Shari Smith

Location: pennsylvania

About me

I'm a part of the adjunct faculty that teaches Medical Assitants their building blocks of Terminology and A & P level 1. I also teach hands on clinicals, everything from learning how to correctly wash your hands to performing EKGs. I, myself, am a medical assistant. I am also in the final year of obtaining my BSN in Nursing.

I am relatively new to my position as an instructor. October 2013 is my second semester teaching, and I LOVE it! I love helping others, it's the entire reason I went into the medical field to begin with. To be able to help mold and educate our future up and coming Medical Assistants is a fabulous opportunity that I am beyond graterful to a part of.

Interests

art; music; volunteering; loving my grandchildren!

Skills

hands on patient care; phlebotomy; clinical skills, pharmacology, computer savvy

Activity

Shari Smith

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Cheating

There was a group of individuals, not in my class thankfully, that were using M&Ms as messaging devices. The one student would have a pile of them in front of her while she tested. If she set aside, say a green one, it meant the answer was 'C'. If she set aside a brown one, the answer was 'A'. New rule! No snacks while testing.

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Cheating

Hi Patricia. I like how you refer to me being broken in quickly. These students wasted no time. Little background: On our first day of class I, like everyone else, did an introduction of myself. I tell a little about my life, I have 3 children-all adults, I am a nursing student and a medical assistant, blah blah blahÃ¢â‚¬Â¦.but when I get to the part about my children, I do NOT hesitate to tell them that my children were NO angels! So try as you might, it's going to be really hard to get something past me. Believe it or… >>>

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Cheating

I had 1 assignment for our class, it was about making an OSHA Guideline Manual. The students worked in groups. 1 specific group so grossly plagiarized, we are talking every page almost in its entirety, that I was stupefied. I had no idea how to handle this. I spoke with several other instructors and then with the department head. In all honesty I did not think they did it to plagiarize, I think they really had no idea how to NOT plagiarize. Although I had given them numerous opportunities to discuss their assignments, this group never utilized those opportunities. School… >>>

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Great On-line Course!

I agree. Initially I was intimidated by the final exam, but I do have to agree, those mini-quizzes prior to it did help quell that angst.

Shari Smith

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Activities

I completely grasp the concepts and necessities of teaching students on ALL levels of their own learning. However, the issue I am facing is more focused toward the Kinesthetic learner. I am finding it difficult to come up with physical activities for my Anatomy & Physiology Medical Assisting class. As we all know, there are numerous websites out there, however they are more focused on middle school and high school age ranges, not college/continued learning ages. I did some brainstorming with previous colleagues/classmates of my own and came up with an idea for teaching the heart. I want them to… >>>

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