Medical Terminology Course Orientation

Academic Year
2023-2024
 Faculty Members

 Dr. Shaza Al Yamani Assistant Professor (Course Coordinator)

 Dr. Hanan Hassan Assistant Professor
 Dr. Badriah El Hanafi Assistant Professor
 Course Identification
 Course Title: Medical Terminology
 Code: PY MT 101
 Credit Hours: 2 hours
 Contact Hours: 2 hours per week

Theoretical (2 lectures)
Office hours: 2 Hours per week
Course Outline
 Curriculum
 Basic Elements of Medical Word
 Suffixes
 Prefixes
 Anatomical Positions and Directions
 The Skeletal System
 The Nervous System
 The Cardiovascular System
 The Respiratory System
 The Urinary System
 The Digestive System
 The Eye and The Ear
 Medical Specialists and Specialties
Course Learning Outcome
Knowledge:
• Recognize terms that have similar roots but different suffixes.
• Recognize the meaning of the Medical Terms with their abbreviations.
• Define the medical terms in the medical report's contents.
Skills:
• Analyze words by dividing them into component parts (root, suffix, and prefix)
• Apply the medical terms anatomy, physiology and some disease states of the
body.
Values:
• Integrate morals to practice teamwork during group discussions .
 Assessment Criteria

 Quizzes:(Two quizzes, each 15 marks) 30%

 Assignment 25% 30.00%

50.00%
 Final Exam 45%
20.00%
 Assignment

 Type of assignment : via Blackboard

 Weight: 25%
 Deadline: week 8
 Re-Sit Exam

 Total mark will be out of 100.

 Maximum marks a student can score will be 60.

Thank You