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Explains the definition of health literacy and how widespread low health literacy is, and the effects it can have. Informs people about techniques to help with low health literacy and allows them to practise some in group role-playing scenarios.

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To learn what Health Literacy is

To learn how widespread low health literacy is and how it affects people

To learn skills to help patients with low health literacy

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Leading to a better understanding of how to communicate with patients with low health literacy

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Ambiguity and uncertainty are unavoidable elements of clinical practice. Although they can cause discomfort for both clinicians and patients, they can also be used to positive effect ensuring safer clinical practice that is tailored to individuals. As paramedics generally work in areas of practice where they encounter undifferentiated complaints with limited resources to investigate, diagnostic uncertainty can prove a challenge on a regular basis.

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People who have had a stroke should receive rehabilitation for at least three hours a day on at least five days of the week, with programmes being delivered by teams including physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists.

That is one of the key recommendations contained in an updated guideline on stroke rehabilitation in adults that was published yesterday (18 October) by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Explaining why it was recommending more rehabilitation than it had called for in an original guideline published 10 years ago, NICE said an independent committee had reviewed the evidence.

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Health & Care Professions Council (hcpc) - New standards of proficency came into effect on 1 September 2023 - replacing previous versions.

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Health & Care Professions Council (hcpc) - New standards of proficency came into effect on 1 September 2023 - replacing previous versions.

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Medical terminology is language that is used to describe anatomical structures, processes, conditions, medical procedures, and treatments. At first glance, medical terms may appear intimidating, but once you understand the standard structure of medical words and the definitions of some common word elements, the meaning of thousands of medical terms is easily unlocked.

Most medical terms adhere to a fixed structure of a prefix, a root, and a suffix. These word components are assembled like building blocks to create a vast vocabulary.

The physicians of Greece are considered the founders of rational medicine, and medical terms are primarily derived from Greek and Latin. Over the centuries, the language of medicine has evolved into multiple national medical languages. Today, medical English is the primary language for international communication. It is used in most influential medical journals and has become the language of choice at international conferences.

Basic Term Structure

Medical terms are composed of the following standard word parts:

Prefix: When included, the prefix appears at the beginning of a medical term and usually indicates a location, direction, type, quality, or quantity.

Root: The root gives a term its essential meaning. Nearly all medical terms contain at least one root. When a prefix is absent, the term begins with a root.

Suffix: The suffix appears at the end of a term and may indicate a specialty, test, procedure, function, disorder, or status. Otherwise, the suffix may simply define whether the word is a noun, verb, or adjective.

Combining vowel: A combining vowel (usually the letter "o") may be added between word parts to aid in pronunciation.

Breaking a word down into its component parts should help readers ascertain the meaning of an unfamiliar term. For example, hypothermia has the prefix hypo- (meaning below normal), the root therm (heat or warmth), and the suffix -ia (condition).

Word Roots

A word root is the foundational element of any medical term. Roots often indicate a body part or system.

Common word roots:

Compound Words

A medical word may include multiple roots. This frequently occurs when referencing more than one body part or system. For example, cardio-pulmo-nary means pertaining to the heart and lungs; gastro-entero-logy means the study of the stomach and intestines.

Combining Forms

A combining vowel is used when a root is followed by another word part that begins with a consonant. A combining vowel (usually the letter "o") is added after the root (e.g., neur- o-logy) to aid pronunciation. The root and vowel together (e.g., neur-o) are called the combining form. For simplicity, the word part tables do not include combining vowel options.

Prefixes

A prefix modifies the meaning of the word root. It may indicate a location, type, quality, body category, or quantity. Prefixes are optional and do not appear in all medical terms.

Common prefixes:

Suffixes

Medical terms always end with a suffix. The suffix usually indicates a specialty, test, procedure, function, condition/disorder, or status. For example, "-itis" means inflammation and "-ectomy" means removal.

Alternatively, the suffix may simply make the word a noun or adjective. For example, the endings -a, -e, -um, and -us are commonly used to create a singular noun (e.g., crani-um).

Although the suffix appears at the end of the term, it often comes first in the definition. For example, appendicitis means inflammation (-itis) of the appendix. Accordingly, it is sometimes helpful to read unfamiliar medical terms from right to left.

Occasionally, medical terms are composed of only a prefix and a suffix. For example, apnea includes the prefix a- (without) and suffix -pnea (breathing).

Common suffixes (letters in parentheses are not always present):

Plural Forms

Adding an "s" or "es" to the end of a word is often the straightforward method to make a word plural in English and many modern Romance languages. In medical terminology, however, things are a little more complicated. The plural form of each word is based on the last two letters of the singular suffix.

There are several exceptions. For example, "virus" is a Latin term without a plural form. "Viruses" is the accepted plural form. Elsewhere, the suffix "s" or "es" occasionally prevails in common usage. For example, the plural form of "hematoma" is "hematomas" rather than "hematomata."

Common singular endings and corresponding plural endings:
Additional resources:
Related Guides:

References

1. Banay GL. An Introduction to Medical Terminology I. Greek and Latin Derivations. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. 1948;36(1):1-27.

2. Wulff HR. The Language of Medicine. J R Soc Med. 2004;97(4):187-8.

3. Ehrlich A, Schroeder CL. Introduction to Medical Terminology. 3rd ed. Delmar, Cengage Learning; 2014:5.

4. Nath, JL, Lindsley KP. A Short Course in Medical Terminology. 4th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health; 2018:38.

5. Cohen BJ. Medical Terminology: An Illustrated Guide. 6th ed. Baltimore: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2011. Tables 2-4.

