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Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT)

Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT) is the chosen terminology of the NHS in England. All clinical computer systems within England will operate using SNOMED CT as the clinical terming/coding standard and will replace or incorporate other code systems currently in clinical medicine. While it is not essential for everyone to understand SNOMED CT in depth it is important that clinical staff have a basic understanding of how SNOMED CT is structured. This knowledge will help them ensure they are choosing the right term.

For further details on SNOMED CT such as other training resources, how to download the SNOMED CT release, how to request new terms, can be found on the UK Terminology Centre web pages.

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Intended audience

The course is available to all NHS staff.

The course is aimed at anyone who will be using applications incorporating SNOMED CT and will provide a good basic knowledge of how SNOMED CT works.

Course overview

This course consists of five modules, the entire course will take approximately one hour to complete.

  • Module one - History of Coding
  • Module two - What is SNOMED CT
  • Module three - SNOMED CT hierarchies
  • Module four - Relationships
  • Module five - The benefits of SNOMED CT

Launch the course

Your PC must have Adobe Flash Player 6 or newer installed to access the Flash version. Alternatively you can access the HTML version which does not require any special software.

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