I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Medical Terminology
2. Course Prefix & Number:
PNUR 1138
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course teaches students to recognize and build medical terms after learning the meaning of word parts. The course is based on a systems approach. Students will also learn to interpret and use common medical abbreviations.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
Reading |
Score: |
78 |
6. Prerequisite Courses:
PNUR 1138 - Medical Terminology
There are no prerequisites for this course.
8. Prerequisite (Entry) Skills:
Must be accepted into the Practical Nursing Program or with permission of instructor or the director.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
PNUR 1138 - Medical Terminology
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
|
Name of Institution |
Course Number and Title |
Credits |
|
Hennepin Technical College |
NURS 1120 |
1 |
|
Northland College |
HLTH 1106 |
2 |
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Practical Nursing, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Correctly utilize medical words in written material. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome |
MnTC
Goal Area |
|
Identify the role and recognize examples of medical word roots and combining forms |
|
|
Identify the role and recognize examples of medical prefixes and suffixes |
|
|
Demonstrate understanding of the rules for using word parts to form medical terms |
|
|
Identify medical terminology specific to each body system |
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Introduction and orientation
- text book
- orientation to online classroom
- Word building
- word parts
- forming plurals
- pronunciation
- Using combining forms
- to build terms
- apply combining forms for use in different medical specialties
- Using suffixes
- to build medical terms
- to build terms about diseases and disorders
- to build medical terms
- Using prefixes and combining forms
- Understand and utilize
- organization scheme
- anatomical and directional terms
- body regions and cavities
- Understand and utilize
- cellular needs
- blood and its terminology
- the immune system
- Correctly identify and utilize terminology for
- Cardiovascular and lymphatic systems
- Respiratory system
- Digestive system
- Urinary systems
- Reproduction and reproductive system
- sexually transmitted diseases
- Musculoskeletal system
- Nervous system
- Integumentary system
- Psychological disorders
- Endocrine system
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Medical Terminology
2. Course Prefix & Number:
PNUR 1138
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
This course teaches students to recognize and build medical terms after learning the meaning of word parts. The course is based on a systems approach. Students will also learn to interpret and use common medical abbreviations.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
Reading |
Score: |
78 |
6. Prerequisite Courses:
PNUR 1138 - Medical Terminology
There are no prerequisites for this course.
8. Prerequisite (Entry) Skills:
Must be accepted into the Practical Nursing Program or with permission of instructor or the director.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
PNUR 1138 - Medical Terminology
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
|
Name of Institution |
Course Number and Title |
Credits |
|
Hennepin Technical College |
NURS 1120 |
1 |
|
Northland College |
HLTH 1106 |
2 |
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Practical Nursing, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
Correctly utilize medical words in written material. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome |
MnTC
Goal Area |
|
Identify the role and recognize examples of medical word roots and combining forms |
|
|
Identify the role and recognize examples of medical prefixes and suffixes |
|
|
Demonstrate understanding of the rules for using word parts to form medical terms |
|
|
Identify medical terminology specific to each body system |
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Introduction and orientation
- text book
- orientation to online classroom
- Word building
- word parts
- forming plurals
- pronunciation
- Using combining forms
- to build terms
- apply combining forms for use in different medical specialties
- Using suffixes
- to build medical terms
- to build terms about diseases and disorders
- to build medical terms
- Using prefixes and combining forms
- Understand and utilize
- organization scheme
- anatomical and directional terms
- body regions and cavities
- Understand and utilize
- cellular needs
- blood and its terminology
- the immune system
- Correctly identify and utilize terminology for
- Cardiovascular and lymphatic systems
- Respiratory system
- Digestive system
- Urinary systems
- Reproduction and reproductive system
- sexually transmitted diseases
- Musculoskeletal system
- Nervous system
- Integumentary system
- Psychological disorders
- Endocrine system