Published: January 9, 2020

Last updated: March 22, 2023

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HCPC - What employers need to know before the updated standards of proficiency come into effect

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What employers need to know before the updated standards of proficiency come into effect |

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The HCPC standards of proficiency set the threshold (entry level) requirements for the safe and effective practice of each profession. Our registrants are required to meet these standards when they join the Register, and continue to meet them while registered insofar as they are relevant to their sc…

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The revised standards for each of the 15 professions will come into effect on 1 September 2023

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There are profession-specific changes, to ensure the SOPs reflect contemporary threshold-level practice.

Revisions for each profession reflect the extent of developments in practice within that profession, in line with feedback from our consultation exercise.

The revised standards for each of the 15 professions will come into effect on 1 September 2023

These changes are included in the documents linked below.

You may find it helpful to use our simple gap analysis tool to understand how the changes to the standards will affect you and your scope of practice

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The RCSLT Professional Development Framework provides a structure by which existing skills and experience are recognised, and learning and professional development needs are identified, at all career levels, across all settings.

One of the most pioneering aspects of the framework is that it positions practitioner wellbeing as a business imperative, placing it front and centre alongside the other core components of equality and inclusion, co-production, impact, and sustainability.

Embedded in the framework are the key principles of continuing professional development and lifelong learning, keeping it relevant, appropriate for its users and beneficial for the profession and those impacted by it.

The framework provides a profession-specific resource to support career conversations, including at any transition point e.g. newly qualified practitioner. It also helps you think about the transferable knowledge and skills you bring from previous and current paid roles, voluntary roles, and life experiences, including as an experienced therapist as you advance your career. It can be used in the processes that support professional development including but not limited to:

Appraisals / individual performance reviews

Supervision (one-to-one, group and peer), mentoring or career coaching

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Return to practice

Personal statements for job applications including promotions within and beyond the profession

Articulating advanced and expert level (transferable) knowledge and skills for career progression that transcends professional boundaries e.g. at the senior management and executive level

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Moving sectors e.g. into a diverse role, academia, or a leadership role

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PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database. PEDro is a free database of over 32,000 randomised trials, systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines in physiotherapy. For each trial, review or guideline, PEDro provides the citation details, the abstract and a link to the full text, where possible. All trials on PEDro are independently assessed for quality.

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PEDro has been informing physiotherapy practice for over 24 years. It is a free database of over 60,000 trials, reviews and guidelines evaluating physiotherapy interventions. You can SEARCH to answer your questions, BROWSE the latest research in your area of interest, LEARN more about evidence-based practice, access useful RESOURCES, or find out more ABOUT this invaluable global resource.

About PEDro

PEDro has been designed to support the practice of evidence-based physiotherapy. It gives rapid access to the best research evaluating the effects of physiotherapy interventions. Only studies using the most rigorous research methods are indexed: randomised controlled trials, systematic reviews and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. A unique feature of PEDro is that trials are independently assessed for quality using the PEDro scale. These quality ratings are used to quickly guide users to trials that are more likely to be valid and to contain sufficient information to guide practice.

PEDro has three search pages (Advanced, Simple and Consumer). We strongly encourage health professionals to use the Advanced Search, which contains 13 fields to define search terms with precision. For this reason, the SEARCH buttons in the header, footer and PEDro icon take you directly to the Advanced Search page. Those who are new to searching may like to begin with the Simple Search, which contains a single text field. Patients and other users of physiotherapy can access the Consumer Search, which has less technical language.

PEDro is produced by the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health at the University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District and is hosted by Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA).

Welcome to the #PEDroTacklesBarriers to evidence-based physiotherapy campaign. The campaign will help you to tackle the four biggest barriers to evidence-based physiotherapy. From May 2022 to April 2023, the campaign will delve into each of the four biggest barriers to evidence-based physiotherapy. You will hear from physiotherapists who have encountered these barriers and developed strategies to overcome them. You will also learn more about the methods used to conduct, analyse, report and interpret randomised controlled trials, to help you tackle the barrier of lack of statistical skills.

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We gratefully acknowledge the generous support provided by the Australian Physiotherapy Association and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. More information about our supporters is available on the PEDro Supporters page.

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OTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and other resources relevant to occupational therapy interventions. Most trials have been critically appraised for their validity and interpretability.

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OTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and other resources relevant to occupational therapy interventions. Most trials have been critically appraised for their validity and interpretability. In one database, OTseeker provides fast and easy access to information from a wide range of sources to inform occupational therapy.

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Due to a lack of funding for OTseeker, content on OTseeker from 2016 and beyond is not as comprehensive as previously. Therefore, we recommend that users of OTseeker also search for more recent evidence using other freely available search engines and databases such as PEDro, and PubMed.

Welcome to the new version of the OTseeker website. Please send any feedback about this new website using the Contacts page.

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OTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews, randomised controlled trials and other resources relevant to occupational therapy interventions. Most trials have been critically appraised for their validity and interpretability. In one database, OTseeker provides fast and easy access to information from a wide range of sources to inform occupational therapy.

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International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

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International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation

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Access IJTR using your OpenAthens account.

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speechBITE is a database of intervention studies across the scope of speech pathology practice.

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Learn how to apply the PEDro-P rating scale to treatment research in speech pathology. This interactive training program will give you a step by step guide on how to rate the methodological quality of randomised and non-randomised controlled trials

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Learn how to apply the PEDro-P rating scale to treatment research in speech pathology. This interactive training program will give you a step by step guide on how to rate the methodological quality of randomised and non-randomised controlled trials

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