COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MEDICAL TERMS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZR 1027 MEDICAL TERMS ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ARZU GENÇ

Offered to

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to teach the fundamentals of medical terminology, basic professional terminology to gain information that will facilitate the grip in professional work.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student knows the short history of medical and physiotherapy
2   Analyze the structure of medical terms in terms of terminology
3   The student knows anatomic positions, planes, axis and directions
4   The student knows the terms about movement and localization.
5   The student knows the important terms using in clinical branch
6   The student knows the terms of physiotherapy

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,
2 Spelling of the terms of anatomy
3 Singular and plural terms, medical abbreviations
4 The medical term for forming elements; roots
5 The medical term for forming elements; prefixes
6 The medical term for forming elements; last attachments
7 The location used in anatomy, planes, axes and directions, the terms of anatomy
8 Terms of Respiratory System
9 MIDTERM EXAM
10 Terms of Cardiovascular system
11 The terms of the digestive system, Urinary system terms
12 Otolaryngology terms
13 Neuroscience and Psychology terms
14 Musculoskeletal terms
15 Musculoskeletal terms

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Çağatay GÜLER; Tıbbi Terminoloji, Somgür Yayıncılık, 2001.
2- Prof. Dr. Süreyya ÜLKER; Tıp Terimleri Sözlüğü, Inkılap, 2004

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Type the conference lectures

Assessment Methods

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


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Arzu GENÇ
arzu.genc@deu.edu.tr,
0 232 412 49 02

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 15 4 60
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 109

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.211
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.6111