This is an easy course that is fairly effective, but it has its short-comings. Some exercises are very poorly designed, e.g. Spelling Exercises. Video transcripts have critical typos and erroneous transcriptions There is zero interaction with any professional educator. The discussion forums are black holes where students seem to post mono-syllabic responses and contribute nothing to discussions. Each Module covers a good amount of vocabulary but that vocabulary is a minimal part of the testing. This is a program that from a testing perspective focuses primarily on prefixes and suffixes. Quizzes are on an honor code, meaning you can look up answers and cheat. This greatly diminishes the value of the certificate, because anyone can get this without effort - just pay the fee, submit a quiz completed through cheating, and you get a certificate. I did do the work and took the quizzes seriously; however, regardless of whether you are studious and work very hard or are lazy and do absolutely nothing everyone gets a certificate. The initial appeal of the course for e was the relatively cheap fee and the schedule flexibility. I wouldn't dissuade anyone from taking the course, but I think I would explore online courses more carefully in the future and probably find one that has a better professor / student interface with actual dialogue. Good luck.

that course was phenomenal but why you guys have made the certificate pathetic by just replacing the candidates name with coursera learner. Why???? We can utilize our certificates like that!

Some of the links didn't work and no one had gotten back to me on those requests. Nevertheless the content was informative and there was a good mix of videos, quizzes and reading to make it engaging. The course definitely prepares you for the real world. One last thing I wish to add is that when you get the certificate it doesn't say your name it just says "Course Learner" Overall very informative and would still recommend to anyone interested in learning medical terminolgy.

The transcript in the lectures was helpful. I suggest that a transcript be added to the short videos in Final Course assessments. I made a 100% though but i couldn't hear some words clearly from the short videos in the Final Course Assessment. Thanks Dr Laura!

In the beginning i though it would be really boring and not interactive with student, the turns out the course is super helpful , easy to study, I could not ask for any course better than this.

Amazing, I learned so much more than I thought I would! This course is no joke and truly helps you understand not only medical terminology but anatomy as well. Would 100% reccomend!

Very informative, useful, and helpful. The instructor is really humourous! Many thanks for the great efforts in making this wonderful course.

Excellent course! I learned a lot. Instructor is so good at what she does! Gearing up for the 2nd part.

Very easy to learn content material. The professor was clear and relatable: she made learning interesting.

Everything was Well organized . I really the positive attitude of the professor

It is an excellent course, fun learning with relatively boring medical terminology. Flashcards, matching games are really helpful to practice and memorize. Thanks to the instructor and Rice University.

Love every piece of this course, from the instructor to the course content. Nothing but phenomenal... I love the way Dr. Laura teaches, so far she is one of my favorites...

Thank You so Much!

Great course! well done, nice resources provided that help you follow along the lecture and animated flash cards to help you study. It requires actually memorizing and studying.

This was a great course with awesome content and study materials. The instructor was so engaging! I wish I had college instructors that were this much fun to learn with.

This the best course about MedTerm ever that I've been enroll in. And the way instructor teaching and explain is very understandable and I fell comfortable with that.

While this course alone was highly educational and engaging, it would not have been the same without Laura Kabiri. Her personality truly made this class. Thank you.

this course is the most interesting course i have ever had at coursera. Laura Kabiri was amazing! Exercise options were very useful. thank u very much!

I really liked the instructor, she made things light and easy to understand, which made the class work go much smoother. She has a great personality

Very well taught and entertaining course! I learned a lot and have already noticed how much more I recognize medical terms in my daily life.