Intro to healthcare basics

Students will learn to:

• Recognize the organization of the human body and learn directional terms
• Define prefixes, root words, and suffixes used in medical terminology
• Develop a basic vocabulary of medical terms used for diseases, patient conditions, diagnostic procedures, tests, equipment, and prescriptions
• Recognize medical abbreviations and acronyms
• Accurately pronounce and use medical terms in the appropriate context
• Develop skills for appropriate healthcare communication
• Become familiar with drug dosage forms and routes of drug administration
• Order a prescription refill on behalf of the patient, read a medication label, and know how to locate pharmacies in the area
• Understand medical charts and health information documentation
• Identify the basic rules of patient privacy