NWCCD 2020-21 Catalog 
    
    Apr 20, 2024  
NWCCD 2020-21 Catalog [This is an Archived Catalog.]

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HLTK 1200 - Medical Terminology


This course is designed for students interested in health care professions. It covers major roots, suffixes, and prefixes. Students study how various word elements are used to form thousands of medical terms. The course also covers the basics of the body system.

Credits: 3

Instructional Method Lecture

Comments: Prior to Fall 2020, course offered as BIOL 1050.

Minimum Student Competencies
Upon completion of HLTK 1200 Medical Terminology, the student will:

  1. Analyze medical words by dividing them into component parts.
  2. Relate the medical terms to the structure and function of the human body in the context of how the body works in health and disease.
  3. Identify the basic structure and functions of the body systems.
  4. Verify spelling of medical terminology.
  5. Discriminate pronunciation of medical terminology.
  6. Apply medical terms to medical conditions.
  7. Appraise medical reports.




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