I’ve gotten a few emails asking about the format of the Kahoot quiz tomorrow, and I thought I’d post my answers to the whole class.

The quizzes in this course are given in the classroom using Kahoot, just like we did in our last class session, when I used Kahoot to ask you about stuff we just talked about.

By the way, did you guys find those no-stakes Kahoot questions useful? I’d really really appreciate it if you could take a sec and just answer this question yes or no, so I can decide whether to keep doing it.

I’ll give you a minute to answer each question, and you can use your notes/lecture slides, and talk to each other (sometimes that’s a good way to learn!) during the quiz. There will be 10 multiple-choice questions, each worth one point.

These points will just sit in your points bank, and at the end of the course, I’ll add up all your points for the quizzes and exam to get a final point total, which is what I’ll use to determine your grade (you can read more about grading here). No weighting of quizzes/exam, and no curving. Just straight up 90% (or more) of total possible course points = A, 80% or more = B, etc.

If you have accommodations, I will be sending you the Kahoot to complete on your own (with the appropriate time extension). I can see the accommodations list on the faculty intranet – but if you’re wondering if I know about your accommodations, just send me a quick email tonight to be safe.

If you have any more questions about how the quizzes work, let me know. I mostly want these to be learning opportunities (which is why I let you talk to each other) and a way to get more points into the course so your entire grade doesn’t rest on just the final.

Hi everyone! I’m super excited to have another class with you! Here’s some information about this course so you have some idea of what to expect.

Pathology is usually described as the study of disease, and that’s a good working definition. But actually, the word “pathology” is derived from the Greek pathos, which is variously translated as suffering, passion (the kind of passion that is so deep it hurts), emotion, or just anything that arouses sorrow or pity. That’s pretty appropriate, since diseases tend to bring about suffering and sorrow. In our pathology course, we’ll focus on studying diseases. And I’ll do my best to make sure that the course itself doesn’t cause you any suffering or sorrow!

General Pathology (DDS 6253) and Systemic Pathology (DDS 6254) are technically two separate courses – but they are really quite similar in their structure and format, so that’s why they both share this website.

General Pathology covers basic, introductory pathology topics like inflammation, cell injury, and neoplasia. You need to know about these topics so that you can make sense out of Systemic Pathology, which covers diseases by organ system (everything but the oral cavity) and Oral Pathology (which is self-explanatory).

This website will feel familiar to you because it’s pretty similar to our General Histology and Oral Histology websites. It’s divided into General Pathology and Systemic Pathology (each course has its own dropdown menu above), and the page structure will look familiar:

• Home: course updates and random interesting stuff I think you might like
• Schedule: course schedule and lecture recordings
• About: course info (grading etc.) and syllabus
• Crosswords
• Kahoots

I think that about does it. If you have any questions, or just want to talk, please feel free to email me any time. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!