Nursing & Health Sciences: Medical Terminology
- Country :
Australia
Assessment Instructions:
This assessment requires students to produce over PowerPoint presentation which uses accurate medical terminology, clinical abbreviations and acronyms relating to each of the following:
- diseases of the nervous system
- diseases of the eye and adnexa
- diseases of the ear and mastoid process
- diseases of the circulatory system
- diseases of the respiratory system
- diseases of the digestive system
- diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- diseases of the genitourinary system
- diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and disorders involving the immune mechanism.
- diseases of the endocrine system
- diseases of nutritional system and metabolic disorders.
- mental and behavioural disorders
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
Each slide should include:
- a brief description of two (2) diseases for each of these systems
- two abbreviations commonly used in this system
- two acronyms related to the system
- the plural of one of the medical terms
Each slide should be read aloud (recorded voice over) and not exceed 1 minute per slide. The completed task is to be uploaded to Blackboard in the assessment 2 A folder.
Assessment Instrument:
Task
Element 2 Communicate using medical terminology
- Document medical terms accurately, including singular and plurals of medical terms.
- Articulate medical terms correctly.
- Use appropriate medical terminology in written and oral communication,
Performance evidence: Student was able to use accurate medical terminology, clinical abbreviations and acronyms in at least one oral and one written communication relating to each of the following:
- diseases of the nervous system.
- diseases of the eye and adnexa.
- diseases of the ear and mastoid process.
- diseases of the circulatory system
- diseases of the respiratory system.
- diseases of the digestive system.
- diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.
- diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- diseases of diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and disorders involving the immune mechanism.
- diseases of the endocrine system.
- diseases of nutritional and metabolic disorders.
- mental and behavioural disorders.
- diseases of the genitourinary system.
- Infectious diseases.
- parasitic diseases.