Medical Terminology Training Course for Healthcare and Records Staff (Online / Remote)
1Summary
Nobody memorises thousands of medical terms — the people who read them fluently have simply learned to take them apart. A Latin root, a Greek disease suffix, a prefix that changes meaning entirely: once you can spot the pieces, an unfamiliar term stops being a guessing game.
This training course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy teaches medical terminology the way it actually works — by combining and analysing word parts rather than rote memorisation — and connects it directly to how hospitals and health centres use those terms in records, files, and day-to-day documentation.
2Objectives and target group
Who Should Attend
- Doctors, pharmacists, and nurses.
- Health centre staff in non-medical departments — medical records and archives.
- Quality department supervisors in medical institutions.
- Anyone interested in building a working knowledge of medical terminology.
Program Objectives
- Form medical terms from abbreviations, prefixes, and word roots, and understand their meaning.
- Combine word parts systematically to build and recognise common medical terms.
- Read medical terminology confidently in hospital and health-centre reports and documents.
- Apply infection-control awareness and protective practices relevant to health documentation work.
3Course Content
Module 1: Why Medical Terminology Matters
- How building a working vocabulary of medical terms supports professional development.
- Forming medical terms from prefixes, suffixes, and roots rather than memorising them whole.
Module 2: Terminology in Records and Healthcare Facilities
- The medical record and the role of the medical records department.
- Terminology used across different healthcare facility documents and reports.
- Standards for service quality as reflected in healthcare documentation.
Module 3: Terminology, Safety, and Infection Control
- Terms related to care continuity and injury prevention.
- Vocabulary used in infection-control programs and protective methods.
- Security, safety, and infection-control terminology used in daily practice.