Medical Terminology

Origins of Words
There are two types of medical terms:
1. Eponyms
Words that are created by naming something after a person or after something else e.g. a disease named after the person who discovered it.

2. Systematically Constructed Words
Medical terms created systematically using other words, or parts of (or derivations from) other words, typically Ancient Greek words or Latin words.

There has been a trend starting over the late 20th century, to replace eponyms with systematically constructed words e.g. Parkinson's Disease has been renamed "paralysis agitans."

The advantage of a systematically constructed word is that the components of the word can tell us something about the meaning of the term.
By developing an understanding of the components that are commonly used in these systematically constructed words it is (in time) easier to both understand and remember the meanings of the terminology.

Course Structure
There are 10 lessons in this module as follows:

1. Scope and Nature of Medical Terminology
2. Anatomical Structure
3. Medical Equipment and Processes
4. Pharmacological Terminology
5. Musculoskeletal System
6. Cardiovascular, Lymphatic and Immune Systems
7. Respiratory and Reproductive Systems
8. Digestive and Excretory Systems
9. Integumentary System (Skin)
10. Nervous and Sensory Systems

Duration: 100 hrs
Course Aims

• Communicate clearly and effectively using medical terminology
• Explain the scope and nature of terminology used in medicine and allied professions.
• Identify the meaning of words that describe general anatomical features, including dsorders
• Identify the meaning of words which describe medical tools, equipment and procedures.
• Identify the meaning of words that describe pharmacological terms.
• Identify the meaning of words that describe physiological and anatomical features in the musculoskeletal system, including disorders.
• Identify the meaning of words that describe physiological and anatomical features in the respiratory and reproductive systems, including disorders.
• Identify the meaning of words that describe physiological and anatomical features in the digestive and excretory systems, including disorders.
• Identify the meaning of words that describe physiological and anatomical features in the nervous and sensory systems, including disorders
A step toward employment in a medical or paramedical environment. Develops skills to communicate clearly and effectively using medical terminology. Being able to converse with patients and employers, in their language, is commonly an essential prerequisite for employment in  health, alternative or complimentary medicine.
This course can be a starting point for a careeerr in a para medical job, or in some situations all you might need for a job such as reception for a doctor or natural therapist.