Learn essential medical terminology with our comprehensive course designed for aspiring healthcare professionals. Master medical words easily and advance your career effectively.
This course dives deep into medical terminology, breaking down words into manageable parts like roots and suffixes. It’s designed for anyone aiming for a career in healthcare, using video lessons and resources to make learning fun and easy to grasp.
Principles of Medical Terminology (Updated 2019)
The contents of the medical language for allied health professionals have been structured into individual courses. Each course will cover all aspects of one or more body systems and can be used to reinforce knowledge in this particular area.
Principles of Medical Terminology is the first course of the series designed to teach latest medical terminology, components of medical words like roots, suffixes and prefixes. It will teach engineering of medical words so that bigger and more complex words can be deciphered with little effort. This course has been designed for anyone who wants to step into medical/healthcare profession by learning medical language in-depth, anytime, anywhere to achieve high grades, reduce cost of formal education and advance professional career.
The subject matter presented can be referenced to two major text books:
Chabner. 2016. The Language of Medicine. 12 Ed.
Tortora, Derrickson. 2017. Principles of Anatomy & Physiology. 15 Ed.
All other references have been cited in teaching videos and handouts.
All additional information is downloadable. This makes the course comprehensive and will cater to the needs of a broad spectrum of allied health professionals. Instructional videos are very explanatory and instructor help will be provided through email contact with instructor.
Diagrams and other graphics are used extensively to explain concepts. Teaching is based upon widening knowledge base and right context in which medical terms are used rather than rote memorization of long lists. Teaching videos and downloadable handouts make the course sufficiently self-contained. Purchase of referenced text books is optional but not a necessity.
Throughout the course student will be introduced to various titles of allied healthcare professionals and links provided to obtain information on educational and other skills requirements. It is a gateway to a number of choices in this field.
If a career in medical is field your calling, capitalize your skills now! This and the courses to follow promise an experience to change your life.
Recognize each of the four word parts of the medical terms: A. Roots. B. Prefix. C. Suffix. D. Combining vowel&Combining form.
Divide medical terms into word parts/understand how word parts are put together to make medical terms.
Define the commonly used prefixes, roots, and suffixes.
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I, Parveen Inayat, graduated from King Edward Medical University, Lahore, Pakistan with a bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery. After doing ECGMG, spent many successful years of family practice with special interest in diagnostic imaging and internal medicine. Settled in the beautiful city of Calgary, Alberta and engaged in teaching allied health care programs like medical office assistants, unit clerks,...
I have gone through many of lectures and quizzes by Dr Parveen. the presentations are easy to understand and are fantastic. Quizzes are helpful to revise the topic and assess yourself. I recommend this course for medical and allied health personals. PROF MUHAMMD ZIA IQBAL
The course is extremely well-organized and energetic!
The material is presented in a very easy, user-friendly manner. Important concepts are explained very clearly and the slides are rich in content making it really easy to follow. The instructor's presentation is near flawless and she takes her time to explain the details which makes a challenging subject matter easier to understand. All of this together with the quizzes and self checks allows you to determine your progress level and work at your own pace.
I would definitely recommend this course to anyone wanting to start out in the allied health professional field. It is quite clear that the instructor Parveen has a very thorough understanding of the material and is a subject matter expert in this field.
Great job and I will be looking out for more courses from Parveen in the future!
The entire course is presented and organized in a systematic framework. The instructor is very knowledgeable of the topic. She offers an informative and engaging material throughout the four sections of the course by utilizing images,videos, diagrams and equation forms of the medical language (terminology). Those strategies of topic presentation made the process of learning fun and more interesting.
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Grace D.
Information is well laid out. The lecture was very informative.