Medical Terminology Lecture Notes PDF

Medical terminology  Course Objectives By the end of the course you will able to : 1- Identify word parts and write medical terms accurately. 2-Define medical terms from medical word elements, including knowledge of roots, prefixes, suffixes and combining forms. 3-C...

Medical terminology  Course Objectives By the end of the course you will able to : 1- Identify word parts and write medical terms accurately. 2-Define medical terms from medical word elements, including knowledge of roots, prefixes, suffixes and combining forms. 3-Communicate effectively with all healthcare professionals utilizing oral and written skills.  Lecture Objectives 1- Define Medical Terminology 2- Recognize Why Medical Terminology is Important 3- Identify Medical Terminology parts As the doctor write to the medical team these words: Get an ABG, CBC, Chem 7 Do the patient understand what doctor need? Do you know what the doctor need?  Get an ABG, CBC, Chem 7 The practitioner in this example is telling the medical team to withdraw blood from the patient (ABG means arterial blood gas) and send the blood to the laboratory for testing (CBC means complete blood count and Chem 7 is a set of blood tests). This language is not just limited to doctors, nurses and/or medical practitioners. Other workers in the healthcare industry must master it as well – they may include medical billers, medical coders, medical assistants and more. Workers in the medical field who are not familiar with medical terms will be lost with their jobs and even have the potential to hurt patients.  Why Medical Terminology is Important? 1- Speaking the Standardized “Language of Medicine” Medical terminology allows all medical professionals to understand each other and communicate effectively. When everyone understands what a condition, medicine, or procedure is, they are able to fulfill their roles accordingly, whether that is delivering medicine or billing for a medicine. 2- Improved Patient Safety Communication among all members of a healthcare team improves patient safety by reducing the number of mistakes. Healthcare professionals may see dozens of patients every day. To provide more efficient care, physicians or nurses may write quickly and write common abbreviations. All members of the care team should be able to understand these abbreviations and terms to provide the best care. 3- Health information systems(HIS): Healthcare IT systems rely heavily on medical terminology for data input, retrieval, and exchanges between healthcare providers and facilities. 4- It supports efficiency: The standardized language helps healthcare providers save time. It allows for quick, accurate documentation of patient information and facilitates efficient communication between care team members.  Medical terminology The foundation of medical terminology is based in both Greek and Latin origin. The Greeks were the founders of modern medicine, but Latin is the basic source of medical terms. Examples for Greek or Latin origin terms Examples for Greek origin terms H.w.  2. The word part usually found at the end of a medical word is the …. 3. When you define a medical word, you usually start at the ……………… , and then define the……………. 4- The importance of medical terminology study …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… …………………………………………………… …………………………  5- Put true or false: 1- All health care professionals should know medical terminology. (……) 2- All People including patients should know medical terminology. (……) 3- Medical terminology important for patient safety(…..) 4- Knowing language of medicine didn’t save healthcare professional's time. 5- Cardiology is the study of cell.(……..) 6- A Medical term can be without prefix.(……) Prepare for Next Lecture: Label the following diagrams: