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This is an exciting time to be entering a health care profession.  On every level there are almost limitless opportunities to be part of a caring profession, helping people and fully expressing your own talents and abilities.  However, entering a health care field is somewhat like going to live in a foreign country.  You can’t figure out what’s happening until you learn the language.

Learning medical terms is much easier than starting from scratch with a whole new language.  In fact, you already know quite a few words, such as appendicitis and tonsillectomy.  Even new terms become a lot easier with the discovery that many of them are made up of interchangeable word parts that are used over and over again in different combinations.  Once you understand this, you will be well on your way to “translating” even the toughest medical terms—including terms you have never seen before.  You’ll be amazed at how your vocabulary grows!

Abbreviations and acronyms are frequently used in healthcare settings and in every day life.  We will also focus our  study on those frequently used in the medical field.

The healthcare industry is one of the few career fields that, despite hard economic woes, is hiring at an alarming rate. Healthcare jobs are expected to grow faster than any other industry. As baby boomers age, and Generation X has children, healthcare professionals will become more in-demand than ever.

Welcome to Medical Terminology!