College of Medicine


PAT 7001 Medical Terminology - Summer I 2012       1-1 hrs.

Prerequisites: Matriculation into the Physician Assistant Program This course will introduce the Physician Associate student to the medical vocabulary frequently encountered in the health profession. The "language" of medicine can be extremely confusing and incomprehensible for those new to the field of medicine. Basic knowledge of this "language" to better succeed in future courses throughout the PA program. The course is a step by step approach to teach a word building system. It focuses on the Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes and word roots from which many medical words are derived. In addition, it will also benefit the student with correct spelling and pronunciation of medical terms.


Dates Sec. Class Days Times Instructor Location
06/04/2012 - 07/30/2012 100 - Lecture
Traditional
11066 N/A 12:00 A.M
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12:00 A.M
Yozzo,Melody Jean