aZLLT0121c Basic Medical Terminology I - practice

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2024

The course is not taught in autumn 2024

Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Natália Gachallová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Klára Modlíková (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Marie Okáčová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Andrea Salayová, 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. Natália Gachallová, Ph.D.
Language Centre, Faculty of Medicine Division – Language Centre
Contact Person: Mgr. Natália Gachallová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Faculty of Medicine
Prerequisites
No previous knowledge of Latin/Greek is required.
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
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 students into the study of medicine by means of its language.
The content of the course is determined by the needs of the discipline and medical practice. In the first place, it provides students with necessary grammatical, semantic, and lexical backgrund to form basic medical reports in Latin. It also introduces students to basic clinical compound terms and expressions. Finally, it introduces a wider historical and linguistic fundamentals of medical terminology as well as its general theoretical contexts.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students will be able to:
- use Latin and Greek-Latin medical terminology and expressions correctly and with understanding;
- recognize and explain grammatical concepts and rules relevant for Greek-Latin medical terminology;
- explain syntactic structure of complex terms;
- recognize the semantic structure of selected anatomical and clinical one-word terms;
- form compound words applying the most common word-formation principles;
- understand simple Latin medical reports.
Syllabus
  • BASIC MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY - seminar. Syllabus.
  • 1st week: Introduction to the study of the subject: significance and contents of the course, methodological instructions. Latin pronunciation. Medical documentation where Latin is used. Dictionary entry, how to understand it and how to manage Latin vocabulary. System of Latin and Greek declensions and the paradigm chart.
  • 2nd week: Basic Latin terms denoting body parts, bones, and organs. Non-agreed attribute and Latin 1st declension nouns in anatomy. Basic prepositions.
  • 3rd week: Agreed attribute in anatomy. Greek 1st declesion.
  • 4th week: Latin and Greek 2nd declension. Adjectives of 1st and 2nd declension.
  • 5th week: Revision based on Latin medical reports, basic structure of a medical diagnose.
  • 6th week: Progress test I. Latin 3rd declension (consonant-stems).
  • 7th week: Discussing common mistakes in the progress test I. Latin 3rd declension (i-stems). Medical terms referring to the basic types of injuries.
  • 8th week: Greek 3rd declension. Revision of nouns o 3rd declension.
  • 9th week: Progress test II. 4th and 5th declension.
  • 10th week: Adjectives of 3rd declension. Adjective-forming suffixes: -alis, e; -aris, e; -icus, a, um; eus, a, um.
  • 11th week: Basic types of fractures. How to write a medical report - order of information according to their importance, locating the fracture properly etc.
  • 12th week: Specifics of authentic medical documentation. Focus on medical reports from dentistry.
  • 13th week: Final revision based on medical reports.
  • 14th week: Final exam.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • PRUCKLOVÁ, Renata a Marta SEVEROVÁ. Introduction to Latin and Greek terminology in medicine. 4th, rev. ed. Praha: KLP, 2016. xii, 117. ISBN 9788087773413.
  • EHRLICH, Ann and Carol L. SCHROEDER. Medical terminology for health professions. 6th ed. Clifton Park: Delmar, Cegage Learning, 2009, xxvi, 582. ISBN 9781418072520. info
Bookmarks
https://is.muni.cz/ln/tag/LF:aZLLT0121c!
Teaching methods
presentations, handouts, exercises, seminar dicussions, groupwork
Assessment methods
Requirements for gaining the credit: regular class attendance, active participation in class, preparation for classes, sitting progress tests and a credit test. The basic limit for passing all tests is 70% (the pass-mark for the credit test is lowered by 5% for each passing of a progress test). Only one unexcused absence will be tolerated; further absences must be properly excused (i.e. via the Study Department of the Faculty of Medicine). Class attendance is registered through the IS. For the course requirements, see also the file available in the study materials of the course.
Language of instruction
English
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
Contact person: Mgr. Natália Gachallová (campus, A15/118, office phone: 549497997); for consulting hours, see IS MU. Secretary of the Language Centre (UKB, Kamenice 5, Pavilion A15), phone: 549498170; office hours: Monday 10.00-12.00, Wednesday 10.00-12.00, Friday 9.00-11.00. Individual lecturers can also be contacted via e-mail.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020.
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