Medical Terminology

The Medical Terminology course is designed to introduce students to a new language of medical terminology. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to comprehend a medical record report, communicate among medical professionals, and have a high-level overview of medical terms.

• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the medical field professions, health records, and health law & ethics

• Students will be able to demonstrate the correct pronunciation and spelling of medical terms

• Students will be able to define the guidelines for interchanging singular to plural terms

• Students will abstract and define medical terms from a sample medical report

• Students will be able to define and use medical terms appropriately

• Students will be able to build and translate medical terms for Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes, and roots words and combine forms