Medical Terminology Faculty Tips
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You have just said "yes" to teaching your first medical terminology course. Now what?
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.
Use these five tips to evaluate if your slide presentation helps or hinders student learning.
Learn how you can help students effectively use the 'old fashioned' paper flashcard method to learn word parts, plus save time doing it.
Use this guide to easily navigate the blog to find topics of interest to you.
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.

Faculty Aids

5 Ways to Use Blog Posts with Your Medical Terminology Class
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Medical Terminology Syllabus
Constructing a syllabus can be complicated and time-consuming. For convenience, we have created a sa...

Teach Anatomic Planes with Playdough
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