Course of Medical Terminology

Comprising 15 comprehensive and interactive lessons, this course has been developed to help you get under the skin of commonly used medical terminology across a wide range of disciplines including biology, cardiology, psychology and many more. You will be guided through each speciality step-by-step and learn how seemingly complicated medical jargon is built up from word roots, prefixes and suffixes, so this language becomes second nature to you.

Course Content

• Module 1: Overview of the medical specialities, introduction to word units.M
• Module 2: Structure of the body, cells tissues, organs and systems.
• Module 3: Orthopaedics.
• Module 4: Cardiology.
• Module 5: The Respiratory System.
• Module 6: Female Reproduction.
• Module 7: Male Reproduction.
• Module 8: Urology.
• Module 9: Gastroenterology.
• Module 10: The Lymphatic System and Immunology.
• Module 11: Dermatology.
• Module 12: Neurology
• Module 13: Psychiatry and Psychology
• Module 14: Ophthalmology and ENT
• Module 15: Prescription and drug abbreviations. Consolidation of terminology covered in the course

Those who wish to gain medical terminology knowledge and progress to take the City & Guilds Level 2 Award in Medical Terminology exam.