Includes all fields of biomedical sciences planned in the programme of the first study year: medical physics and biophysics, medical biology, anatomy, medical chemistry and biochemistry, introduction into medicine, history of medicine, social medicine, psychological medicine, first aid.
Introductory Lecture
CH1 Basic Word Structure – Word Analysis, CFs, Suffixes, Prefixes, Exercises
Introductory lecture - instructions on the course and compilation of seminar papers with MS Power Point
Introduction into medical terminology formation - medical suffices, prefixes, basic word structure; exercises
Practice – CFs, Suffixes, Prefixes
Review CH1
CH2 Terms Pertaining to the Body as a Whole – Structural Organisation of the Body, Exercises
Practical class - basic word structure, medical suffices and prefixes; revision of chapter 1
Chapter 2 Medical terms that refer to the human body as a whole - structural organisation of the body (cell, tissue, organ, organ system); exercises
CH2 Terms Pertaining to the Body as a Whole – Body Cavities, Abdominopelvic Regions and Quadrants, Division of the Back, Positional and Directional Terms, Planes of the Body
Chapter 2 Medical terms that refer to the human body as a whole - body cavities, abdominopelvic regions and quadrants, phrases used for location and direction, planes of the body
Review CH2
CH3 Suffixes – Introduction, CFs, Terminology, Exercises
Revision of Chapter 2
Chapter 3 Medical suffixes - introduction - types according to groups; basic word structure, terminology and examples; practice with medical suffixes
Review CH3
CH4 Prefixes – Introduction, CFs, Terminology
Exercises
Revision of Chapter 3
Chapter 4 Medical prefixes - introduction - types according to groups; basic word structure, terminology and examples; practice with medical prefixes
Review CH4
Presentation of seminar papers
Revision of Chapter 4
Presentation of seminar papers according to previously determined schedule, followed by short discussion after each individual presentation
Presentation of seminar papers
Presentation of seminar papers according to previously determined schedule, followed by short discussion after each individual presentation
Presentation of seminar papers
Presentation of seminar papers according to previously determined schedule, followed by short discussion after each individual presentation
Presentation of seminar papers
Presentation of seminar papers according to previously determined schedule, followed by short discussion after each individual presentation
Presentation of seminar papers
Presentation of seminar papers according to previously determined schedule, followed by short discussion after each presentation
Required course materials:
Davi-Ellen Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 8th edition, Saunders, 2007