PCH413
Attendance Policy
- Attendance of this class is mandatory. Student should exercise punctuality in attending classes.
- Attendance records and /or pop-quizzes for bonus points may be taken at any time, (points not compensated).
- Students missing 25% or more on attendance are forbidden from setting in the final exam, per University Policy. Students have the right to present documents of proof for their absences. Students should submit such documents to College Academic Counsel to authenticate as per University Policy.
- Attendance of conferences/symposia should not interfere with student’s attendance of lectures/labs. Students should make arrangements with course instructors at least 2 weeks prior to the event.
Lab Etiquette
- All students should wear a clean white lab coat with a name badge for each lab
- Lab extends for 3 hours, however, some labs periods maybe shorter. You will be notified at the beginning of each lab of the possible anticipated time. Eearly departures from the lab will be penalized by point deduction. If you anticipate having to leave class early, please let your instructor knows before the lab.
- Each student must have a ring binder to maintain an organized, legible portfolio of ALL graded assignments and lab activities. This includes copies of all evaluations. In the situation were the assignment involved a real patient, ALL documentation must be devoid of any patient identifiers.
Prior Learning Skills
Students may encounter disease states or medications that have not yet been covered or not reviewed extensively in the curriculum. Students may need to independently review relevant literature and data sources to determine appropriate management of diseases for which their patients are receiving treatment.
Class conduct/Academic Dishonesty/Plagiarism
- Students are expected to demonstrate professionalism and honesty during this course. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarizing, fabricating of information or citations, facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor, or tampering with the academic work of other students. Students found in violation of such policy are subjected to disciplinary actions as per University Policy.
- Unprofessional conduct including misbehavior during lectures will not be tolerated and may result in actions leading up to dismissal from the course. This includes but is not limited to arriving late or leaving early, talking between students during lectures, cell phone use and other disruptive behavior or sounds.
Syllabus Changes
The instructor reserves the right to make changes as necessary to this syllabus. If changes are necessitated during the term of the course, the instructor will immediately notify students of such changes both by individual email communication and posting both notification and nature of change(s) on the course bulletin board.
Errors in Grading
Errors in grading must be adjudicated by the instructor. If you believe that your work has been incorrectly graded (e.g. points were added up incorrectly), you must contact the instructor in writing and clearly state the error you believe has occurred. The instructor of the course will always determine the final grade. Grade change requests after the end of the term are further limited by the University’s policies
E-mail Policy
Please note that the following applies to all emails sent to any member of PHCL 413 course instructors.
- Students should include their name, course number and lecture section in every email. If we don't know who you are, your email may not get a response.
- All emails should be sent from your KSU account (or other emails with professional names).
- Each email must have a subject title indicating the purpose of the email
- Body of the email:
- Email text should be written in OFFICIAL Arabic, or in proper English.
- English terms should be written in English or a proper translation should be used. Terms such as كيس بريزنتاشن are NOT appropriate.
- Each email should be started with: Dear Dr…….., etc. You should end your email as follow: Respectfully, (then state your full name)
- If you are submitting a homework, you should receive a confirmation within 24-48 hrs, if not please see the instructor in person for clarification (don’t re-Email unless asked to)
- Email from instructors to students will be sent to the class leader who has the responsibility to forward to all students. However, feel free to communicate individually with the instructor for any questions or issues.
- Emails should not be used to discuss personal problems, issues with grades, or problems with other students or other instructors, these should be discussed in person.
- Emails not related to the course should not be sent to the instructors and if they are, no further emails will be received from that email address.
Course Evaluation
An evaluation of the full course and course faculty will be administered towards the end of the course. Additionally, individual instructors or module coordinator may ask for an evaluation of their lecture(s)/modules.
Course Binding Agreement
The Course binding agreement has to be signed by each student and returned through the class leader to the course instructor before the second lecture. Failure to do that will prevent student from attending further classes.
“I have read this syllabus, understand its implications (and have sought clarification of those parts that were unclear to me), and will abide by it. I understand that the course coordinator has the right to make alterations to the class and exam schedule as needed.”
Name of Student: ___________________________________________
University ID: _________________________
Signature of Student: _________________________
Date_______________
To Student: Please fill and submit this PAGE by Week 2 to course coordinator.