Medical Assistant Model

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Health Science and Medical Technology

Unit Originally Created By: Karen Dalton-Wemp

Medical Terminology

Part of Course: Medical Assistant Model

Unit Overview / Details

This unit describes common medical terminology as well as disucsses different word parts including roots, prefixes and suffixes.

Instructional Time

Classroom
36 Hours
Community Classroom
10 Hours
CVE
10 Hours

Content / Concepts

A.         Word Parts

1.        Prefixes

2.        Suffixes

3.        Root words

B.         Medical word building

C.         Abbreviations and symbols

Standards

Lessons in this Unit

  • Medical Words of "House, MD"

    Using any episode of the popular medical drama "House, MD," students will start to train thier  listening skills to pick out medical terms from a healthcare related conversation. At this point students should be working towards being able to record, with some accuracy, the medical terms they hear.  This lesson plan can also be used as a pre and post to demonstrate to students their increase in listening and recognizing medical terms.

    Hook activity
    15 Minutes
    Instructions for the video activity
    5 Minutes
    Video Presentation of "House, MD"
    47 Minutes
    Discussion of recorded medical terms
    20 Minutes