Directions and General information

The purpose of this report/research is to emphasize the importance of medical terminology in modern health care professions and biomedical sciences, both in practice and education. It entails clinical part and non-clinical part as well as the career fields that connect the two segments.

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2. 1) Professional profile: You could describe a health care profession that uses medical terminology extensively. For example, medical transcriptionist, certified coding specialist (CCS), registered health information technician (RHIT), registered health information administrator (RHIA), doctor of medicine (MD), doctor of osteopathy (DO), physician assistant (PA), and certified medical assistant (CMA). The report should include both general and specific medical terminology in the profession. Your current textbooks should have the lists of useful websites for this assignment.
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4. 2) Disease State: You could describe a specific disease in terms of a definition, description of symptoms, diagnosis, treatments, and resources. Your report should contain extensive medical terminology specific to this disease. Your current textbooks should have the lists of useful websites for this assignment.