HCDS 1320 - Medical Terminology II

Credit hours: 3

Prerequisites: HCDS 1302 (Medical Terminology I) or equivalent, HCDS 1303 (Anatomy Concepts in Medical Transcription) or equivalent preferred. These prerequisites will provide a foundational knowledge to prepare the student to learn more advanced medical terminology.

Industry Certifications Graduates are eligible to take the Registered Healthcare Documentation Specialist (RHDS) certification exam through the Association of Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI)

Course Description:
A study of human diseases and associated laboratory, radiological and surgical terminology including a review of word elements and selected terms learned in medical terminology I and anatomy. (3 lecture hours/week)

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

Construct and deconstruct medical vocabulary by analyzing its structure, including prefixes, suffixes, combining forms, root words, plurals, nouns, and adjectives.
Distinguish between or among medical homophones (sound-alike’s), commonly confused medical terms, and synonyms.
Categorize and interpret abbreviations, brief forms, acronyms, eponyms, and foreign words and phrases commonly used in clinical practice.
Use terms and discuss concepts of gross and microscopic human anatomical structure, physiologic functioning, and homeostasis.
Categorize surgical procedures and other interventional diagnostic and treatment modalities by specialty, indications or related diagnoses, technique, and typical findings.
Discriminate among procedures, techniques, and findings in diagnostic and interventional imaging.
Differentiate among common clinical laboratory medicine tests, including diagnostic indications, techniques, normal or physiologic and abnormal findings, and the correct expression of values.
Compare and contrast the etiologies and pathologies of diseases and trauma within a specialty or body system.
Identify and define methods of diagnosis and treatment of common diseases and conditions.
Identify and analyze current trends and advancements in medicine.
Describe the fundamental nature of disease, including injury and repair, inflammation, immunopathology, infectious disease, cancer, hemodynamic disorders, genetic disorders, and pathologies of selected body systems.
Identify the predisposing factors and etiologies of human diseases and disorders including the effects of homeostasis.
Explain the principles of infection, the concept of immunity, and methods of transmission, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious and blood-borne diseases.
Differentiate among classification systems (including scoring methods, scales, or grades) for disease, injury, or anatomic anomaly.
Categorize signs and symptoms of diseases and syndromes by body system or specialty.
Identify diagnostic procedures for diseases and syndrome by body system or specialty and explain the implications of physiologic or abnormal diagnostic findings.
Classify treatment modalities for diseases, syndromes, and trauma by body system or specialty.
Categorize common drugs according to their indications by symptom or disease.
Discuss the prognosis of diseases and syndromes by body system or specialty.
Recognize and practice infection control measures.
Use appropriate imaging, diagnostic, and laboratory medicine terminology.
Identify imaging, diagnostic, and laboratory medicine testing methods and procedures used for various diseases and conditions.
Identify normal laboratory value ranges.
Recognize and correctly express laboratory values.
Identify and define common abbreviations used in imaging, diagnostic, and laboratory medicine.