Course: Latin and Medical Terminology

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Course title Latin and Medical Terminology
Course code HUM/VOP04
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Harvánek Kamil, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Syntactic structure of medical terms; declension I-V, substantives, adjectives; Latin and Greek terminology; prepositions, numerals; system of verbs; Latin and Greek prefixes and suffixes; Latin composed words; Greek composed words, pharmaceutical terminology.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Students will master Latin medical terminology used in professional practice; they will acquire the basics of Latin morphology; they will learn basic word building principles; and they will be able to derive and understand composed expressions.
Students will be able to understand Latin terminology used in their professional practice; Knowledge of Latin terminology will become basis for terminology used in other languages.
Prerequisites
No special prerequisities are required.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Seminar attendance; successful completion of periodical and final tests (70%).
Recommended literature
  • Kábrt, Jan. (2015). Lexicon medicum. Praha: Galén.
  • Marečková, E., Reichová, H. (2017). Úvod do lékařské terminologie: základy latiny s přihlédnutím k řečtině. Brno: Masarykova univerzita.
  • Plašilová, Jiřina. (2022). Základy latinské lékařské terminologie. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Svobodová, Dana. (2010). Terminologiae medicae vestibulum: úvod do řecko-latinské lékařské terminologie. Praha: Karolinum.
  • Švanda, L., Pořízková, K., Artimová, J., Dávidová, E. (2016). Terminologia graeco-latina medica pro bakalářské obory Lékařské fakulty MU. Brno.
  • Švanda, L., Pořízková, K., Artimová, J., Dávidová, E. (2016). Terminologia graeco-latina medica pro studijní obory fyzioterapie a všeobecná sestra. Brno.
  • Vokurka, Martin. (2015). Praktický slovník medicíny. Praha: Maxdorf.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences Study plan (Version): General Nursing (2020) Category: Health service 1 Recommended year of study:1, Recommended semester: Winter