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Institute/School/College Name Chitkara Business School

Department/Centre Name Management
Program Name MBA Healthcare Management
Course Name Human Biology & Medical Terminology Session 2021-23

Course Code HSL 2105 Trimester 1

Lecture/Tutorial (Per Week) 36 Lectures /Week Course 2
Course Coordinator Name Dr.Navneet K Bains & Dr.Gurneet K Dhanda

1.Scope & Objective of the Course

The course curriculum will make students (especially students with non-medical background) familiar with the
Anatomy & Physiology of the organs & systems, and will give them a brief understanding of the methods used
for diagnosis & treatment, so that they are conversant with the jargons when working in a hospital environment
or any other healthcare setting.

2. Course Learning Outcome: At end of the course students should be able to:

CLO01: Student will be able to learn various organs & body systems of the Human Body, Learn suffixes, pre-
fixes, and word roots common to medical terminology

CLO02: Student will be able to Construct medical terms correctly using the appropriate suffixes, prefixes, and
word roots to specific organ systems of the human body

CLO03: To Identify and list commonly used medical abbreviations & differentiate between various Medical
Specialisations available in Hospitals

4. Recommended Books (Reference Books/Text Books)

RB01: Anatomy & Physiology for Nurses by Ashalatha G Deepa, 4th edition, published by Jaypee Brothers.

RB02: B D Chaurasia’s Handbook of General Anatomy, 6th edition

RB03: Medical Terminology for Health Professions, 8th edition, by An. Ehrlich & Carol Schroeder

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5. Other readings and relevant websites:

S.No. Link of Journals, Magazines, websites and Research Papers

https://nhm.gov.in/index1.php?lang=1&level=2&sublinkid=1048&lid=604
1

2 (https://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/30/5/1241)

3 (https://tbfacts.org/tb-statistics-india/)

(https://dibrugarh.gov.in/departments/detail/rntcp-revised-tb-control-
4
programme)

5 https://bjssjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/bjs. 11822

6. Course Plan: Lecture Plan

Lecture Date
Day Topic(s) Reading Material Link

26.09.22
1.Morning & Introduction to Medical Termi- Presentation will be pro-
Evening nology & vided by EOD
Cardiovascular System

2.Morning Musculoskeletal System

----Do--- 27.09.22
Evening Discussion+ Presentations

Respiratory &
3: Morning ----Do--- 28.09.22
Endocrine System
Evening Discussion+ Presentations

4: Morning Digestive System & Nervous ----Do--- 29.09.22

System
Evening Discussion+ Presentation

5: Morning Excretory System & Eye

Evening Discussion+ Presentations ----Do--- 30.09.22

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6: Morning Reproductive System +Blood
----Do--- 01.10.22
Evening Discussion+ Presentations

7. Evaluation Scheme

Evaluation Component Type of Component No. of Component Mode of Assessment

Assessments Weightage

Component 1 Class Participation One 25% Online

Component 2 Assignments/Case Study One 25% Online

Component 3 Final Exam One 50% Online

Total 100%

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