Our exam tests your knowledge of medical terminology studied in the course. The exam is entirely optional and individual sections can be taken at any time. If you obtain 90% or more in all assessments we can provide a course certificate that indicates your achievements. Resits for all assessments are available following a period of revision. These are the eight assessments that form our exam:

1

Matching prefixes and suffixes to their meanings (20)

2

Matching combining forms of roots to their meanings (10)

3

Matching medical terms to their meanings (10)

4

Writing medical terms from their definitions (10)

5

Naming medical specialties from their definitions (10)

6

Expanding general medical abbreviations (10)

7

Expanding medical abbreviations relating to body systems (10)

8

Spelling medical terms from dictation (20)

Award of the course certificate indicates the registered candidate has a basic understanding of medical terminology and has achieved competence in in the following learning outcomes:

• understanding the structure of medical terms including the meaning of common prefixes, combining forms of roots and suffixes
• associating common medical terms relating to body systems to their meanings
• writing medical terms from their definitions
• naming of medical specialties from their definitions
• writing the full meaning of general abbreviations and those relating to body systems
• spelling medical terms from dictation