OTAS 1012 - Medical & Professional Language in Occupational Therapy Practice Lecture

1. Recognizing and articulating a professional vocabulary of medical terminology and professional terminology.
   1. Define word roots/medical suffixes and prefixes correctly.
   2. Spell word roots/medical suffixes and prefixes correctly.
   3. Apply word roots/medical suffixes and prefixes to build medical terms.
   4. Explain the terminology commonly associated with occupational therapy practice, including physical dysfunction, mental health, and health/wellness promotion.
2. Recognizing and defining common medical and occupational therapy terms correctly.
   1. Identify and define anatomical terms.
   2. Identify and define medical specialties and systems.
   3. Identify and define psychiatric terms.
   4. Identify and define terminology of the occupational therapy framework.
   5. Identify and define terminology frequently used in occupational therapy practice.
3. Use basic oral skills and appropriate written skills with medical terms and abbreviation frequently used by the occupational therapy profession.
   1. Use diacritical and accents correctly.
   2. Recognize and define common medical and occupational therapy abbreviations.
   3. Apply medical abbreviations correctly in a medical note.
   4. Recognize frequently used abbreviations in an occupational therapy progress note.

1. Pronunciation Guidelines
   1. Diacritical marks and accent marks phonetically sound out medical terms
2. Word Roots
   1. Definition and spelling of word roots
   2. Word roots to build medical terms
3. Combining Forms
   1. Combining form correctly to build medical terms
4. Suffixes
   1. Definition and spelling of medical suffixes
   2. Suffixes to build medical terms
5. Prefixes
   1. Definition and spelling of medical prefixes
   2. Prefixes to build medical terms
6. Medical Specialties
   1. Medical specialties by function
   2. Definition and spelling of terms which represent medical specialties
7. Vitals
   1. Definition, spelling and understanding of terminology for vital measures
8. Anatomical Terms
   1. Definition and spelling of anatomical terms
9. Systems of the Human Body with Definition and Spelling of Systems Terms
   1. Digestive system
   2. Urinary system
   3. Integumentary system
   4. Male and female reproductive system
   5. Respiratory system
   6. Endocrine system
   7. Nervous system
   8. Musculoskeletal system
   9. Cardiovascular system
   10. Lymphatic system
   11. Eyes and ears
10. Mental Health/Psychiatric Terminology
    1. Definition and spelling of mental health/psychiatric terms
    2. Signs and symptoms related to mental health & illness terminology
    3. Definition and spelling of mental illness diagnoses, signs and symptoms
    4. Introduction to, defining and spelling of terminology associated with occupational therapy intervention methods
11. Occupational Therapy Terminology
    1. Definition and spelling of occupational therapy practice framework terminology
    2. Introduction, defining and spelling of terminology associated with occupational therapy assessment and evaluation techniques and methods
    3. Introduction to, defining and spelling of terminology associated with the motor‐praxis, sensory‐perceptual, cognitive, emotional regulation, and communication/interaction performance skills.
       1. Neuromusculoskeletal
       2. Sensory
       3. Perceptual
       4. Cognitive
    4. Introduction to, defining and spelling of occupational therapy terminology associated with occupational therapy interventions in mental health
    5. Introduction to, defining and spelling of occupational terminology associated with physical dysfunction intervention and wellness promotion
12. Medical Abbreviations
    1. Medical abbreviations - purpose and use
    2. Interpretation of medical abbreviations incorporated into medical notes
    3. Abbreviation terminology frequently utilized by occupational therapy in documentation