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HA100 Medical Terminology

Week 2 Forum

This week, you learned many abbreviations and terms for weights, measures, volume, and frequency for delivery. For this discussion, describe a time when you had to apply or convert equivalents between metric and U.S. systems (or vice versa), or a time when you had to convert volume equivalencies within a system (e.g., teaspoons to tablespoons, cups to pints). Describe the context and situation that required the conversion. This can be for any purpose, including cooking recipes, fixing a car, or utilizing in a previous science course.

Respond to the following:

What were the circumstances? Why did you have to convert them?

Why was it important in this context?

What were potential consequences for inaccurately measuring or converting?

Reflect on your experiences.

In your replies to peers, consider the following ideas for responses, but feel free to be creative and come up with your own ideas:

Share any previous knowledge or experiences you have had when converting weights or measures..

Share any similar experiences you or someone you know may have had with your peers’ initial response (e.g., errors or consequences for improper conversion techniques).