AI Rate Professor

Health Science

Sharon Okada

PHLEB1 · HLC111 · PHLEBOTOMY · HCL111 · HCL110 · HLC10 · HLC110 · PHLEBNA · 24 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
40%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

if you want a tough clinical-style boot camp and can handle blunt teaching; Easy A hunters should run.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderDrill Sergeant StyleHeavy WorkloadPop QuizzesPolarizing
  • Strong students credit her for hard skills, labs, and externship prep for .
  • Many others call her rude, vague, favoritist, or .
  • Expect , and an intimidating front.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

, and comments about only As Bs and Fs make high grades hard-earned.

All evidence is in person; no online sample.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

High difficulty ratings, heavy memorization, labs, and .

Difficulty theme is consistent across decades of in-person reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

and you fail, and lateness can get you dropped.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

40/100

Roughly split between life-changing prep praise and ; .

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

25/100

and hard grading culture for clinical readiness.

Format shift

No online comparison available.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Students describe heavy studying, reading, labs, and an intense multi-week grind.

Format shift

Workload complaints and praise both assume a heavy in-person load.

Teaching experience

Average

52/100

Subject expertise and lab strength are praised, but rudeness, vagueness, and digressions drag many ratings down.

Format shift

Quality swings hard within the same in-person format.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Labs, quizzes, reading, and .

Format shift

Pop quizzes and .

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

24 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Polarizing phlebotomy and health-lab instructor: supporters say she prepares you for real patients and the , and wastes class on personal stories.

Main concern

Rudeness, favorites for externship slots, heavy workload, and .

What students said

“It's a hard 10 weeks, but . Sharon prepares very well for the externship and .”
HLC111
“ ! I passed the course! But she does have favorites and she is very rude.”
HLC110
“Horrible. Does not teach ANYTHING... so much time on non-phlebotomy topics.”
HCL111

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Expect , and clinical readiness pressure rather than open-book comfort.

Pop QuizzesMultiple Choice MatchingNational Exam PrepLab Skills

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Students mention pop quizzes, memorization, multiple-choice matching, and .

Pop QuizzesMultiple Choice MatchingNational Exam Prep
“BEWARE OF POP QUIZZES”
HLC110
“PS multiple choice =matching”
HCL110
“Sharon prepares very well for the externship and .”
HLC111

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Sharon comes off like a drill Sargent but don't let it fool you, it's to scare people out of the class to make it smaller. But DO NOT slack on your studying.”

Voice snapshots generated from 24 in-person reviews spanning 2006-2017 with . Credibility rating: High.

⚖️ Polarizing Rigor

52/100

“You will feel intimidated at first, but once you understand her sense of humor you will realize she isn't mean.”

🔥

25/100

“ ! I passed the course! But she does have favorites and she is very rude.”

🏥 Real-World Prep

70/100

“The externship was AMAZING and you feel fully prepared! I loved this class”

🚫 Teaching Complaints

20/100

“Horrible. Does not teach ANYTHING.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • comes off like a drill Sargent
  • knows her stuff & is not willing to put up with peoples BS
  • trails off during lectures about her personal life

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • It's a hard 10 weeks, but
  • there are no Cs or Ds in her class, only As, Bs and Fs

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • she is very rude
  • She hates children by the way
  • Sharon is awesome, very smart, and

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

24

Recent reviews read by the AI

24

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-four reviews over many years show a stable polarized pattern with rich qualitative detail.

Inside 24 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511
4 out of 52
3 out of 53
2 out of 56
1 out of 52

Course coverage

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HCL1102 reviews
HLC1112 reviews
PHLEB12 reviews
HCL1111 review
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HLC101 review
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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

2

B 2

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1