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Course: Introduction to Medical Terminology I.

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Course title Introduction to Medical Terminology I.
Course code UHP/FZZT1
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Nováková Anna, Mgr.
Course content
Seminars - 1 WS: 1. Introduction to study. 2. - 3. Word formation (simple and complex words). 3. - 4. Basic categories of nouns (declension, case, gender), adjectives of the 1st and 2nd declension. 5. - 6. Terminology of the digestive system. Noun complement. 7. - 9. Terminology of the circulatory and respiratory system. Nouns of the 4th declension, prefixes, expression of laterality. 11. - 13. Terminology of the musculoskeletal system - parts of the body and bones. 14. Final credit test Seminars - 1 SS: 1. - 3. Terminology of the musculoskeletal system - muscles. Adjectives of the 3rd declension, ordinal numbers, gradation of adjectives. 4. - 6. Terminology of the nervous system, brain, sensory organs and skin. Prepositional conjunctions. 7. - 9. Terminology of the excretory and genital system, glands. Plurals. 10. - 11. Expression of the circumstances of diseases (causes, temporal circumstances, origin, phases). 12 - 13. Foreign words in Greek-Latin medical terminology. 14. Final credit test

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
o learn correct pronunciation o master the basic grammar - morphology o comprehension of a simple professional text o knowledge of medical terminology of Latin and Greek origin o development of logical thinking and the sense for language feeling
o the student is familiar with Greek and Latin professional terminology o the student masters basic grammatical phenomena and vocabulary
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Recommended literature
  • COLLINS, C. E. A Short Course in Medical Terminology. Lippincott Williams, 2013. ISBN 1451176066.
  • Doskočil, O. Breviarium grammaticae Latinae. Přehled latinské gramatiky pro studenty bakalářských oborů zdravotně sociálního zaměření. České Budějovice: ZSF JU, 2005. ISBN 80-7040-753-0.
  • EHRICH, A. , SCHROEDER, C. L. Medical Terminology for Health Professions. Albany: Delmar Thomson Learning, 2001. ISBN 0-7668-1297-9.
  • HUGO, J., VOKURKA, M. FIDLEROVÁ, M. Slovník lékařských zkratek. Praha: Maxdorf, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7345-519-4.
  • Chabner, D. Medical Terminology: A Short Course. Saunders, 1994. ISBN 9781455758302.
  • KÁBRT, J, KÁBRT, J. JR. Lexicon medicum. Praha, Galén, 2015. ISBN 978-80-7492-200-8.
  • Steiner, S. S. Quick Medical Terminology. A Self-Teaching Guide. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. ISBN 0-471-23359-5.
  • Svobodová, D. Terminologiae medicae vestibulum. Úvod do řecko-latinské lékařské terminologie. Praha, 2003. ISBN 80-7184-737-2.
  • Vejražka, M, Svobodová, D. Terminologiae medicae ianua. Úvod do problematiky řeckolatinské lékařské terminologie pro studenty magisterského studia lékařství.. Praha: Academia, 2002. ISBN 80-200-0929-9.
  • Vokurka, M., Hugo, J.:. Velký lékařský slovník. Medicína v souvislostech.. Praha: Maxdorf, 2006. ISBN 80-7345-105-0.
  • ŽALUD, Z., DOSKOČIL, O. Lékařská terminologie pro nelékařské zdravotnické obory. České Budějovice: ZSF JU, 2015.


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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 18.04.2024 23:50. Data created for academic year 2023/2024