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Latin for Clinical Practice

Class at Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen |
EVP05007

Syllabus

1. week    Latin verbs in medical terminolgy. Imperative, present subjuntive. Instructions, commands and prohibitions in medical terminology.

2. week    1st declension - Latin nouns, Greek nouns. Prepositions.

3. week    2nd declension - Latin nouns, Greek nouns.

4. week    Adjectives: 1st and 2nd declension. Ordinal numerals.

5. week    4th and 5th declensions.

6. week    3rd declension - masculine and feminine nouns. (Latin and Greek nouns.)

7. week    3rd declension - masculine and feminine nouns (Latin and Greek nouns.) - practice.

8. week    Continuous test.

9. week    3rd declension - neuter nouns.  (Latin and Greek nouns.)

10. week  3rd declension - adjectives. Latin participles.

11. week  Regular, irregular and incomplete comparison of adjectives.

12. week  Numerals - cardinal, ordinal, multiple, numeral adverbs. Prescriptions in Latin.

13. week  Credit test.

Annotation

Annotation:

The course is based on the second part of the script Základy latinské lékařské terminologie (J. Plašilová, 2022, ev. 2021). Prepositional cases used in clinical terminology and in prescription are added in the grammatical part, the basic medical vocabulary is expanded to include specific terms used in these fields. Each lesson includes grammatical explanation, examples of authentic entries from the Hospital Information System, and grammar and translation exercises with key.