Medical Terminology 101: A Beginner's Guide

Course Overview

• Course Title: Medical Terminology 101: A Beginner's Guide
• Instructor: Alexis Collier
• Target Audience:
  • Absolute beginners
  • Students entering nursing, medical assisting, or allied health programs
  • Professionals making a career switch into healthcare
• Prerequisites:
  • No prior medical or science knowledge required
  • Curiosity and a desire to understand healthcare language
  • Optional: A notebook or flashcards for memorization exercises

Curriculum Highlights

• Key Topics Covered:
  • Common medical prefixes, suffixes, and root words
  • Basic medical terms related to body systems and functions
  • Real-world healthcare scenarios
  • Interpreting and applying medical terminology
• Key Skills Learned:
  • Define over 100 essential medical terms
  • Understand the structure of medical words and their formation
  • Apply terminology in real-life healthcare scenarios and documentation
  • Communicate effectively with healthcare professionals
  • Improve confidence in reading clinical documents

Course Format

• Duration:
  • 1 hour on-demand video
• Format:
  • Self-paced online course
• Resources:
  • 6 downloadable resources
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Closed captions
  • Audio description in existing audio
  • Certificate of completion