Medical Terminology 1010 is a body system approach covering medical word roots, suffixes and prefixes. Emphasis is placed on pronunciation, spelling and proper usage of medical terms. Medical abbreviations are also introduced as it relates to Health Professions.
Each week we would read a "real life" story that pertained to the subject we were learning for that week. At the end of the story there would be 3-5 questions that were asked to get the students thinking about how we would handle the situation if we had a patient that came in with the issue or if we were going through the situation ourselves. We would post our replies as a discussion on Canvas so we could see all the other ideas the other students came up with as well. I really loved these assignments because it made me think outside of the box but it also helped me learn a lot about what could happen with patients in a hospital setting. Now I will have an idea about many situations if they ever were to come up. Below I have included one of the discussions that I posted.
Critical Thinking - Reproductive System
This post was focused on a story about a couple that was having a hard time deciding when to stop having kids. They had agreed that they wanted to stop at 2 but once they found out that their 2nd child was going to be a girl when they already had a girl the husband, Sam, changed his mind and said he wanted to continue to have kids until they had a boy that carried on the family name. These were the questions that we responded to:
In a sexual relationship, which partner is responsible for birth control and why?
How can culture differences and religious beliefs influence choices like family size and birth control?
Some cultures value male children over female children. Discuss why you think this is so and how the changing cultural roles have changed.
1. I think that each partner should take equal responsible for birth control but I know this is easier said than done. The women is the one that is taking the birth control but the man can do a lot to help her. He can remind her to take the pill, do his part of wearing a condom or using other methods to make sure he is doing his "birth control" and they should work together as a couple to take responsibility for managing the number of children they want. I don't believe that the whole responsibility should be put on the women, if something happens she shouldn't have to take the blame for it. Creating children takes two people and containing from creating children should take the same amount of people, both sides should have to put in equal efforts.
2. Different cultures and religious beliefs can have a major influence on deciding how many children you want. Just like in the story Sam's family believes that they should try for another child so they can have a boy to carry the family name, but it doesn't seem like Jamie feels the same way. Jamie grew up in a big family and felt like the kids didn't get enough attention from the mother that they needed and she does want that for her children, but Sam hasn't had this same experience so he doesn't understand as much. Culture and religion can easily become making decisions in a marriage but it is important to list all the pros and cons of the situation to see which decision is the best, trying not to let those things get in the way of making the best decision for you and your family. I think since Sam and Jamie already agreed that they didn't want anymore kids that is the decision they should go with. They shouldn't let Sam's grandmother have an effect on their decision, they are the ones that have to raise the child if they have another one and if they don't both agree on it I don't think it is a good idea. What if they do decide to have another child and it isn't boy? They could try forever and maybe never get a boy.
3. I think cultures value male children more than females because they feel like males bring more into the world. Some cultures believe that the male is the one that goes off to work to provide for the family and the women stays home and takes care of the kids, cleans and cooks the meals. Nowadays these aren't the same cultural roles that were in earlier years. I believe now that females are just as valuable as males, they are able to go to work and provide for the family as well. If they don't have a full time job and they are staying home to raise the kids this is still a full time job that you never get a break from. A relationship needs to consist of two individuals that are able to work together, making each individual just as valuable as the other.