Schedule
Sat, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (9/8/2012 - 11/17/2012) Location: PLY P 5
Sat, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM (9/8/2012 - 9/27/2012) Location: PLY P 12
Description
This course provides a foundation for the understanding of medical terms, their abbreviations, basic anatomy and physiology as well as pathological conditions. It includes the study of prefixes and suffixes and root/stem words as well as medical technology terms with an emphasis on spelling, pronunciation, definitions and common usage. This course is similar to learning a foreign language and involves the memorization as well as the application of words/terms. The student will study and demonstrate proficiency in spelling, pronouncing, definition and application of medical terms.