Medical Terminology

The Medical Terminology training course is available at the Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness Pitman Training Centres or via Online Distance Learning through our Pitman Campus.

Comprising 15 comprehensive and interactive lessons, this course has been developed to help you get under the skin of commonly used medical terminology across a wide range of disciplines including biology, cardiology, psychology and many more. You will be guided through each speciality step-by-step and learn how seemingly complicated medical jargon is built up from word roots, prefixes and suffixes, so this language becomes second nature to you.

Course Duration: 35 Hours

CPD Points: 35

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Course Content

Module 1 Overview of the medical specialities, introduction to word units

Module 2 Structure of the body, cells tissues, organs and systems

Module 3 Orthopaedics

Module 4 Cardiology

Module 5 The Respiratory System

Module 6 Female Reproduction

Module 7 Male Reproduction

Module 8 Urology

Module 9 Gastroenterology

Module 10 The Lymphatic System and Immunology

Module 11 Dermatology

Module 12 Neurology

Module 13 Psychiatry and Psychology

Module 14 Ophthalmology and ENT

Module 15 Prescription and drug abbreviations. Consolidation of the course

Designed For

Those who wish to gain medical terminology knowledge and progress to take the City & Guilds Level 2 Award in Medical Terminology exam.

Objectives

To provide information on how medical terms are built up by the use of word roots, prefixes and suffixes. To provide students with a thorough grounding in the correct construction, spelling and usage of medical terminology.

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Prerequisites

Some experience in using Microsoft Word

Funding

Flexible Workforce Development Fund (FWDF)

Claim up to £15,000 for Training your employees

This fund provides Levy Paying Companies an opportunity to up-skill or re-skill Employees and in turn, support economic growth.

Eligibility Criteria:

You must be a Levy Paying Employer
The Company must be based or operate in Scotland, wholly or partially
Employees must reside in Scotland

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A funded training opportunity is now available to those facing redundancy or those who have been made redundant from March 2020 onward.

The National Transition Training Fund aims to tackle the rise in unemployment caused by Covid-19 by offering short sharp training opportunities for people to learn in-demand skills.

If you are currently under threat of redundancy, or have been made redundant at any time from the 1st March 2020 and are aged 25 or over, you can access an industry recognised qualification to help you gain employment.

For further information on how to proceed then contact us referencing the course(s) you are interested in.

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