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Medical Terminology in Latin
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:21.07.2023 08:40:43
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_178 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Dagnija Deimante | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepāja, Riņķu Street 24/26, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Latin alphabet. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Form understanding and knowledge of the usage and importance of the Latin language in learning medical terminology, evaluate the role of the Latin language in studying other medical subjects. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Influence of the Latin language on modern languages. Pronunciation: vowels, diphthongs, consonants; borrowings from the Greek language and their pronunciation in Latin; word stress rules. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Noun, its declensions. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Word building. Noun and adjective. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | "Gaudeamus" and expressions in Latin. Usage of the Latin language in medical terminology. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Learning nouns and adjectives; learning prefixes and suffixes for the noun and the adjective; regularly finished homework on every topic; checking homework and other tasks in class with other students; working with dictionaries, additional materials and Internet resources. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance, participation in group work, keeping deadlines with homework (20%), passed tests that check word agreement in phrases and sentences, identifying words and using appropriate endings, as well as writing skills and ability to explain and classify terms (80%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After having successfully completed the course, the student can: • explain the basic rules of pronunciation and spelling; • recognise and name prefixes and suffixes of Latin and Greek origin; • explain the meaning of Greek elements in the medical terminology; • speak on the basic rules in the formation and usage of anatomical and clinical terms. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After having successfully completed the course, the student can: • pronounce and write medical terms correctly; • form new words and identify them; • form and explain anatomical and clinical terms; • classify and compare medical terms; • read Latin terms in prescriptions; • interpret and understand the meaning of sayings and quotes in Latin. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | After having successfully completed the course, the student will be able to use anatomical and clinical terminology in the study process and professional work. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | V. Erte. „Mācību līdzeklis latīņu valodā”. Rīga, LMA, 1992. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | J. Gorodkova. „Latīņu valoda”. Zvaigzne, 1988. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | K. Rudzītis. „Terminologia medica: latīņu-latviešu medicīnas terminu vārdnīca”, pārstrādāts un papildināts izdevums; Rīga, Nacionālais apgāds, 2003.-2005. | ||||||||
| 2 | A. Zilvestre. „Latīņu-latviešu valodas vārdnīca medicīnas studijām”. RSU, 2011. | ||||||||
| 3 | E. Roba, J. Altemente. „Lingua Latīna pro medicis”. Zvaigzne, 1973. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | A. Kalme. „Per aspera ad astra”. Latīņu spārnotie teicieni. Zvaigzne ABC, 2008. | ||||||||
