Course: Selected chapters from medical terminology

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Course title Selected chapters from medical terminology
Course code FZS/VMT
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Domín Richard, MUDr.
Course content
Lectures: 1) Pronunciation rules, syllable length, accent; basic grammar terminology 2) 1st declination nouns 3) Declination nouns 4) Adjectives of 1st and 2nd declension 5) Nouns of the 4th and 5th declension 6) Adjectives of the 3rd declension 7) 3rd declination nouns 8) Outline of the verbal system, participles, imperatives, presentative conjunctives 9) Numerals 10) Medical abbreviations 11) Latin prefixes and suffixes 12) Greek prefixes and suffixes 13) Words composed 1 14) Words composed 2

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
  • Class attendance - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 4 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the course is to teach students to understand and understand technical terms, professional phrases in the field of medicine and some of the most common diagnoses in medicine.
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and course programme.
Prerequisites
Preconditions are frased in the annotation of the course and in the curriculum of the studying programme.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Classified credit: - activity in lectures, - written test.
Recommended literature
  • PLAŠILOVÁ, Jiřina a Dagmar KOZLÍKOVÁ. Základy latinské lékařské terminologie. Praha: Karolinum, 2012. ISBN 978-80-246-2151-7.
  • SVOBODOVÁ, Dana. Terminologiae medicae vestibulum: úvod do řecko-latinské lékařské terminologie. Karolinum, Praha, 2010. ISBN 978-80-246-1840-1.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Biomedical Engineering (14) Category: Special and interdisciplinary fields 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter