Online English for Terminology Course
Helping healthcare professionals improve their medical English.
CPD accredited course
Why do this Course?
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Learn hundreds of medical terms covering body parts, symptoms, conditions, treatments and procedures.
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Learn how medical terms are formed and what key patterns are used.
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Learn how medical terms are pronounced.
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learn how medical terms translate into everyday English.
What's in the Course?
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Analysis of root words, prefixes and suffixes.
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Terms for parts of the body and body systems.
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Terms for conditions, treatments and procedures.
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Pronunciation guide.
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Translating medical terms into everyday language.
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Using medical terns in practice.
Course Overview
Medical terminology is language used to precisely describe the human body including its different parts, processes, conditions affecting it, treatments and procedures performed upon it.
By using an agreed set of medical terms, healthcare professionals can communicate accurately with other professionals around the world.
At first, medical terminology can seem like another language. However, it has a regular structure that can bel earnt quickly. In essence, you need to understand the roots of medical terms –very often derived from old English, Latin or Greek–and the prefixes and suffixes which combine with the roots to give specific meanings.
Why is the course for?
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Healthcare professionals and students.
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Anyone thinking about a career in medical administration.
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Anyone with an interest in discovering more about medical language, it's etymology and meaning.
Course length: 2 months
You read, listen and do multiple activities to learn the many terms in the course. At the end of the course, you will receive an electronic certificate.