Program duration: 3 weeks.
Available schedules: Weekday or Online.
Enrollment is ongoing for all 2023 Medical Terminology courses. Scroll down for course details or get info on how to register.
The Medical Terminology course at Mid-America College of Health Sciences is a 2-credit-hour (30-clock-hour) course that explores the root words, suffixes, and prefixes of the vocabulary used in medical offices and facilities.
The course will cover the nervous, skeletal, cardiovascular, muscular, and other major systems of the human body, and discuss terms related to physiology, anatomy, and pathological conditions. Students will learn how to spell, define, and pronounce common medical terms.
The course content includes but is not limited to:
The text book that will be used for this course is Quick & Easy Medical Terminology, 9th Edition, by Peggy C. Leonard. You may order your copy from any store books are sold.
The Medical Terminology course is a 2-credit prerequisite course for the Practical Nurse program.
Medical Terminology is a 3-week course with an in-person and online schedule option. Classes for the in-person Weekday schedule option take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays mornings from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m
Classes for the Online schedule option take place on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Class sessions for the online schedule option are taught synchronously with the instructor.
Applicants who have met all the necessary requirements must meet for an orientation on the Monday preceding the course start date at 1 p.m. At the end of the course, students are awarded a certificate of completion.
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Weekday (Tue. & Thur.)
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8 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Online (Tue. & Thur.)
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7 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
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Tuition for the Medical Terminology course is $230.00 and there is a non-refundable registration fee of $25.00
Tuition and fees must be paid in full before the course start date. Partial payments may be made, but the total balance must be received in order to participate in the course. Acceptable forms of payment are cash, money order, cashier’s check, or Zelle.
Zelle payments are to be sent AR@macohs.edu
To speak with one of our admissions staff about this program, call or text (913) 708-8323 or stop by our facility at 10000 W 75th Street, Suite 241, Merriam, KS 66204. If you’ve made the decision to enroll, you may kickstart the enrollment process by clicking that button and register today.
10000 W 75th St., Suite 241
Merriam, KS 66204
Mon – Fri: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
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