Clinical Terminology for International and U.S. Students

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Offered by University of Pittsburgh. Understanding the clinical terms and abbreviations commonly used during verbal or written communication ... Enroll for free.

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Taught by
Valerie Swigart, Ph.D. R.N.
Professor of Nursing
and 1 more instructor

Offered by
University of Pittsburgh

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0 posts • 5 mentions • top 5 shown below

r/StudentNurse • comment
6 points • joelupi

here ya go

Just don't pay the $79 or whatever they want for the certificate

r/TranslationStudies • comment
2 points • Ann_s0

Could this help? :)

"This course is designed for U.S. health care profession students and for international students and practitioners who want to become more familiar with the language of the U.S. clinical setting. Others, such as caregivers and medical interpreters, who wish to develop a better understanding of terms and abbreviations used by health care providers will find this course helpful. "

https://www.coursera.org/learn/clinical-terminology

r/medicalscribe • comment
1 points • anythingexceptsubtle

https://www.coursera.org/learn/clinical-terminology

:)

r/medicalscribe • comment
1 points • giveme-adundie

Quizlet is something I used a lot to study terminology. A quick google search with something like "intro to medical terminology quizlet" will yield you quite a lot of results.

Another thing that was really drilled into me during a Coursera Medical Terminology course was being familiar with Prefix, Root, and Suffix words pertaining to medicine. There are a lot but some are much more commonly seen than others.

-itis: inflammation

-ectomy: cut out or remove

-megaly: enlarged

-otomy: to cut into

etc. etc. etc.

HERE is a link with some of the most common medical prefixes, suffixes, and terminology.

THIS is the Coursera course I took before applying to be a scribe. I had 0 medical terminology experience so this helped me. Its free. You can pay for a certificate but it's optional.

Ummmm, I can't think of much else at the moment. Good Luck!

r/IWantToLearn • comment
4 points • EduGuy33

This collection may be helpful: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-and-medicine

For anatomy (and some other topics), also check out these free tutorials: https://www.kenhub.com/en/start/anatomy

Also, some medicine related courses are available through Edx and Coursera and similar platforms. For example, this course on terminology may be helpful: https://www.coursera.org/learn/clinical-terminology