Upon successful completion of the learning experience, students will be able to: practice communicating clearly with medical/health care professionals; apply critical thinking skills in learning, conducting applied research, and defining and solving problems; accurately recognize and pronounce medical terms; perform, spell and define medical terms; analyze and understand medical terms through prefixes, suffixes and word roots; relate medical terms to the structure and function of the human body; correctly recognize and use medical terms in a variety of situations, such as case studies, medical charts, laboratory reports, professional journals, and communicating with medical professionals and clients.