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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.



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