Check out the new edition of Exploring Medical Language!

Colon cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer deaths in the US. Learn or revisit the common medical terms related to this disease and solve the colorectal crossword included with the blog.

Medical language is necessary for those employed in healthcare. It can help you advance your career or prepare for further education in the medical field.

Several tried-and-true methods can be used when studying medical terms. One of the easiest is to take an online medical terminology course.

The course guides you through the Basic Medical Language, 7th Edition, Elsevier textbook. An online program offers games, animations, pronunciation, spelling, and quizzes.

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

Study medical terminology online for flexibility, accessibility, efficiency, and convenient learning.

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.

Use Basic Medical Language 7th Edition to build the foundation to confidently communicate within your healthcare team! 

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

Are your students' minds elsewhere when you begin class? Cell phones? Instagram? Student loans? Try using chapter pretests to actively and immediately engage them in chapter content.

Learn how to add Interviewing a Healthcare Professional Assignment to your class.

Does the combining form used in medical terms relating to childbirth describe the mother or the newborn? Read the article to find out and learn an effortless way to remember which is for childbirth and which is for a newborn.

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.

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!

Use this syllabus as is, or modify it in any way to adapt it to your course and/or your teaching style.

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.

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