HSCI150 — Medical Terminology
HSCI 150 - Medical Terminology HSCI 150 - Medical Terminology This course introduces the most common legal and ethical issues related to healthcare practice and patient rights. This course provides a foundation and understanding of the medical language used by healthcare professionals through the introduction, reinforcement, and combination of medical word parts including prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms. Emphasis is placed on spelling, special endings, plural forms, correct pronunciation of terminology related to procedures, and diseases of the various body systems. Commonly used abbreviations and symbols will also be introduced.