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Course Information

• Course Name: Medical Terminology
• Course Code: MD-101
• Level: Pharm D, Level I
• Academic Year: 2024/2025
• Instructors: Assoc. Prof. Ahmed R. Elsheikh, Assoc. Prof. Marwa S. Zaghloul, Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Awad

Contact Details

• Assoc. Prof. Ahmed Ramadan: [email protected]
• Assoc. Prof. Marwa S. Zaghloul: [email protected]
• Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Awad: [email protected]
• T.A/ Abdelrahman Emara: [email protected]

Course Specification

• Program Director: Assoc. Prof. Ahmed Ramadan
• Course Coordinator: Ass. Lecturer/ Abdelrahman Emara

Course Aims

• Enable students to understand basic medical terms, rules for building and analyzing them.
• Interpret common abbreviations applicable to each body system.

Course Key Elements

• Recognize medical terminology, abbreviations, and symbols related to pharmacy practice
• Retrieve the meaning of any medical terms needed for professional practice

Course Contents (Theoretical Part): Weeks and Topics

• Week 1: Introduction to medical terminology
• Week 2: Suffixes
• Week 3: Prefixes
• Week 4: Medical terms related to body structures
• Week 5: Medical terms related to diseases; diagnosis and treatment
• Week 6: Medical terms related to drugs
• Week 7: Medical terms related to the digestive system: structure, suffixes, and prefixes
• Week 8: Medical terms related to digestive system: diseases and drugs
• Week 9: Medical terms related to endocrine system: pituitary gland
• Week 10: Medical terms related to endocrine system: thyroid and parathyroid
• Week 11: Medical terms related to cardiovascular systems: structure, suffixes, and prefixes
• Week 12: Medical terms related to cardiovascular systems diseases and drugs
• Week 13: Medical terms related to respiratory system: structure, suffixes, and prefixes
• Week 14: Medical terms related to respiratory system: diseases and drugs

Student Assessment

• Methods: Written exam and periodical course work
• Schedule: Periodical (Course work) 6th-8th week, Written exam 15th-16th week
• Weighing: Periodical (25%), Final exam (75%)

Facilities

• Classroom
• Data show, computers, internet

List of References

• Electronic book prepared by staff members
• Cohen, Barbara J. Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Essential Guide. 6th ed. Baltimore, MD: Wolters Kluwer. 2016.
• Relevant Websites (link provided).

Matrix 1: Course Content and Key Elements (Domains 1 & 4)

• Each week's content corresponds to key elements for Domains 1 and 4. This is a detailed matrix correlating studies and topics.

Matrix 2: Course Contents, Methods of Learning and Assessment (Detailed weekly breakdown)

• Provides a detailed breakdown of each week's topics, including methods for learning. Indicating lecture, online, problem solving, and self-learning elements will be important study materials.

Part 1: Introduction to Medical Terminology

• Covers basic elements of medical words, types of word parts, and guidelines for building medical words

Part 2: Disease, Diagnosis, and Treatment

• Discusses medical terms relating to diseases, diagnosis, methods of examination (inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation), and treatment.

Body Structures and Directional Terms

• Includes diagrams and definitions of directional terms (anterior, posterior, superior, inferior, etc.) and body areas (thorax, abdomen, etc).

Body Cavities

• Describes body cavities, including diagrams. (thoracic, abdominal, pelvic, cranial, spinal)

Body Regions

• Defines and illustrates body regions (e.g., epigastric, hypochondriac)

Disease and Treatment

• Definitions of drugs and their names (generic and trade).

Key Terms Related to Drugs

• Defines key concepts related to drugs, including administration, dependence, tolerance, synergy, antagonism, and side effects.

Routes of Drug Administration

• Explains various routes of drug administration (e.g., oral, rectal, sublingual, topical, transdermal, injection [injections types])

Terms Pertaining to Injectable Drugs

• Defines essential terms related to injectable drugs (e.g., ampule, vial, catheter, syringe)

What is a Nebulizer?

• Explains what a nebulizer is as a medical device.

Key Terms Related to Diseases

• Explains technical terms like acute, chronic, benign, malignant, necrosis, and pus.

Diagnostic Terms

• Explains diagnostic concepts like diagnosis, prophylaxis, biopsy, and anesthesia.

Medical Instruments

• Defines medical devices for examination and treatment including ophthalmoscope, otoscope, sphygmomanometer, and stethoscope

Diagnostic, Symptomatic, Related Terms to Endocrine

• Explains symptoms and conditions including those for the endocrine system

Part 3: Body Systems

• Discusses basic terminology and functions for each body system (digestive, endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular).

The Digestive System

• Provides anatomy and terminology of the gastrointestinal tract and accessory organs (liver, gallbladder, pancreas).

The Endocrine System

• Details the structure, function, and disorders of the endocrine system, including the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid glands and the adrenal glands.

The Respiratory System

• Details structures, functions, and disorders of this system.

The Cardiovascular System

• Details structures, functions, and disorders of this system.