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. This course is repeatable.

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

Hennepin Technical College, NURS 1120, 1 credit
Northland College, HLTH 1106, 2 credits

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.
Demonstrate reading and listening skills	Demonstrate understanding of word parts in written material
Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations	Utilize correct medical terminology while creating a creative case study

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• 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

1. Introduction and orientation
• text book 
• orientation to online classroom
2. Word building
• word parts
• forming plurals
• pronunciation
3. Using combining forms
• to build terms
• apply combining forms for use in different  medical specialties
4. Using suffixes
• to build medical terms
• to build terms about diseases and disorders
• to build medical terms
5. Using prefixes and combining forms
• to build medical terms
6. Understand and utilize
• organization scheme
• anatomical and directional terms
• body regions and cavities
7. Understand and utilize
• cellular needs
• blood and its terminology
• the immune system
8. 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