Three exams will be administered in class during the 4th, 8th and 12th week of the semester. These exams will involve three types of assessment: objective (multiple choice, short essays, etc.), hands-on (using models), and group collaboration (case studies). The objective and hands-on section will be completed individually while the case studies will be done in small groups with an expectation of individual outputs. 

However, the third exam is optional. It will be available to only those who are interested in taking it. Students who take the third exam and do well can drop one of the exams that they did badly.

The final exam will include both an in- and out-of -class portion.  The exam contains an independent and a team component.  The grade will be calculated based both on the individual and team effort. The first phase of the exam involves a comprehensive analysis of the given case study. Students will be working in groups to do their multimedia case presentation and at the end will submit an individual report. On the second phase, students will be working in groups to prepare a poster presentation of their chosen disease or ailment . In that poster presentation, they will present four perspectives of treatment (e.g., physical therapy, nursing, social work, psychology, etc.). At the end, each student will take one perspective and write a report about it.

In-class assignments are completed and graded based on the team effort.  All members of the team will receive the same grade.  If a member of a team is absent for a class assignment, a grade of zero will be assigned to that team member (this will not reflect on the team grade).  
 

On-line assignments are due on Wednesday at midnight .    

   WEBBOARD DIALOGUE ON HEALTH ISSUES (10%) 
 
 

Each student will be assigned a health issue to moderate on the WebBoard for discussion in a given time frame.

The student-moderator will be responsible for defining the issue, posting questions, soliciting comments or feedback from the class, and summarizing the various points raised during the discussion. 

Each student-participant is expected to post a response to the questions posted by the student-moderator.  
 
Electronic Participation assignments will be submitted to the WebBoards located at the class web site.   

    COURSE FEEDBACK ON WEBBOARD (5%) 
 

The course feedback assignment is worth 3 points. The deadline for posting your electronic feedback is stated on the course schedule. 

    CONCEPT MAPS (5%) 
 

 Each student will prepare a concept map of the chapter that will be covered in a given class session.