Course description:
The course is an introduction to the actual terminology used in nutritional sciences and practice including medicine and nutrition. The linguistic components of the technical terms-mainly from Latin and Greek are explained and also the different terminology of the Arabic and English, as well as details concerning medical prescriptions and all aspects of practical work in nutrition.
Course Aims:
The course aims at providing the students with important medical terms that would help them understanding all medical, and nutrition.
Course outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Recognize the difference between root, prefix and suffix of a nutrtion and medical terminology, in order to be able to understand different pharmaceutical terms.
- Identify the different sources of information (e.g. pharmacopeia, textbooks, internet, etc.).
- Identify different nutrition careers.
- Recognize the different parts and types of prescriptions.
- Specify the different routes of administration.
- Numerate and define different types of dosage forms (oral, rectal, parental and systemic).
- Define different dosage forms used for different routes of administration.