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Medical Terminology in Latin and Greek
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:9.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:31:00
Study Course Information | |||||||||
Course Code: | VC_007 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
Branch of Science: | Linguistics | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
Course Supervisor: | Aija Zilvestre | ||||||||
Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
Study Course Planning | |||||||||
Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
Study course description | |||||||||
Preliminary Knowledge: | Latvian and English Alphabet. | ||||||||
Objective: | To acquire skills and knowledge on correct reading, writing, usage and explanation of anatomical and clinical terms, to integrate the knowledge of Latin in studying other subjects and scientific work using the obtained knowledge in professional settings. | ||||||||
Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Introduction into the course. Latin alphabet. Phonetics. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Syllable. Division into syllables. Short and long syllables. Accent. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
3 | Overview of nouns. Declensions. Noun and its grammatical categories. Formation of Nom. pl. and Gen. pl. for the nouns of 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th declensions. Anatomical terminology. Formations of terms containing two or three nouns (noun+ noun+noun). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
4 | Third declension nouns. Formation of Gen sg., Nom. pl., Gen. pl. for the 3rd declension nouns. Formation of terms containing nouns. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
5 | Overview of adjectives. I and II groups of adjectives. Degrees of comparison. Agreement of the adjective with the noun. Structure of anatomical terms containing nouns and adjectives (noun + adjective). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
6 | Structure of anatomical terms with adjectives: formation, translation, analysis, formation and declination. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
7 | Overview of the adjective formation: prefixes, suffixes, compound adjectives. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
8 | Revision of the anatomical terminology before the online test. Information on students' anthem "Gaudeamus". | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Introduction into the course. Latin alphabet. Phonetics. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Syllable. Division into syllables. Short and long syllables. Accent. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
3 | Overview of nouns. Declensions. Noun and its grammatical categories. Formation of Nom. pl. and Gen. pl. for the nouns of 1st, 2nd, 4th and 5th declensions. Anatomical terminology. Formations of terms containing two or three nouns (noun+ noun+noun). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
4 | Third declension nouns. Formation of Gen sg., Nom. pl., Gen. pl. for the 3rd declension nouns. Formation of terms containing nouns. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
5 | Overview of adjectives. I and II groups of adjectives. Degrees of comparison. Agreement of the adjective with the noun. Structure of anatomical terms containing nouns and adjectives (noun + adjective). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
6 | Structure of anatomical terms with adjectives: formation, translation, analysis, formation and declination. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
7 | Overview of the adjective formation: prefixes, suffixes, compound adjectives. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
8 | Revision of the anatomical terminology before the online test. Information on students' anthem "Gaudeamus". | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Assessment | |||||||||
Unaided Work: | According to the thematic plan students acquire vocabulary forms of the noun and adjective, case endings, work with the dictionary, additional materials and the Internet sources for deeper comprehension of the language/terminology; do regular online home assignments resulting in at least 55% of work done, as well as online revision exercises before the test. For the online revision tasks assigned to evaluation being done before the test, students get from 55% to 100% which correspondingly equals to 1,65% to 3% of the test evaluation (in %). At the end of the course students are obliged to fill in the course evaluation questionnaire | ||||||||
Assessment Criteria: | Regularly completed online home assignments of 55%, as well as at least 55% online revision tasks assigned to evaluation till each online test-taking date. The performance of these requirements allows students to take the final online test/Testum finale. Sitting for the Testum finale students have to get at least 55% in order the test is passed. These 55% account for the correct answers together with online revision tasks assigned to evaluation from 1,65% to 3%. The test assesses skills to make agreement of words, identifying the words and correct endings; skills to write correctly, to explain and classify the terms. | ||||||||
Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
Final Examination (Part-Time): | Test | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
Knowledge: | On successful completion of the study course the students will know: • basic rules in reading and writing medical terms; • rules for making, explaining and using anatomical and clinical terms; • how to interpret terminology acquired in anatomy, as well as terms neccessary in scientific and professional work. | ||||||||
Skills: | On successful completion of this study course the students will be able to: • read and write the medical terms correctly; • identify, form, explain, classify and compare medical terms; • interpret the Latin proverbs, understand their meaning. | ||||||||
Competencies: | On successful completion of the course the students will be able to use anatomical terms in academic, scientific and professional settings. | ||||||||
Bibliography | |||||||||
No. | Reference | ||||||||
Required Reading | |||||||||
1 | "Lingua Latina pro medicis", RSU, 2018. | ||||||||
Additional Reading | |||||||||
1 | K. Rudzītis „Terminologia medica: latīņu-latviešu medicīnas terminu vārdnīca” pārstrādāts un papildināts izdevums; Rīga, Nacionālais apgāds 2003.-2005. g. | ||||||||
2 | A. Zilvestre ”Latīņu-latviešu valodas vārdnīca medicīnas studijām” RSU, 2016., (e-studijās) | ||||||||
3 | ,,Latīņu-latviešu-angļu valodas vārdnīca medicīnas studijām" RSU, 2011., (e-studijās) | ||||||||
Other Information Sources | |||||||||
1 | A.Kalme „Per aspera ad astra” - Latīņu spārnotie teicieni, Zvaigzne ABC, 2008. g. | ||||||||
2 | http://www.tezaurs.lv/ | ||||||||
3 | http://www.unifr.ch/ifaa/Public/EntryPage/ShowTA98LA.html | ||||||||
4 | http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Latin+name | ||||||||
5 | http://www.freedict.com/onldict/lat.html | ||||||||
6 | http://en.pons.com | ||||||||
7 | https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Latin | ||||||||
8 | http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/showcase/wordsonline.html |