CSP 1011 - Medical and Surgical Terminology

or Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST)

Course Description:
This course provides the student with the foundation for recognizing and understanding medical terminology.  The main portion of this course is to   give the student a better understanding of medical terminology as it applies to each specific body system in preparation for Anatomy and          Physiology. 

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student will:

1. Combine prefixes, word roots, and suffixes to create medical terms related to surgery.
2. Construct and combine compound words.
3. Pronounce and write correctly medical terms related to surgery.
4. Begin to identify disease processes and other medical terminology specific to individual body systems.
5. Begin to identify with Commonly Used Medical Abbreviation.