Summer Online

Medical Terminology

NURS 290M--Three Quarter Hours


Professor Deborah Henderson PhD RN
Elson Hall 170h
Ohio University--Zanesville Campus
(740)588-1489
hendersd@ohio.edu

Please refer to the complete final course syllabus available on the course Website once the course begins.

Course
Description

This course will cover medical terminology for health majors or anyone interested in learning medical terminology.  Students will learn word roots, combining forms used to describe organs and structures, and suffixes and prefixes in medical words.  Students will also learn to analyze medical words and apply what is learned.  There are no pre-requisite courses required.

Prerequisites

None

Methods of Course Instruction

Blackboard course content, email submissions, online exams and submission of online assignments.  Also completion of cd exercises as homework along with the programmed instruction text.

Course Objectives

    • Examine the four elements used to form a medical word.
    • Analyze medical words by identifying the elements present.
    • Pronounce medical terms properly and explain their meaning.
    • Identify and apply medical terminology according to the proper body system.

General Course Requirements

  • cd exercises (comes with text)
  • completion of text programmed learning
  • two web assignments
  • 2 exams
  • final

Materials

Required

Text
Gylys, B. A. & Masters, R. M. (2005). Medical terminology simplified: a programmed learning approach by body systems. (3rd ed.). Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company.  ISBN 0-8036-1340-7.

Additional or Optional Materials
Any medical dictionary, online or text.

Note: Books for the course are in stock at the Zane State/OUZ Campus Bookstore or College Book Store in Athens, (740) 594-3505. Click here for online ordering.

Exams
Requirements

3 exams - No proctoring required

How are exams to be taken: online

Dates of Exams
1/29/10, 2/26/10 and final on 3/15/10

Call the Ohio University Online Staff at 1-888-551-6446 if you have questions about this course or the enrollment process.


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