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Medical Terminology - Latin - CMTLXX21L

Title:	Lékařská terminologie - latina
Guaranteed by:	Department of Languages and Medical Terminology 3FM CU (12-UCJA)
Faculty:	Third Faculty of Medicine
Actual:	from 2016
Semester:	summer
Points:	1
E-Credits:	1
Examination process:	summer s.:
Hours per week, examination:	summer s.:0/30, C+Ex [HT]
Extent per academic year:	30 [hours]
Capacity:	unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students:	unlimited
4EU+:	no
Virtual mobility / capacity:	no
Key competences:
State of the course:	not taught
Language:	Czech
Teaching methods:	full-time
Teaching methods:	full-time
Level:

Guarantor:	doc. PhDr. Jana Přívratská, CSc.
Classification:	Medicine > Auxiliary Subjects
Attributes:	Samostatný kurz

Examination dates Schedule

Annotation -

Last update: doc. PhDr. Jana Přívratská, CSc. (06.06.2008)

Annotation: The course is designed as an introduction into the language of medicine, showing the origins of the medical terms, its language analysis and grammatical structures (Latin as well as Greek). Such an understanding of the specialised terminology is essential for its correct lexical and grammatical usage.

Aim of the course -

Last update: doc. PhDr. Jana Přívratská, CSc. (06.06.2008)

Objective:

Students will familiarize themselves with the structure of the Latin and Greek medical terminology, they will learn to analyse the terms from the grammatical, morphological, and even etymological points of view and to use them functionally. They will further develop their knowledge through understanding the terms in the broader context of the language and the content.

Literature -

Last update: doc. PhDr. Jana Přívratská, CSc. (06.06.2008)

TEACHING MATERIALS:

1) An Introduction to Greco-Latin Medical Terminology / Dana Svobodová. - Praha: Karolinum Press, 2006.

2) Medical Terminology: A short course /Davi-Ellen Chabner , Philadelphia/London : W.B. Saunders Comp., 1991

Teaching methods -

Last update: doc. PhDr. Jana Přívratská, CSc. (06.06.2008)

TEACHING METHODS:

Practice

Requirements to the exam -

Last update: doc. PhDr. Jana Přívratská, CSc. (02.10.2011)

Summer semester:

Pass of two partial tests (of three) during the semester (70% pass), plus presence at the practical classes (maximum of two absences) - in that case students are awarded a credit;

if they do not meet the requirements (pass of two tests and presence at the course), they have to write the credit test (70% pass).
There are 2 possible re-sittings for the credit test.

Required knowledge: see syllabus.
The exam consists of the written test (70% pass) and the oral part.
There is one regular and two possible re-sittings for the exam; the last one is commissional.

Syllabus -

Last update: doc. PhDr. Jana Přívratská, CSc. (02.10.2011)

COURSE SYLLABUS:

Summer Term

Third declension (B type) adjectives (revision). Combining all types of nouns with an adjective. Prepositional phrases.
Comparison of adjectives (comparative and superlative degree).
Irregular comparison of adjectives. Defective and periphrastic comparison.
Adverbs (a brief survey). Latin numerals. Declension of unus, duo, tres
Greek numerals. Medical abbreviations. Medical prescriptions. Names of drugs.
Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes. Combining forms. English equivalents.
Dividing MT into component parts.
Greek and Latin vocabulary understanding. Identification of an expression within the grammatical system.
Practical use of Latin/Greek terms.
Compounds (noun + noun; noun + adjective; noun + verb; adverb + verb; numeral + noun; multiplied compounds; hybrids). Derivatives. English derivation of a medical term on the basis of Latin.
Revision of grammar and vocabulary. Linguistic analysis of a complex medical termS into morphological components; selecting meaningful units; creating medical concepts. MT practice.