| Course ID: | HDFS 6140E. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Medical Terminology for the Child Life Profession |
Course
Description: | Course will expand students’ knowledge of medical terminology relevant to the practice of child life in hospitals and other clinical healthcare settings. Child life students will be familiarized with parts of words (roots, combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes) in order to build a foundational knowledge of common terminology in subspecialties of pediatric healthcare. Provides opportunities to practice explaining medical terminology and medical procedures in the developmentally appropriate language for children of different ages. |
| Oasis Title: | Medical Terminology for Child |
| Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. |
| Prerequisite: | [HDFS 4820/6820 and (HDFS 5130/7130 or HDFS 5130S/7130S)] or permission of department |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | By the end of this course, students will:
· Demonstrate mastery of common medical terms (including diseases, treatments, and medical equipment) in pediatric healthcare.
· Define common medical terms in specific specialty areas of pediatric healthcare.
· Define common medical procedures used in pediatric healthcare.
· Explain medical terminology and medical procedures to children and adolescents of different ages using developmentally appropriate language. |
| Topical Outline: | I. Introduction to medical terminology
II. Medical terminology for specific body systems
a. The human body
b. The skeletal system
c. The muscular system
d. The cardiovascular system
e. The lymphatic and immune systems
f. The respiratory system
g. The digestive and urinary systems
h. The nervous system
i. The eyes, ears, and skin
j. The endocrine system
k. The reproductive system
III. Medical terminology related to specific hospital units, procedures, and equipment
a. Radiology unit
b. Emergency unit
c. Cardiology unit
d. Hematology/oncology unit
e. Transplant unit
f. Neurology unit
g. General pediatrics unit
h. Endocrine unit
i. Intensive care unit
IV. Final case study and learning activity projects |