ZLLT0222c Basic Medical Terminology II - practice

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
0/1. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Slíva, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Libor Švanda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Robert Helán, Ph.D. (assistant)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (assistant)
Mgr. Kateřina Pořízková, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
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
ZLLT0222c/21: Thu 9:30–11:10 B11/211, L. Švanda
ZLLT0222c/22: Wed 13:00–14:40 B11/211, L. Švanda
ZLLT0222c/23: Thu 10:20–12:00 KOM S116, J. Slíva
ZLLT0222c/24: Thu 8:20–10:00 KOM S116, J. Slíva
Prerequisites
ZLLT0121c Bas. Med. Terminology I -p && ZC011 Handling chemical substances
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. 187 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5576-6. 2013. info
      recommended literature
    • VEJRAŽKA, Martin and Dana SVOBODOVÁ. Terminologiae medicae IANUA. 2. vyd. Praha: Academia. 440 pp. ISBN 80-200-1459-4. 2006. info
    • KÁBRT, Jan. Lexicon medicum. Třetí, doplněné a přepr. Praha: Galén. 917 stran. ISBN 9788074922008. 2015. info
    • HUDÁK, Radovan and David KACHLÍK. Memorix anatomie. 1. vyd. Praha: Triton. xxi, 605. ISBN 9788073876746. 2013. info
    • PÁČ, Libor. Slovník anatomických eponym (Vocbulary of anaomical eponyms). druhé doplněné vydání. Praha: Galén. 182 pp. ISBN 978-80-7262-652-6. 2010. info
    • HEMZAL, Boleslav and Miroslav VOTAVA. Zkratky používané v medicíně. (Abbreviations Used in Medicine.). 1st ed. Brno: Neptun. 113 pp. ISBN 80-902896-9-X. 2005. info
    • Anatomie. Edited by Radomír Čihák - Miloš Grim - Oldřich Fejfar. Třetí, upravené a doplně. Praha: Grada. 534 stran. ISBN 9788024738178. 2011. info
    • Anatomie. Edited by Radomír Čihák - Miloš Grim. Třetí, upravené a doplně. Praha: Grada. 497 stran. ISBN 9788024747880. 2013. info
    • ČIHÁK, Radomír. Anatomie. Edited by Rastislav Druga - Miloš Grim. 2., upr. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Grada. 673 s. ISBN 9788024711324. 2004. 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. 909 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4758-7. 2009. info
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    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.
    Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
    The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019.
    • Enrolment Statistics (Spring 2016, recent)
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