COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
SAĞ 4109 INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

HEALTH INSTITUTIONS MANAGEMENT

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR OSMAN LEVENT AKAY

Offered to

HEALTH INSTITUTIONS MANAGEMENT (Evening)
HEALTH INSTITUTIONS MANAGEMENT

Course Objective

Understanding the principles of medical terminology specific to the field of health and professional studies, theoretical lessons and practical applications to facilitate understanding of the basic terminology employed to gain information.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to recognize meaning the health care and medical texts encountered in narrative terms related to structures.
2   Being able to understand term structure of terms and their meanings
3   Being able to determine the structure of terms in the pre and post attachments
4   Being able to analyze the structure of the term In a medical terminology.
5   Being able to use radiological and overall system medical terminology

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to medical terminology, The rules of Latin pronunciation of terms
2 Types of term, Abbreviations, Symbols
3 Elements that make up the medical terms
4 Anatomical terminology, planes and axes, joint movements
5 Concept of the root and the root words for the sciences
6 Prefixes
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 Mid-Term Exam
9 Suffixes
10 Suffixes
11 Diagnostic terms
12 Diagnostic terms
13 Terminology relating to methods of diagnosis
14 Radiological terminology, terminology of the overall system

Recomended or Required Reading

Yüksekokullar Tıbbi Terminoloji Ders Kitabı, H. Gül. Hatipoğlu, Sebahat Ekinci, Ankara, 2010

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Problem solving and case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FN Final
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE VZ*0.40 + FN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) VZ*0.40 + BUT* 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

All learning outcomes will be assessed by midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

oya.sayın@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 56

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.111
LO.211
LO.3111
LO.41
LO.5