MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

Credit hours

Advanced

pharmaceutical
sciences &
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GENERAL OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of

able to:
this course' students should be
in simplified- English'

a. Define the common biomedicalterminology

related to each system
torn.,r, prefixes and suffixes
b. show knowledge of word roots, combin'ing
of common diseases'
and pathological processes
rding to word parts and descriptions'
aphy.
and dental
symbols used by pharmacy' medical

c.

d.
e.

f.

specialties.

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a.

lntroduction to written & spoken language of Pharmacy -with emphasis on subdivisions-, medicine and

b.

The root of words associated

dentistry.

with medical terminology such as diseases, organs, systems.

The prefixes and suffixes of various medical, dentaland pharmacy terms.

c.

d.

Tire Differentiation between spelling and pronunciation of related terms.

e.

The

spelling and definition of medical terminology associated with various body systems including:
nervous (autonomic and CNS), musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and lymphatic, digestive, urinary,
respiratory, reproductive, and endocri ne.
pharmaceutical Terminology related to Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics.
pharmaceutica I Term inology related to med icina I chemistry and Form u lations.

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Pharmaceutlcal Terminology related to Pharmacognosy.

Pharmaceutlcal Terminology related to Pharmacology and Toxicology.
Pharmaceutica I Term i nology related to P ha rmaceuttcs-

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EDUCATIONAL METHODS
following teaching/learning methods will be used in various combinations:

The

1.

Team-based learning (TBL).

2.

Lectures

3. Clinical practice
4. Self-directed learning (SDL)
5. Laboratory skills
EVALUATION METHODS

o) Continuous ossessment
Team

25

Based learning (TBL)

discussion (CD)

10

laboratory session (Lab)

10

Case

Hospital

clinical practice

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Total

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hours one paper exam, in the form of

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essay questions (MEes) and

choice questions (MCes).

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REIER
a.

to the Language of Health care'

willis MC. Medical Terminology: A programmed Learning Approach
1st.

b.

Edi

on,2OO2.

Lippinco Williams & Wilkins'

ve speakers of English 1st' edi on,

inglish for health professions. An elementary course for non-na
2001. Najd Commercial Prin ng Press.

suggested readings:
Additional
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BA and Wedding ME. Medicalterminology: ASystems Approach
Gylys

b.

4th' Edi on, April1999'

Davis Co.
A Programmed learning
Gylys BA and Masters RM. Medical terminology Simplified:

ZndApproach by body Systems' 2nd' Edi on, March 1998'

A Davis Co'

c.CohenBJ.MedicalTerminology:anillustratedGuide.4th.Edion.

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