Cost: $100
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This 0.5 credit hour medical terminology badge provides an overview of medical terminology. Students in this course will learn how medical terms are formed, how to effectively translate medical terms, and how to apply those terms to the medical setting. Students will also learn the terms used to describe the gross anatomy of the body and the position of the body, as well as the basic terms that relate to diagnostic and laboratory procedures, and pharmacology.
This course serves as the prerequisite for all future medical terminology badges.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this badge, students will be able to:
- Identify words and word parts used in medical terminology
- Define words and common word roots, prefixes, and suffixes used in medical terminology.
- Recognize the importance of spelling medical terms correctly.
- Apply medical terms to specific situations in the medical setting.
Credit Hours
Success in this 0.5 credit hour course is based on the expectation that students will spend, for each unit of credit, a minimum of 7.5 hours over the length of the course in direct instruction as provided by the instructor and an additional 15 hours outside of class reading, reflecting, and evaluating the topics for a total of 22.5 hours.
Credit Criteria
Grading Scale: Badge/No Badge
Evaluation: 100% completion of badge criteria
Instructor
Laurie Alloway MSES, MLS(ASCP)CM, SC(ASCP)CM, EMT
Laurie Alloway is Program Director and a Teaching Professor in the Medical Laboratory Sciences Department at Wichita State University. A graduate of Wichita State University, Friends University, and Newman University, she joined the College of Health Professions in 2012. She is a certified Medical Laboratory Scientist and certified Specialist in Chemistry by the American Society for Clinical Pathology. She teaches Clinical Chemistry, Advanced Clinical Chemistry, Urinalysis, Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Laboratory Management, the Impact of Disease on Global Events, and Phlebotomy. She has worked in the field of Laboratory Medicine for over 25 years.