aVLMT021 Tutorial in Basic Medical Terminology (spring term 2018)

Course requirements and rules


STUDY MATERIALS


1)       Study materials (handouts, presentations) available in the IS. These materials form an
integral part of the course syllabus, containing exercises and explanations to the grammar covered
in classes.

2)     Prucklová, R. – Severová, M.: Introduction to Latin and Greek Terminology in Medicine.
Praha: KLP, 2016 (Units 8-14).

3)     "Drill" on the IS (https://is.muni.cz/auth/dril/?lang=en)

         The application enables students to practice pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar covered
in the course. A manual to the application is available in the Study materials of the course in the
IS in a separate file called “DRILL Manual”. (recommended for self-study)


TESTING


Type of testing

Dates of the tests

Content of testing

Pass mark

Method of tests rating


1st partial test

app. in the 6^th week of the spring period (the exact date will be specified at least one week
before the test)


Nouns and adjectives of 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd declension, + vocab. (fractures and injuries)

70%

The partial tests are designed to help students to asses their knowledge regularly. In the event of
failure in the partial test, the student is not loosing her/his chance to pass the credit test, and
this is the reason, why the partial tests are not possible to resit.

However, each successfully written partial test automa-tically enhances student´s chances to
succeed in the credit test as the final pass mark is lowered the by 5% each time.

Taking the fact that the credit test is a very complex test anticipating the extensive knowledge of
the subject, we strongly recommend stu-dents to take advantage of lowering their pass mark of the
credit test by successful completion of the partial tests.




2nd partial test

app. in the 10^th week of the spring period (the exact date will be specified at least one week
before the test)

Nouns of the 4^th and 5^th declension, comparison of adjectives + vocab. (position, inflammations,
types of fever, age)

70%


Credit   test


in the 15^th week of the summer period

All nouns and adjectives (unit 1-8), basic word formation

+ all additional vocabulary

60%

if successful in both partial tests


65%

if successful in one of the partial tests only


70%

if not successful in any of the partial tests



COMMON RULES FOR TESTING


1. Students can sit the credit test during the 15th week of the semester (June 1, 2018), there are
no exceptions to this whatsoever.

2.    Resits of the credit test will take place only during the examination period (June 4 –
July 15, August 27 - September 9, 2018).

4. The number of possible credit test resits is two (if you repeat the course, one resit is
possible).

5. The dates and number of resits set by the teacher before the exam period is final, it means no
other dates will be added during the exam period or later.

6.    No cheating is tolerated! If a student is caught cheating at a test, he/she will
automatically fail and further consequences will be drawn.


ACCESS TO THE PARTIAL TESTS AND CREDIT TEST RESULTS

·       Results of the tests will be available to students in the Notebook on the IS.

·       The student’s results will be given in percentage together with the pass mark.

·       The student will have the access to his/her tests during guarantee’s office hours only.


ABSENCES + CLASS SUBSTITUTIONS

1.    Absences are electronically registered in the IS. In order to be sure you have been
registered as present in the class, please be punctual, students' attendance is always checked
immediately after the beginning of the class.

2.    We can tolerate two unexcused absences only; all further absences have to be properly excused
at the Study Department.

3.    Unexcused absences are regularly recorded in the Notebook on the IS, and students having
these records cannot sit the credit test.



These  instructions are any time available in the IS.


Written by Tereza Ševčíková

05/02/2018


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