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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
ACY 1157	MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY I	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	2

Offered By

First And Emergency Aid

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEHMET ATEŞ

Offered to

First And Emergency Aid

Course Objective

Upon completing this course, the students will be able to understand the word structure of the medical terms related to the basic systems of the human body, the reading of the letters, prefix and suffixes; will acquire the knowledge, skills and competencies necessary to distinguish, pronounce, write and use medical terms.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	They know how to read Latin letters and voices.
2	Can define word structure, root concept and suffixes
3	They can know and use some types of terms, some general abbreviations and symbols.
4	Describe the anatomical planes and axes of the human body, joint movements.
5	Knows commonly used terms of normal human anatomical system and organs, tissues and senses.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Presentation of the goals of the medical terminology course
2	Definition of Terminology, Reading of Latin voices and letters
3	Word structure, roots, fusion, prefix-suffix concept
4	Prefixes
5	Suffixes
6	Abbreviations, Eponyms and uses
7	Anatomical planes and axes, Joint movements
8	Midterm Exam
9	Terms related to musculoskeletal system
10	Terms related to respiratory and circulatory systems
11	Terms related to digestive and endocrine systems
12	Terms related to the urogenital system
13	Terms related to the nervous system and sense organs
14	Emphasis on commonly used terms in the field of first and emergency help techniques,feedback and evaluation.

Recomended or Required Reading

Utkan Kocatürk, Tıbbi Terimler Sözlüğü
MEGEP Büro Yönetimi ve Sekreterlik Tıbbi Terminoloji (Tedavi Hizmetleri)Ankara 2008
T.C. Anadolu Üniversitesi yayını no: 2525 Açıköğretim Fakültesi yayını no: 1496
Tıbbi Terminoloji Ders Kitabı

Lecture presentation notes, PP presentations

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, question and answer, discussion

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

Written exam consisting of multiple choice and classical questions

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course is conducted and evaluated within the framework of SHMYO Teaching and Examination Implementation Principles.
Participation in 70% of courses is mandatory.
Any copying action will result in the opening of a disciplinary investigation
The faculty reserves the right to conduct practical exams. The grades to be taken from these exams will be added to the midterm and final exam grades.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: servet.kizildag@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Tuesday-Thursday

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	13	2	26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	13	1	13
Preparation for midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for final exam	1	2	2
Preparing presentations	6	1	6
Midterm	1	1	1
Final	1	1	1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			51

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11
LO.1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO.3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
LO.5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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