Medical Terminology.. Take it at Vocational School or Undergrad?

[tennisball80]

So, there is a sophomore level(200) med terminology course at my university. And there is a medical terminology course at a vocation school. Which one should I take it from?

Do they usually teach the same?

Update: Since English is my second language, it's hard for me to understand and learn prefix/suffix/roots easily from conversation. It is still difficult for me to learn from Bio/Chem textbook by just looking at the words. To the native speakers of English, it is like that it is hard for you to learn the prefix/suffix/roots of Arabic from just the writing.

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[willen101383]

This seems like the most pointless class ever. You will learn this stuff while getting clinical exp/in medical school/residency. 😕

 

[Gallix23]

This seems like the most pointless class ever. You will learn this stuff while getting clinical exp/in medical school/residency. 😕

I agree, you'd probably recall a lot of the terminology better if you heard it in a hospital setting anyways rather than in a classroom.

 

[rHinO1]

I agree, you'd probably recall a lot of the terminology better if you heard it in a hospital setting anyways rather than in a classroom.

Medical Terminolgy courses teach you a lot of roots, suffixes, and prefixes so you can pretty much figure out what a procedure or disease is just by the name. Medical terms are put together in a very specific manner. I work in a hospital and often use the class material to figure things out when my coworkers are confused.

I took one of these classes at a cc and I would assume that they are all the same. However, it is still a lot of memorization. I made 1600 flash cards for the course since we had 100 question tests every week for 16 weeks. Basically we would get the definition and have to identify the word, or we would get the word and need to know the definition.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying everyone should take this course. I am saying that if you want to take the course then you will find it useful.

 

[LizzyM]

Do you really need to pay money to learn vocabulary? Find out the name of the book that's used in the course and learn this stuff yourself. It isn't rocket science and it is going to be considered fluff compared with the real meaty courses your college should be offering and that you should be taking.

 

[searun]

This sounds like a huge waste of time. Take something useful and interesting like an art history course on the French Impressionists. Spend some quality time with Monet and his water lillies.

 

[tennisball80]

This sounds like a huge waste of time. Take something useful and interesting like an art history course on the French Impressionists. Spend some quality time with Monet and his water lillies.

Do you really need to pay money to learn vocabulary? Find out the name of the book that's used in the course and learn this stuff yourself. It isn't rocket science and it is going to be considered fluff compared with the real meaty courses your college should be offering and that you should be taking.

Medical Terminolgy courses teach you a lot of roots, suffixes, and prefixes so you can pretty much figure out what a procedure or disease is just by the name. Medical terms are put together in a very specific manner. I work in a hospital and often use the class material to figure things out when my coworkers are confused.

I took one of these classes at a cc and I would assume that they are all the same. However, it is still a lot of memorization. I made 1600 flash cards for the course since we had 100 question tests every week for 16 weeks. Basically we would get the definition and have to identify the word, or we would get the word and need to know the definition.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying everyone should take this course. I am saying that if you want to take the course then you will find it useful.

I agree, you'd probably recall a lot of the terminology better if you heard it in a hospital setting anyways rather than in a classroom.

This seems like the most pointless class ever. You will learn this stuff while getting clinical exp/in medical school/residency. 😕

Thank you all for your response.

Since English is my second language, it's hard for me to understand and learn prefix/suffix/roots easily from conversation. It is still difficult for me to learn from Bio/Chem textbook by just looking at the words. To the native speakers of English, it is like that it is hard for you to learn the prefix/suffix/roots of Arabic from just the writing.

 

[LizzyM]

Thank you all for your response.

Since English is my second language, it's hard for me to understand and learn prefix/suffix/roots easily from conversation. It is still difficult for me to learn from Bio/Chem textbook by just looking at the words. To the native speakers of English, it is like that it is hard for you to learn the prefix/suffix/roots of Arabic from just the writing.

For non-native speakers of English, this might be worth the time, money and effort.

 

[Gallix23]

Thank you all for your response.

Since English is my second language, it's hard for me to understand and learn prefix/suffix/roots easily from conversation. It is still difficult for me to learn from Bio/Chem textbook by just looking at the words. To the native speakers of English, it is like that it is hard for you to learn the prefix/suffix/roots of Arabic from just the writing.

In that case, maybe it would be beneficial to you to individually study the prefixes and suffixes of things. I mean it won't hurt to take if you won't be bored with it, and it's all the same stuff so I'd say take it wherever you prefer.

 

[tennisball80]

Thank you all again.

I look forward to taking the medical terminology and learn some English.