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You have just said "yes" to teaching your first medical terminology course. Now what?

Learn about Key Feature #1 - the unique learning system used in Exploring Medical Language

During its 36 years in print, nearly 2,000,000 students have turned the pages Exploring Medical Language to prepare for entry into health professions.

Exploring Medical Language - 32 years and counting! Read about the enduring features that allowed this textbook to stand the test of time.

Let the blog help you keep up with new medical terms, add humor and interactive dynamics to your lecture, or impress upon students the importance of mastery of medical language in healthcare.

Learn how a new medical terminology instructor added games to her classroom and of the benefits it added to both teaching and learning. Plus see her list of recommendations!

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Myrna LaFleur Brooks has had a 49-year relationship with medical terminology. After having two popular medical terminology textbooks published and creating a medical terminology blog, she takes a look back.

Help students remember the terms cholelithiasis (gallstones) and choledocholithiasis by sorting out the difference through the meaning of their word parts.

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Learn how you can help students effectively use the 'old fashioned' paper flashcard method to learn word parts, plus save time doing it.

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Use this short, clever video for using playdough to teach anatomic planes in the classroom.

Does the combining form in medical terms relating to childbirth describe the mother or the newborn? Read the article to find out an easy way to remember.

Are your students' minds elsewhere when you begin class? Cell phones? Instagram? Student loans? Try using chapter pretests to bring your students into the present.

Learn how to add 'interviewing a healthcare professional to discuss how medical language is used on the job' into your class activities.