Basic Medical Terminology Course Syllabus

Completion Time: It is estimated that it will take 32 hours to complete the course. The course is self-paced and can be completed according to the student’s own time schedule.

Required Text: Basic Medical Language, Seventh Edition LaFleur Brooks, Levinsky, and LaFleur Brooks, Elsevier

Faculty Support: Myrna LaFleur Brooks and Danielle LaFleur Brooks

Course Description

Word parts, medical terms, and abbreviations are introduced by body systems. Diseases and disorders, signs and symptoms, medical procedures and therapeutics, and medical specialties are included. The course stresses the proper pronunciation, spelling, and usage of medical terms.

Course Objectives

1. Describe the origin of medical terms.
2. Define the four word parts and the combining vowel.
3. Identify the major body system structures and their related word parts.
4. Build, translate, pronounce, and spell medical terms built from word parts.
5. Describe organizational components of the body, directional terms, anatomic planes, regions, and quadrants.
6. Define medical terms related to diseases and disorders, signs and symptoms, medical procedures and therapeutics, and medical specialties.
7. Identify plural endings for medical terms.
8. Define medical terms used in oncology.
9. Recognize common abbreviations used in each body system and specialty area.

Course Outline

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