HLTCCD003 — Use medical terminology in health care
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What an assessment for HLTCCD003 must cover
49 assessable components: 3 elements (9 performance criteria), 18 performance evidence and 21 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 1 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Identify medical terms used in clinical documentation.
- 1.1Analyse and interpret medical terms by identifying and dividing into constituent parts.
- 1.2Build medical terms using constituent parts.
- 1.3Interpret clinical abbreviations and acronyms in clinical documentation.
2 Communicate using medical terminology.
- 2.1Document medical terms accurately, including singular and plurals of medical terms.
- 2.2Articulate medical terms correctly.
- 2.3Use appropriate medical terminology in written and oral communication.
3 Identify health status of patients.
- 3.1Interpret medical terminology to identify sources and types of information in patient health care records.
- 3.2Analyse patient health care records applying an understanding of medical terminology to determine reason for episode of care.
- 3.3Analyse patient health care record applying an understanding of medical terminology to determine surgery and intervention performed.
Performance evidence
- use accurate medical terminology, clinical abbreviations and acronyms in at least one oral and one written communication relating to each of the following:
- infectious and parasitic diseases
- neoplasms
- diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and disorders involving the immune mechanism.
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
- mental and behavioural disorders
- diseases of the nervous system
- diseases of the eye and adnexa
- diseases of the ear and mastoid process
- diseases of the circulatory system
- diseases of the respiratory system
- diseases of the digestive system
- diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- diseases of the genitourinary system
- pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium conditions originating in the perinatal period including congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings
- injury, poisoning and causes of morbidity and mortality.
Knowledge evidence
- medical terminology for interpretation of clinical documentation and communication with clinical health care professionals.
- constituent parts of medical terms including prefixes, suffixes, roots, combining vowels and combining forms
- clinical abbreviations and symbols
- differences between clinical and diagnostic terminology
- roots, suffixes and prefixes used for:
- infectious and parasitic diseases
- neoplasms
- diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
- mental and behavioural disorders
- diseases of the nervous system
- diseases of the eye and adnexa
- diseases of the ear and mastoid process
- diseases of the circulatory system
- diseases of the respiratory system
- diseases of the digestive system
- diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
- diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue
- diseases of the genitourinary system
- pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium conditions originating in the perinatal period including congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings.
Foundation skills
- Foundation Skills: Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
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What does an assessment tool for HLTCCD003 need to cover?
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