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Medical terminology

Semester 1 2011. Medical terminology. AIMS. To give you some important medical terms for the study of medicine, nursing and pharmacy. To teach you skills how to analyse a medical word to find the meaning

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Medical terminology

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  1. Semester 1 2011 Medical terminology

  2. AIMS • Togive you some important medical terms for the study of medicine, nursing and pharmacy. • To teach you skills how to analyse a medical word to find the meaning • To understand a good number of word parts(root suffix, prefix) that make up the medical words • To give an overview of the Organisation of the Body in the English Language.

  3. Aims • To study in more detail 2 systems of the body in English • To give you examples of word parts used for the future study for your major • To give you some medical words used in the hospital and ways to analyse and memorise them

  4. Course content • Chapter 1 Basic medical word structure • Chapter 1 Word analysis-look at the medical word. Divide it into parts analyse the word and find the meaning • The project- self-study project relating to a system of the body. • Chapter 2 —The Organisation of the Body. • Body Systems Appendix 1 The Digestive and cardiovascular System

  5. Course assessment Continuous Assessment 20%-One homework assignment weekly and 2 or 3 of these will be marked. A lot of marks are lost for disruption in class and poor attendance. • Two monthly exams 30%- one before the mid term and one after the midterm. • Mid-term 1 exam 15% • Midterm 2 is a poster assessment 15% • Final Exam 20%

  6. Course text book • ChabnerDavi-Ellen (2009) Medical TerminologyA short course • Available at Jarir Bookstore • 15% discount on the book if you give the name and code Mr Allan DeppHead of English department code 1243019

  7. Class Managers • 3 class managers per group • Can communicate quite well in English • Can give phone number, email address • Is responsible desertmarie8@gmail.com

  8. What is Medical Terminology? • Medical workers use this language to describe objects, situations and to communicate to each other in their area of medicine. • The words -or terms – that make up the language of medicine is called: MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

  9. Enjoy your lunch!

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