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Basic Medical Terminology Course

What will I learn?

Open up the language of healthcare with our Basic Medical Terminology Course (Zambian Edition), designed for those wanting to join, or already working in, the healthcare field. This clear and useful course covers important medical terms for key body systems: the heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular), breathing (respiratory), kidneys (renal), the brain and nerves (nervous), hormones (endocrine), and blood (hematology). You'll learn the main parts of medical words (root words), bits added to the beginning (prefixes), and bits added to the end (suffixes) so you can understand tricky terms. This will help you talk and understand things better in medical places. Improve your skills and be more sure of yourself when looking after patients, with learning you can do at your own pace and time.

Apoia's Unique Offerings

Online courses with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and organise the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop your skills

Enhance your practical skills listed below

Get good at heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) terms so you can talk clearly in healthcare.

Understand breathing (respiratory) terms to help you look after and treat patients better.

Learn kidney and urine system (renal and urinary) terms so you can make correct diagnoses.

Get a good handle on brain and nerve (nervous) system terms so you can do good checks of people's brains and nerves.

Learn medical prefixes and suffixes so you can make complicated terms easier to understand.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters similar to the examples below

This is a free course aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.