COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TDS 1139 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Medical Documentation and Secretariat

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR SERVET KIZILDAĞ

Offered to

Medical Documentation and Secretariat

Course Objective

The purpose of this lesson; to distinguish medical terms related with motion System, Respiratory System, Gastrointestinal System, Nervous System, Circulatory System, Urogenital system and sensory organs; to gain skill and proficiency the correct way to pronounce, write.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To define basic grammar properties of the words in medical terminology
2   To define commonly used terms related with Locomotor system of the normal anatomic structures and diseases
3   To define commonly used terms related with respiratory system of the normal anatomic structures and diseases
4   To define commonly used terms related with respiratory system of the normal anatomic structures and diseases
5   To define commonly used terms related with digestive system of the normal anatomic structures and diseases
6   To define commonly used terms related with urogenital system of the normal anatomic structures and diseases
7   To define commonly used terms related with nervous and endocrin system and sense organs of the normal anatomic structures and diseases

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course introduction, pre-test, Basic Definitions and Terms Related to Human
2 Medical Terminology reading the rules, Inclusion letters, medical terms, forming the elements; prefix, suffix, root structures, mainstreaming letters, Medical Abbreviations
3 commonly used terms related with Locomotor system of the normal anatomic structures and diseases
4 Blood and Blood Forming Organs, Lymphatic and Immune System Related Terms,
5 commonly used terms related with circulatory system of the normal anatomic structures and diseases
6 commonly used terms related with respiratory system of the normal anatomic structures and diseases
7 commonly used terms related with digestive system of the normal anatomic structures and diseases
8 commonly used terms related with urogenital system of the normal anatomic structures and diseases
9 commonly used terms related with Nervous System and Psychiatric Disorders of the normal anatomic structures and diseases
10 commonly used terms related with endocrin system of the normal anatomic structures and diseases
11 commonly used terms related with sense organs of the normal anatomic structures and diseases
12 eponyms, Synonyms

Recomended or Required Reading

Çağatay GÜLER; Tıbbi Terminoloji, Somgür Yayıncılık, 2001.
I.Hatiboğlu; Tıbbi Terminoloji, Hatiboğlu Yayıncılık, 2000.
Artukoğlu,A. Kaplan,A., Yılmaz, A., Tıbbi Terminoloki, Kum Matbaası, 2001.
Rakel RE. Textbook of Family Practice. 4th ed. Philadelphia: W.B.Saunders Company; 1990. Swartz MH.
Tıbbi Terminoloji; Nobel Yayınevi, 2002.
Ehrlich.A.B., Ehrlich. S.C., Medical terminology for health professions, Albany, NY : Delmar Thomson Learning, 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 AS ArasınavTeo
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE AS * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) AS * 0.50 + BUT * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Presentations, to discuss the definition and examples the meaning of the words used in specific medical fields

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 8 1 8
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 46

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61
LO.71

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