Course

Medical Terminology III

Important Notice

This course is not active. Please contact Department Chair for more information.

Faculty
Commerce & Business Administration
Department
Office Administration
Course code
OADM 1453
Credits
1.00
Semester length
5 Weeks X 6 Hours per Week = 30 Hours
Max class size
24
Method(s) of instruction
Online
Typically offered
To be determined

Overview

Course description
This is a BCCampus on-line provincial course. In Medical Terminology III, students complete a study of the construction of medical terms including root words, suffixes and prefixes relating to pharmacology and the specialities of oncology, radiology and nuclear medicine and psychiatry.
Course content

For each unit the following course content relating to each specialty will be covered:

 

  1. Description/overview of the specialty
  2. Common combining forms, prefixes, suffixes
  3. Pronunciation of medical words
  4. Use of component parts to build medical words
  5. Classifications of tumours used in oncology
  6. Common diagnostic techniques used in radiology and nuclear medicine
  7. Classifications of pharmaceuticals
  8. Terms and treatment related to psychiatric conditions
  9. Analysis of various medical reports
Learning activities

Communications between instructor and students will be conducted online using the course email, bulletin board and chat utilities.  The instructor will guide the students through a series of learning objectives using motivation and online instruction.  The assigned readings, together with the reinforcement exercises, are the principal learning activities.  Additional materials and resources are available online.

Means of assessment

There is an online test at the end of each unit of study as well as a comprehensive final exam.

Graded assignments include proofreading exercises and Internet research.

Quizzes (each specialty)   50%
Spelling  15%
Final Exam  35%
Total 100%

                                                                                                             

Note: The letter grade assigned will be determined by the college at which you are registered.

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this course, you will have reliably demonstrated the ability to:

  1.  Identify and describe terms, pronounce, spell and give meanings for medical terms relating to the specialties of:
    • Oncology
    • Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
    • Pharmacology
    • Psychiatry
  2. Define and spell correctly the common disorders, diagnostic tests, classifications and abbreviations pertaining to the above specialties.
Textbook materials

Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Students:

 

Language of Medicine, latest edition, Chabner, Davi-Ellen, W.B. Saunders Company.

 

Medical Language Instant Translator, latest edition, Chabner, Davi-Ellen, W.B. Saunders Company.

 

Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary, latest edition, Dorland, Saunders Elsevier.

 

Recommended Text / Materials

 

Supplementary material online

Requisites

Prerequisites

OADM 1104 and OADM 1452

Corequisites

No corequisite courses.

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

(Current)

Course Transfers

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Institution Transfer details for OADM 1453
There are no applicable transfer credits for this course.

Course Offerings

Winter 2025