Maricopa Community Colleges  SGT150   20076-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 6-26-2007

SGT150  2007 Fall – 2012 Spring

LEC  1.0 Credit(s)  1.0 Period(s)  1.0 Load  Occ

Medical Terminology for Surgical Technology

Medical Terminology for patient care in surgery related areas. Use of word parts, term spelling, pronunciation and abbreviations related to all surgical specialties.

Prerequisites: HCC146.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

SGT150  2007 Fall – 2012 Spring

Medical Terminology for Surgical Technology

 

1.

Identify word roots, prefixes, suffixes and combining forms used in constructing surgical terms. (I)

2.

Build surgical terms using all word parts. (II)

3.

Define medical terms used in all surgical areas. (III)

4.

Apply surgical terminology. (III)

5.

Spell surgical terms. (III)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

SGT150  2007 Fall – 2012 Spring

Medical Terminology for Surgical Technology

 

I. Word parts

A. Roots

B. Prefixes

C. Suffixes

D. Combining vowel and combining form

E. Spelling

II. Guidelines

A. Connect surgical word parts

B. Reading surgical terms

C. Applications to surgical procedures

III. Surgery

A. Surgical process terms

B. Surgical positions

C. Surgical incisions

D. Surgical schedule

E. Suture terms

F. Abbreviations used in surgery

G. Spelling applications in technology

 

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