MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Catalog description

This course provides students with a working knowledge of the language of medicine and will include learning medical terminology that may otherwise be learned through years of experience on the job. This includes combining of roots, prefixes, and suffixes to form medical terms; linking medical terms, anatomy and physiology, and diseases in order to effectively communicate in a medical facility or setting. Course includes an online MLL workbook that coincides with each course chapter. Course will emphasize professionalism in correct spelling and pronunciation and will be taught by body system approach. This course is designed for students seeking an allied health degree but is also well suited as a basis for those working to obtain an academic Associate or Bachelor degree in a related health field.