Medical Terminology Online Course

April 15th, 2009 lvs Posted in In The Spotlight | 4 Comments »

Are you considering a health care career? Are you interested in the medical field? Or would like to be able to understand your doctor and/or their medical condition?

Learning medical terminology is like learning a new language. You must be patient with yourself and over time you will become fluent in this new second language. You will find that you are slowly building a foundation of knowledge with medical terms. It’s the same concept as in construction. The foundation is what holds everything up. Once you have the foundation in place, you will find that defining medical terms and spelling medical terms will become easier. And it will continue to become easier throughout Melissa’s Understanding Medical Terminology course. Melissa’s lesson plan indicates she has a lot of great material prepared for her students.

Lesson 1

  • Discuss some of the more commonly used prefixes, suffixes, and roots in medical terminology.
 Lesson 2

  • Discuss medical abbreviations, including the definitions.
  • Discuss when and why medical abbreviations are used.
Lesson 3

  • Discuss basic anatomy and physiology and how this relates to medical terminology.
 Lesson 4

  • Discuss pharmacology, the study of medications. This will include the classifications, side effects, and purposes.
Lesson 5

  • Discuss and review sample medical case studies to see your medical terminology knowledge in action.
  • Students will be creating sample medical case studies as well.
 Lesson 6

  • A review of all material that was discussed.
  • A discussion of how medical terminology is used in the health care field with information on various health care careers will also be included.

Melissa is an experienced R.N. with over eighteen years experience. Melissa’s background includes working on a medical-surgical floor, home care, case management, hospice care, and education. Melissa has taught various classes for over twelve years, using her medical background and experience. Melissa is also a certified health and safety instructor. Melissa is the owner/operator of a small business, Medterm Plus, where she provides health assessments for long term care, first aid and CPR classes, and other health related classes.

Learn more about Melissa on our Meet the Staff page and visit her Medical Terminology class blog.

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4 Responses to “Medical Terminology Online Course”

  1. DEBORAH FORCE Says:
    February 20th, 2010 at 9:39 am

    I am currently seeking an Associates degree in Nursing and I would like to take a course in Medical Terminology as I wait to get everything in order to begin my course. Can you please tell me how much the class is and how and where I can get started.
    Thank your for your time,

    Deborah Force

  2. lvs Says:
    February 20th, 2010 at 2:50 pm

    Hi Deborah,
    Registration is open now for the March 2010 session.

    On our LVS home page and Registration Home page you will see:

    March registration is now open
    Classrooms open Mar 8, 2010
    March registration closes Mar 10, 2010
    First lesson posts Mar 13, 2010

    Course Fees:
    $30.00 New Students
    $24.00 Returning Students
    Note: Payment must be in US Funds (PayPal Verified)
    Courses are 6 weeks long unless otherwise noted.
    Certificates of Completion are available.

    All of the information is also supplied in the FAQ: http://www.lvsonline.com/lvsfaq.shtml

    To get to the course description and register for a class – you can follow any one of these links in the left navigation: “Available Courses”, “Register for Classes”, or “Course Descriptions”. Here is the “Register for Classes” direct link: http://www.lvsassociates.com/register. On the left side under “Available Courses” – the Medical Terminology class is under the Arts and Humanities and the Business sections. Here is the direct link to the Medical Terminology course description: http://www.lvsassociates.com/register/product_info.php?products_id=290

    To register, scroll down and click on the Add to Registration button.

    Kind regards,
    Kat

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