Medical Terminology and Anatomy and Physiology

Online 60-hour course

This course gives you the basic medical terminology vocabulary to communicate information effectively in a medical environment.

Learn medical words, identifying suffixes, prefixes and combining forms related to body systems. Prepare to write the Island Health (Vancouver Island Health Authority) Medical Terminology exam. 

This course is a prerequisite for

• Nursing Unit Assistant (also referred to as Hospital Unit Coordinator) certificate
• Medical Device Reprocessing Technician certificate
• Medical Office Assistant certificate. 

You receive a statement of course completion when successfully finish the course. 

This is an intensive course with about ten hours of homework per module.

Please provide your email address when registering.

See Medical terminology Frequently Asked Questions

Textbook

The Language of Medicine, 13th Edition with Med Term Online Course Access code and Adapting quiz (with user guide, course access code, access code to Evolve resources and textbook), by Davi-Ellen Chabner. 

You can buy the textbook online through the VIU Campus Store (Nanaimo). Make sure you pick up the online course edition. This textbook bundle includes 2 access codes:

1. access code to supplementary online resources (value $150) 
2. the course access code for the instructor-led course (value $90)

If you need the text delivered to another VIU campus store, please contact the store at your location campus at least 2 weeks before your course starts.

If you buy the textbook (online course edition) somewhere else, be sure you have the textbook bundle which includes both access codes. 

You can also purchase the course access code separately at the Evolve website for approximately $90. If you have access to a used textbook, this option works too.

e-Book
You can purchase an e-book (approx. $120) and course access code directly from the Evolve website where your course takes place.

Recommended: a recent medical dictionary (3 years old or less) such as Tabers Medical Dictionary “Plain” or Stedman's Medical Dictionary. Note: Tabers Medical Dictionary is available online - current annual subscription fee is $29.95 USD.