SUR 150 - Med Terminology for Surg Tech

Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 0
Practicum Hours: 0
Work Experience: 0
Course Type: Voc/Tech

This course is designed to help students gain the knowledge needed to communicate clearly with other healthcare team members. Instruction starts with a foundation of word parts, prefixes, suffixes and word roots, and then builds words by combining the parts. The course also covers terms not built from word parts and includes specialized vocabulary for surgical technologists. Exercises are included to help recognize and define new medical terms.
Competencies

Interpret word parts
1. Examine the four word parts and a combining form
2. Define the four word parts and a combining form
3. Illustrate how to analyze and define medical terms using the word parts
Evaluate the anatomy related to each body system
1. Distinguish the organs and other structures related to each body system.
2. Assess the function(s) of each body system
Interpret word parts related to each body system
1. Evaluate prefixes and suffixes related to each body system
2. Characterize combing forms related to each body system
Construct medical terms using word parts presented for each body system
1. Formulate disease and disorder terms for each body system.
2. Compose surgical terms for each body system
3. Examine diagnostic terms for each body system
4. Create complementary terms for each body system
Critique medical terms with word parts presented for each body system
1. Illustrate disease and disorder terms for each body system
2. Organize surgical terms for each body system.
3. Create diagnostic terms for each body system
4. Illustrate complementary terms for each body system
Interpret medical terms presented for each body system
1. Evaluate disease and disorder terms for each body system
2. Assess surgical terms for each body system
3. Characterize diagnostic terms for each body system
4. Outline complementary terms for each body system
5. Diagram terms not built from word parts for each body system