aVLMT021 Tutorial in Basic Medical Terminology

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Natália Gachallová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Lucie Mazalová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marie Okáčová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Tereza Ševčíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Libor Švanda, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Natália Gachallová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Natália Gachallová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Mon 18. 2. to Tue 14. 5. Tue 18:00–19:40 KOM 409
Prerequisites
This course is meant for students who have not passed Basic Medical Terminology I.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 4/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is supposed to help the students unsuccessfull in the first semester comprehend the problematic issues of flective language and to deeply practise relavant grammar in a slower pace.
General characteristics of the course: Greek-Latin medical terminology is one of the relevant means for acquisition of the target knowledge of medical students. The course is of both theoretic and practical character and it introduces the students into the study of medicine by means of its language.
The course serves the students to understand basic medical terminology and it is exclusively determined by the needs of the discipline and medical practice. In the first place it provides such knowledge of Latin and/or Greek that 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 the technical content of terms and in the formation of medical terms.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to:
use Latin and Greek-Latin medical terminology and expressions correctly and understand them;
recognize and explain grammatical categories and rules relevant for acquisition of Greek-Latin medical terminology;
explain syntactic structure of complex terms;
recognize the semantic structure of selected anatomical and clinical one-word terms;
translate selected expressions from anatomy and pre-clinical and clinical fields of study.
Syllabus
  • Basic medical terminology - practice. Syllabus.
  • 1st week: Guarantee's instructions. Revision of the 1st semester´s curriculum. Checking the level of initial knowledge. Revision of pronunciation. Latin case system, declension chart, Genitive in anatomical terms – noun in apposition, 1st and 2nd declension (Latin and Greek paradigms), prepositions
  • 2nd week: Adjectives of 1st and 2nd declension, Basic word-formation principles, introduction to suffixes
  • 3rd week: Nouns of 3rd declension (Latin and Greek paradigms)
  • 4th week: Adjectives of 3rd declension, Vocabulary - Fractures
  • 5th week: Nouns of 4th and 5th declension, Vocabulary - injuries.
  • 6th week: Progress test I. Word-formation. Latin and Greek prefixes.
  • 7th week: Comparison of adjectives, Vocabulary - position.
  • 8th week: Latin and Greek suffixes, Vocabulary - inflammations, types of fever
  • 9th week: Revision of Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes, Vocabulary - age
  • 10th week: Progress test II. Vocabulary - colours, Vocabulary - facial expressions
  • 11th week: Word-formation - Latin and Greek roots. Forms of medications. Vocabulary - facial expressions
  • 12th week: Structure of a dissection protocol. Vocabulary - death.
  • 13th week: Final Revision.
  • The pace of the course and the content of particular seminars will depend on current needs of the students
Literature
    required literature
  • PRUCKLOVÁ, Renata a Marta SEVEROVÁ. Introduction to Latin and Greek terminology in medicine. 4th, rev. ed. Praha: KLP, 2016. xii, 117. ISBN 9788087773413.
Bookmarks
https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/LF:aVLMT021!
Teaching methods
lectures, drills, translation and grammar exercises, group activities, homework
Assessment methods
regular class attendance, active participation in class, preparation for classes, sitting progress tests (two per semester) and a credit test. The basic limit for passing all tests is 70%. Passing each of the class test, which is obligatory for all students, reduces the basic limit in the credit test by 5%. Only two unexcused absences will be tolerated; further absences must be properly excused (i.e. via the Study Department of the Faculty of Medicine).
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 30.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024, spring 2025.
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