COURSE SYLLABUS

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

1	Course Title:	MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
2	Course Code:	TIP1073-BH
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	Second Cycle
5	Year of Study:	0
6	Semester:	0
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	3
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	1
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. SEMİHA ERSOY
16	Course Lecturers:	Doç. Dr. İlker M. KAFA, Prof. Dr. İlknur Arı, Prof. Dr. İhsaniye COŞKUN , Prof. Dr. Erdoğan ŞENDEMİR, Doç. Dr. Senem ÖZDEMİR
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	imkafa@uludag.edu.tr, Uludağ Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi, Temel Tıp Bilimleri Binası, Anatomi Anabilim Dalı
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To enable the students to comprehend the whole aspects of the specific terminology of anatomical education
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	Using correct terminology

Learning Outcomes:

1	To comprehend and define the information on peculiarities of the root structures of 8.000-10.000 basic medical terms ;
2	To define the usage and the main grammar rules on abbreviating or making plural of Greek and Latin words, which constitute the base of medical terminology;
3	To describe and show the terms related with motion, direction and position;
4	To translate the words in medical terminology which derived from widely used languages such as English and French, into with paying particular attention to Turkish grammar rules;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	General description of terminology
2	Medical terminology in basic and clinical medical areas
3	Historical development of medical terminology
4	Place of Anatomical sciences in medical terminology
5	Place of Latin and Greek languages in medical terminology
6	Basic Latin grammar rules
7	Reading, writing and accentuation rules in Latin
8	Descriptions of human body
9	Objectives and eponyms in Latin
10	Adjectives in Latin
11	Abbreviations, plural endings, prefixes, suffixes
12	Affects of Greek language on medical terminology
13	Affects of western languages on medical terminology
14	Application of terminology in clinical medical sciences

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1- Cankur NŞ. Medical Terminology Lecture Notes (Turkish). Uludağ Üniversitesi, Bursa, 2012. (Fotocopy) 2- Mesut R. Medical Latin. Grammar and Dictionary (Turkish). Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul, 2011. 3- Saylam C. Medical Terminology. Ege University Press (Turkish), İzmir, 1999. 4- Mesut R. Medical Terminology (Turkish). Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri, İstanbul, 2011.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	0	0
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	100
Total	1	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		0
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		100
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Multiple choice exam
Information	Multiple choice exam

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High