The Advanced Anatomy course is a distance learning course and can be started at any time. We require the following before we can confirm your registration:
1. Registration form (please complete our online registration form)
2. Proof of completion of Basic Anatomy & Physiology
3. Payment of the course fee
4. Confirmation that you have purchased and received the required textbooks
This course is aimed at all non-clinically qualified clinical coders, case managers and healthcare managers, and all those desiring a career in Clinical Coding or Case Management.
The course takes place over a period of 6 to 9 months, with a written online test after each section.
Entry requirements: NQF 4: English, Mathematical Literacy, and completion of the Basic Anatomy & Physiology short course
Course fee: R 14 500
Course Content:
- Anatomy, Physiology and Pathophysiology of the following body systems:
- Digestive; Urinary; Male Reproductive; Female Reproductive; Nervous; Cardiovascular; Respiratory; Blood; Lymphatic and immune; Muscoskeletal; Integumentary; Endocrine
- The sense organs: eye, ear, nose and tongue
- Introduction to:
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Radiation Therapy
- Pharmacology
- Psychiatry
- Diseases Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Treatment
- Diseases/Disorders
- Developmental/Congenital & Childhood
- Immunological
- Eye and Ear
- Neurologic
- Mental Disorders
- Diseases and conditions resulting from trauma
Textbooks Required (can be purchased from Amazon.com):
1. The Language of Medicine
9th Edition or later version
Davi-Ellen Chabner
ISBN 978-1-4377-2408-0
2. Essentials of Human Diseases
5th Edition of later version
Margaret Schell Frazier & Jeanette Drzymkowski
ISBN 978-1-4377-2409-7
3. Workbook for Essentials of Human Diseases
ISBN 978-1-4557-2846-6
A digital certificate of completion will be issued to participants on successful completion of the course.
For more information or to register email ce.administration@uct.ac.za