MEDA 116 Medical Terminology

5 credits

Students will learn the basic structure of medical terms including Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, suffixes, word analysis, spelling, and pronunciation. This course offers an overview of anatomical terms with an introduction to the basic concepts of health and disease and teaches the global outcome of communication.

Prerequisites: BIOL& 175 (or BIOL& 241 and BIOL& 242), ENGL 99 (or placement into ENGL& 101 or higher), and MATH 87 or AHSE 66 (or placement into MATH 98 or higher)

Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Demonstrate the use of a medical dictionary.
Define and properly use prefixes and suffixes with roots and combining forms to build medical terms.

Program Outcomes
This course teaches to the following program outcomes:

be prepared to work in ambulatory settings performing administrative and clinical duties
meet CAAHEP Standards in the areas of cognitive and psychomotor skills
be prepared to pass the CMA (AAMA) exam

Total Hours: 50 Theory (Lecture) Hours: 50