Getting Started: Medical Experience – Topic Selection and Library Resources

Getting Started Unit Table of Content

Purpose

The medical experience assignment provides you with an opportunity to correlate your learning in this course with a real-life situation or clinical applications. You will discuss with your classmates to examine disorders or diseases that are related to the human body systems taught in this course.

There are three reasons why there is a collaborative learning experience in the form of an experience sharing assignment required in this class:

1. Current learning theory suggests that adult learners are motivated if the subject has immediate relevance to their job or personal life.
2. It is also known that higher levels of learning occur when new information is applied to what you already know or have experienced.
3. As you know, this course is mainly about normal anatomy and physiology. Sometimes it is easier to comprehend normal body functioning by understanding what happens during a disease process.

College-level research and writing are required for the medical experience discussion as well as in any other content-related interest you may develop as you study the material of this course. Please familiarize yourself with the library resources that are available for you.

Directions

Please read the directions for Medical Experience Assignment [PDF]Links to an external site.. For your reference, here are two sample papers.

• Sample Medical Experience Paper – Urosepsis [PDF]Links to an external site..

Library Resources

In this unit, you are required to watch a video from a librarian to understand how to access and utilize library resources to complete the assignments for this course.

The research guide introduces useful resources for BIO 141/142 and the information on citation. You can also request help at any time for help with research for the medical experience assignment by contacting a librarian via email or live chat.

Please find the information in Library Research Help – Anatomy & Physiology.

Submission

Follow the directions in the instruction attached above to post your medical problem topic in the forum by clicking the Reply button below. Make sure to include all of the required components in your post.

Directions

Textbook

Chapter 20

• Read Chapter 20. 
• Listen to the Chapter 20 Podcast [Length 9:58, Script (PDF) 
• Download Script (PDF)] by Erin C. Amerman below. You can also find the podcast in the Chapter Summary section of the ebook. Play media comment.
• Watch the following video lectures:
  • B Cell Activation [Duration: 14:12] 
  • T Cell Activation [Duration: 10:06] 
• Watch the animation, Immune Response to the Common Cold (Links to an external site.). 
• Use the Chapter 20 Dynamic Study Modules to check your understanding.   The following video lectures may clarify points from the reading that you may not understand. They do not cover all course material and therefore, cannot replace your reading. They will help you prepare for exams because they will broaden your knowledge base.
  • CrashCourse Video Lectures
  • CrashCourse Video Lectures
  • Immune System, Part 1 [Length 9:12] (Links to an external site.)
  • Immune System, Part 2 [Length 9:43] (Links to an external site.)
  • Immune System, Part 3 [Length 9:36] (Links to an external site.)