VLLT0222c Basic Medical Terminology II - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jozefa Artimová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Natália Gachallová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Soňa Hudíková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), Mgr. Libor Švanda, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Lucie Mazalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kamila Novotná (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kateřina Pořízková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Jan Slíva, Ph.D. (seminar tutor), Mgr. Kateřina Pořízková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Tereza Ševčíková (seminar tutor), Mgr. Kateřina Pořízková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Libor Švanda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Robert Helán, Ph.D. (assistant)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Libor Švanda, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Libor Švanda, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre
Timetable of Seminar Groups
VLLT0222c/01: Mon 11:30–13:10 B11/211, L. Švanda
VLLT0222c/02: Tue 13:15–14:55 B11/211, T. Ševčíková
VLLT0222c/03: Tue 13:15–14:55 B11/228, K. Novotná
VLLT0222c/04: Mon 14:20–16:00 B11/228, S. Hudíková
VLLT0222c/05: Mon 13:30–15:10 B11/211, L. Švanda
VLLT0222c/06: Wed 15:00–16:40 B11/211, S. Hudíková
VLLT0222c/07: Fri 7:30–9:10 B11/211, K. Novotná
VLLT0222c/08: Fri 7:30–9:10 KOM S116, L. Mazalová
VLLT0222c/09: Fri 9:20–11:00 KOM S116, L. Mazalová
VLLT0222c/10: Tue 7:30–9:10 B09/324, J. Slíva
VLLT0222c/11: Wed 12:30–14:10 B11/228, T. Ševčíková
VLLT0222c/12: Thu 11:10–12:50 B09/324, L. Švanda
VLLT0222c/13: Tue 7:30–9:10 B11/327, S. Hudíková
VLLT0222c/14: Wed 15:40–17:20 B11/228, T. Ševčíková
VLLT0222c/15: Fri 10:10–11:50 B11/334, except Fri 8. 4., K. Novotná
VLLT0222c/16: Mon 16:10–17:50 B11/228, L. Mazalová
VLLT0222c/17: Thu 7:30–9:10 B11/211, T. Ševčíková
VLLT0222c/18: Mon 15:10–16:50 A16/217, L. Švanda
Prerequisites
VLLT0121c Basic Med. Terminology -p
Passing the course Basic medical Terminology I
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is complementary to VLLT0222s Basic Medical Terminology II - seminar.
General characteristics of the subject
Greek-Latin medical terminology is one of the relevant means for acquisition of the target knowledge of medical students. The tuition is of both theoretic and practical character, conceived as a preparatory course sui generis, introducing the students into the study of medicine by means of its language.
The content of tuition is, like the set of knowledge required in the examination, exclusively determined by the needs of the discipline and medical practice. First of all, it provides such knowledge of Latin and Greek which enables the student to master quickly and purposefully the semantic aspect of terms, their grammatical form, and word-forming structure. At the same time, it provides systematic instruction to independent solution of current terminological problems consisting in understanding of the technical content of the terms and in the formation of medical terms. Furthermore, it opens a view of the wider historical and linguistic fundamentals of medical terminology as well as its general theoretical contexts.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • understand and use Latin and Greek-Latin medical terms and expressions correctly
  • explain and apply grammatical devices and rules relevant for acquisition of Greek-Latin medical terminology
  • recognize the syntactic structure of complex terms
  • describe the semantic structure of one-word terms
  • form compound words applying the most used word-formation principles
  • translate selected expressions from anatomy, pre-clinical and clinical fields of study, medical prescriptions, and pharmacology
  • deduce the meaning of unknown terms on the basis of semantic, grammatical and logical relations
  • Syllabus
    • BASIC MEDICAL LATIN - practice
    • 1st week: Instructions for the course. Revision of substantive and adjective declensions. Numerals.
    • 2nd week: Numerals: objects next to numerals.
    • 3rd week: Verbs (1): infinitive, imperative, present passive subjunctive.
    • 4th week: Verbs (2): present active and perfect passive participles, gerundive, gerund.
    • 5th week: Revision of numerals and verbs.
    • 6th week: Progress test.
    • 7th week: Word Formation (1): basic rules of derivation. Latin prefixes, their meanings and mutual relations.
    • 8th week: Latin suffixes (substantival, adjectival).
    • 9th week: Greek prefixes, their meanings and mutual relations. Synonymy, antonymy, polysemy, and homonymy of prefixes.
    • 10th week: Greek suffixes, polysemy of suffixes.
    • 11th week: Word Formation (2): basic rules of composition, combining morphemes. Latin compound words, hybrid words.
    • 12th week: Greek compound words, productive word-forming components. Latin and Greek equivalents of basic medical terms.
    • 13th week: Revision for the credit test.
    • 14th week: Credit test.
    Literature
      required literature
    • MAREČKOVÁ, Elena and Hana REICHOVÁ. Úvod do lékařské terminologie: základy latiny s přihlédnutím k řečtině. 1. dotisk 6. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 187 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5576-6. info
      recommended literature
    • VEJRAŽKA, Martin and Dana SVOBODOVÁ. Terminologiae medicae IANUA. 2. vyd. Praha: Academia, 2006, 440 pp. ISBN 80-200-1459-4. info
    • KÁBRT, Jan. Lexicon medicum. Třetí, doplněné a přepr. Praha: Galén, 2015, 917 stran. ISBN 9788074922008. info
    • HUDÁK, Radovan and David KACHLÍK. Memorix anatomie. 1. vyd. Praha: Triton, 2013, xxi, 605. ISBN 9788073876746. info
    • PÁČ, Libor. Slovník anatomických eponym (Vocbulary of anaomical eponyms). druhé doplněné vydání. Praha: Galén, 2010, 182 pp. ISBN 978-80-7262-652-6. info
    • HEMZAL, Boleslav and Miroslav VOTAVA. Zkratky používané v medicíně. (Abbreviations Used in Medicine.). 1st ed. Brno: Neptun, 2005, 113 pp. ISBN 80-902896-9-X. info
    • Anatomie. Edited by Radomír Čihák - Miloš Grim - Oldřich Fejfar. Třetí, upravené a doplně. Praha: Grada, 2011, 534 stran. ISBN 9788024738178. info
    • Anatomie. Edited by Radomír Čihák - Miloš Grim. Třetí, upravené a doplně. Praha: Grada, 2013, 497 stran. ISBN 9788024747880. info
    • ČIHÁK, Radomír. Anatomie. Edited by Rastislav Druga - Miloš Grim. 2., upr. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2004, 673 s. ISBN 9788024711324. info
    • MAREČKOVÁ, Elena, Hana REICHOVÁ, Marta SEVEROVÁ, Dana SVOBODOVÁ and František ŠIMON. Latinitas medica. Lexikon nejen lékařských sentencí, citátů a rčení (Medical Latinity. A lexicon of not only medical sentences, quotations and phrases). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2009, 909 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4758-7. info
    Teaching methods
    lectures, translation and grammar exercises, drills, homework, presentation, group work
    Assessment methods
    Credit requirements:
  • regular class attendance: one unexcused absence will be tolerated, further absences must be properly excused (via the Study Department of the Faculty of Medicine)
  • active participation in class
  • preparation for classes
  • progress test (focused on numerals and verbs)
  • passing the credit test (focused on word-formation, partially also nominal and verbal inflexion)

    The limit for passing the test is always 75 %. Passing the progress test reduces the limit for the credit test by 5 %.
  • Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
    The course is taught annually.
    Information on the extent and intensity of the course: cvičení.
    The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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