Medical Terminology

Program Details

The Medical Terminology program at Mid-America Nursing & Allied-Health Institute is a 2-credit hour (30-clock hour) program that explores the root words, suffixes, and prefixes of the vocabulary used in medical offices, hospitals, and other health care settings. Students review the nervous, skeletal, cardiovascular, muscle, and other major systems of the human body, and discuss terms related to physiology, anatomy, and pathological conditions. Students learn to spell, define, and pronounce common medical terms. The course content includes but is not limited to:

• Simplified Medical Language
• Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy
• Essential Prefixes and More
• Diagnostic Procedures and Therapeutic Interventions
• The Body as a Whole
• Musculoskeletal System
• Circulatory System
• Respiratory System
• Digestive System
• Urinary System
• Reproductive System
• Integumentary System
• Nervous System and Psychologic Disorders
• Special Sense Organs of the Peripheral Nervous System
• Endocrine System and Cancer Treatments

Classes for the Medical Terminology program will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm for 3 weeks. Upon completion of the 3-week Medical Terminology program, students are awarded a Certificate of Completion.

Program Delivery: Residential 

Admission Requirements

* All admission requirements must be met and/or submitted before the course start date *

• 18 years of age or older 
• Complete Admission Package – Must be completed in person with a member of our admissions staff. 
• Valid State ID and SSN card 
• High School Diploma/GED
• Negative COVID-19 test result or COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card – Negative test results must be within 2 weeks of the course start date.
• Plain black scrub set 
• Attend Course Orientation – On the Monday preceding the course start date at 1:00 pm

Tuition: $230.00

Includes: 

• Textbook

* Tuition must be paid in full before the course start date *

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