Your Tutor for the Medical Terminology is;
Rebecca Harvey
rebecca@lewiscollege.co.uk
Welcome to your Medical Terminology course!
You will cover 17 units across the course which will build your knowledge of medical terminology covering the whole body.
You will learn the theory behind the medical terms before working on key concepts and then the practical construction in each section.
You will then build on solid ground as your level of understanding develops from one exercise to the next.
As you are learning how to spell medical terms correctly, checking your work is a key aspect of learning medical terminology.
It is good practice to complete the exercise and then leave it for another day to check through again before submitting. Get into the habit of checking your work referring to any guides and information documents provided as well as your medical terminology text book.
As you complete exercises for each unit and send them to your tutor for marking, it is a good idea to create folders on your computer for each individual unit, for example Unit MT1 – Basic Term Construction, Unit MT2 – the Digestive System etc.
Your tutor will return your completed exercises with notes and annotations, so we advise you to save these annotated, marked exercises in the unit folders for later use.
Medical Terminology Assessment
After you have completed all 17 units, your tutor will be in touch to provide access to our Medical Terminology Revision Quizzes on the Hub as well as to provide additional support and advice for carrying out revision.
Once you have carried out some revision, you will start to complete mock/practice exam papers in preparation for the final Medical Terminology Assessment. Your tutor, Rebecca will individually mark each and provide feedback as well as your mark for that mock/practice exam paper.
You will continue to complete mock/practice exam papers until you are at a sufficient standard and ready to sit the Assessment.
AMSPAR Medical Terminology Exam
For the Medical Terminology exam, you do have a choice of whether you wish to sit the AMSPAR Medical Terminology exam in addition to the Medical Terminology exam as part of the course.
With the AMSPAR Medical Terminology exam, you would need to travel to an independent AMSPAR registered centre. They arrange for the exam to be delivered to them and you go in and sit the exam there. The fees for the AMSPAR exam are around the £200 mark.
This exam is only available three times a year – February, June and November.
You do not need to decide right away, you can make the decision nearer the time when you have completed a good chunk of the Medical Terminology – your tutor, Rebecca will be in touch to ask if you would like to sit the AMSPAR exam.
If you have any additional questions on the above, please contact Rebecca.
Ready to make a start then on your first unit when ready – enjoy!