RC 117 - Medical Terminology for Respiratory Care

1 Credits

This course is designed to introduce the learner to medical terminology.

Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program AAS to BAS - RC
Fees

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Day
Designed to Serve Students in the Respiratory Care Program
Active Date 20240401T16:17:50

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 24
Contact Hours: Lecture 11
Total Contact Hours 11
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
Course Outline

Medical word elements
Word roots
Suffixes
Prefixes
Basic rules
Anatomical position
Planes of the body
Basic human anatomy

Student Learning Outcomes
Identify the four- word elements to form medical words and divide medical words into their component parts.

Identify, define, prounouce, and correctly spell medical terms and abbreviations.

Accurately describes body planes, quadrants, directional terms, and body cavities for each body system across the life span.

Recognize root words to identify diseases and procedures.