BALT011 Medical Terminology and Medical Latin - practice

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2020

The course is not taught in autumn 2020

Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Slíva, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Veronika Dvořáčková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Kateřina Pořízková, Ph.D. (assistant)
Mgr. Libor Švanda, Ph.D. (assistant)
PhDr. Jana Vyorálková (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Libor Švanda, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Faculty Branches of University Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Mgr. Libor Švanda, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of Latin will facilitate the study of the subject and may be regarded as a useful component of the educational outfit of students when entering the faculty, though it is no obligatory prerequisite for the acquisition of the subject matter in the introductory phase.
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
Medical Latin has the character of a preparatory subject whose sense is to facilitate the students' basic orientation in the professional language. The conception of tuition specifies three main tasks: to provide elementary technical vocabulary where nouns and adjectives predominate, to provide instruction in the regular nominal inflexion and to introduce into the theory of word-formation on a professional level. This is complemented with a getting knowledge of medical prescription Latin, and an informative view of select topics in the theory and history of medical terminology.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
  • recognize and explain grammatical devices and rules relevant for acquisition of Greek-Latin medical terminology;
  • translate expressions from particular field of studies;
  • employ and understand basic medical terminology;
  • recognize the semantic structure of selected anatomical and clinical terms;
  • form compound words applying particular word-formation principles;
  • explain syntactic structure of complex terms.
    • Syllabus
    • MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY AND LATIN - practice. Syllabus.
    • 1st lesson: Introduction to the study of the subject: significance and contents of the course, methodological instructions, study literature. General grammatical notes. Latin and Greek nouns of 1st and 2nd declension: the nominative and genitive case. Adjectives of 1st and 2nd declension. Latin ordinals.
    • 2nd lesson: Latin Nouns and Adjectives of 3rd declension: the nominative and genitive case. Basic rules of derivation: Latin suffixes with the meaning of relationship.
    • 3rd lesson: Latin nouns of 4th and 5th declension: the nominative and genitive case. Latin diminutives. Basic rules of derivation: the Greek sufix -ideus, a, um.
    • 4rd lesson: Latin prepositions with accusative and ablative. Greek nouns in medical terminology.
    • 5th lesson: Basic rules of derivation: productive Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes. Semantics. Basic rules of composition: the most frequently used Latin and Greek word-forming components. Final summary. Requirements for the examination.
    Literature
      required literature
    • ARTIMOVÁ, Jozefa, Kateřina POŘÍZKOVÁ, Libor ŠVANDA and Eva DÁVIDOVÁ. Terminologia graeco-latina medica pro studijní obor porodní asistentka (Terminologia graeco-latina medica for students of midwifery). 1. vydání. Brno: MUNI Press, 2016, 145 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8287-8. Optimed Repo info
    • POŘÍZKOVÁ, Kateřina, Jozefa ARTIMOVÁ, Libor ŠVANDA and Eva DÁVIDOVÁ. Terminologia graeco-latina medica pro bakalářské obory LF MU (Gramatická příručka) (Terminologia graeco-latina medica for bachelor's degree study programmes at Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University (Grammar Book)). 1. vydání. Brno: MUNI Press, 2016, 56 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-8286-1. Optimed Repo info
    Bookmarks
    https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/LF:BALT011!
    Teaching methods

  • lectures
  • translation and grammar exercises
  • homework exercises (e-learning)
    • Assessment methods
    Final examination - combined form
    Language of instruction
    Czech
    Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
    The course is taught annually.
    The course is taught: in blocks.
    Information on the extent and intensity of the course: celkem 10.
    Teacher's information
    The exam itself has a written and an oral part. The student is expected to show the knowledge of studied language devices, phenomena and rules necessary for the basic orientation in Greek-Latin medical terminology, particularly in the area of his field of study. The limit for passing the exam test is 60%.

    Other requirements: regular class attendance, active participation in class, preparation for classes, passing the e-learning exercises.

    For up-to-date information on the course, office hours, etc., see the notice boards of the Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University.

    Contact person: secretary of the Language Centre (Komenského Square) – phone: 549498170.

    All lecturers can also be contacted via e-mail.

    The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
    • Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2020, recent)
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