MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY AND RECORD KEEPING

COURSE CODE- PMS121

II SEMESTER (IST YEAR)


OBJECTIVES:

  • through this course the students will have thorough knowledge of roots, prefixes and suffixes
  • they will learn terminologies related to human anatomy
  • they will be able to read medical orders and reports and terminologies specific to the students field of study

LEARNING OUTCOMES

  •  Developing an ability to read and understand medical records and the medical literature;
  • Writing terms correctly when abstracting medical records
  • Establishing accuracy in International Classification of Diseases, Surgical procedures which will be useful in statistics, medical billing, and auditing medical insurance claims.

Topics to be covered:

UNIT –I

        Derivation of Medical Terms

        Define word roots, prefixes and suffixes

UNIT-II

        Basic Medical terms

        Form Medical Terms utilizing roots, suffixes, prefixes and combining roots

UNIT-III

      Interpret basic medical abbreviation/ symbols

UNIT-IV

     Utilise diagnostic , surgical and procedural terms and abbreviations related to

-          Integumentary system

-          Musculoskeletal system

-          Respiratory system

-          Cardiovascular system

-          Nervous system

-          Endocrine system

UNIT-V

    Interpret Medical orders /reports

    Data entry and management in electronic and health record system

 

EVALUATION

  •  Internal 1-   10%
  •  Internal 2-   10%
  •  Mid- term – 30%
  •  End Term – 50%

REFERENCES:

  • GD Mogli- Paramedics 6-in-1 Handbook