AHP 318

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

 

 

Gail Williams, Ph.D., MT(ASCP)SBB

 

Assistant professor / CLS Advisor

 

CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCES

 

SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS
 AHP 318:  MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

 

·       Introduction

§       Name – call me Dr. Williams or Dr. Gail

§       Background

§       Degrees

§       Work experience

·       My philosophy

§       Students earn grades

§       I facilitate learning

§       Students need to come to class on time and prepared

·       Review class list

·       Review syllabus

·       Textbook

§       Bring book to class for figures, photos, and graded activities

§       Review chapter set-up

§       Recommend dictionary - e.g., Mosby, Dorland, Stedman, Taber

§       Glossary - p. 879: Med to Eng; p. 889: Eng to Med

·       Information cards

 

 

·       Points regarding class

§       Junior level course

·       Very time consuming requiring lots of memorization

·       MUST learn word parts to be successful

§       Learn the language of medicine by:

·       Analyzing and dividing words into parts

·       Relate words to structure and function of the body

·       Spell and pronounce correctly

·       Strongly suggest studying at least ½ hour every day

·       Include anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology - learning about structure and function of the body in health and illness

·       Tests focus more on application than recall

·       Responsible for entire chapter unless told differently

·       Students trying to get into course, see me after class

·       Basic introduction to medical terminology course:

§       From chapter one pp 6 and 7

§       Case study