Medical Terminology

The course cannot be taken simultaneously with:

Introduction to latin (X16LAT)

The course is a substitute for:

Introduction to latin (X16LAT)

Lecturer:

Tutor:

David Macků (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Cybernetics

Synopsis:

In the course of medical terminology students learn to understand medical texts containing technical terms. Students read medical text based on clinical practice and are conducted towards understanding the medical text as a whole, not only its parts. Medical texts are medical reports, medical protocols, and other medical documents. Part of the course covers special issues related to clinical medicine, namely to Cardiology, Cardiosurgery, Neurology. The course also includes basics of pharmacologic terminology. The most commonly used medical shortcuts are explained. In the beginning of the course there are given selected themes for the home self- study.

Requirements:

Aktive participation in exercices, elaboration of the small semestral project and its presentation

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

1. Presentation of selected topics of medical terminology.

2. Reading academic texts.

3. Specify topics for home self-study.

Study Objective:

In the course of medical terminology students learn to understand medical texts containing technical terms.

Study materials:

[1] Martin Vejražka: Terminologiae medicae IANUA, Praha, Academia 2006.

[2] Medical reports, medical protocols and another medical documents.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Fri
Thu
Fri	roomT2:C3-52 Macků D. 11:00–12:30 (parallel nr.101) Dejvice Posluchárna

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Biomedicínské inženýrství a informatika - Biomedicínské inženýrství (compulsory course in the program)