Intermediate Medical Terminology

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email: john@medicalst.co.uk

20 St Nicholas Crescent, York. YO23 3UZ

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20 St Nicholas Crescent, York, North Yorkshire, YO23 3UZ - Phone/fax +44 (0) 1904 700917 - Email john@medicalst.co.uk

This highly interactive course is designed to enable delegates to identify root words and recognise prefixes and suffixes. By the end of the course delegates will be able to identify common abbreviations and construct complete medical terms.

The objectives of the course are to enable delegates to be able to:

identify root word terminology relating to:

- ear, nose and throat (ENT);

- obstetrics and gynaecology;

- orthopaedics;

- gastroenterology;

- general medicine/general surgery.

state the meaning of various medical prefixes and suffixes;
explain the meaning of certain medical abbreviations including those relating to the above subjects.

All delegates will be provided with a course manual and will be issued with a certificate upon completion of the course.

This course has been accredited by The OCN Credit 4 Learning and delegates can obtain credits for further learning. Click here for more details.

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Quotes about this course

“Very relevant. I am a medical secretary new to the medical world with no previous medical background. I have been struggling to understand many words and phrases and this course has helped enormously!” Denise Pine, Nov 2011
“The course was very comprehensive - the balance of theory and quizzes/games etc was just right to aid maximum retention of data” Penny Burrell, Daventry, 2009
"Extremely relevant. I wish I had attended this course years ago, not 3½ years after I started" Caroline Cook
"One of the best courses I have attended, both at work and out of work." Course participant, Bedford. January 2008
"Best and most helpful course ever attended." Jo Lyons, November 2003
"Extremely relevant as I have to enter patients’ medical history onto computer system and having a greater understanding of the terminology will allow me to make correct code choices." Laura Heighway
"Useful for deciphering referral letters. Able to understand patients’ and doctors’ terminology more easily." Marrieanne Sellers

Intermediate Medical Terminology

Courses for non-medically trained staff