I am not against working hard- but that course was not something I felt I was prepared to keep up on, not this semester at least.

Thanks for your advice.

This was another reason why I originally posed this question to people attending the same school as I do, since courses across the country differ so much.

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