E-LEARNING

AND
TEACHING
MEDICAL
TERMINOLOGY

VIRGINIA ALLUM
OCTOBER 3, 2019
MD1212AA
15:00 – 15:45
BRIEF: DESIGN ONLINE COURSE TO BE USED
IN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COURSES
BODY DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS
COURSE STRUCTURE EXAMPLE : TOP OF THE BODY

head and neck

face
eyes and ears
nose
START WITH
PRESENTATION
OF PREFIXES
AND SUFFIXES
MATCHING
ACTIVITIES WITH
PRONUNCIATION
PRACTICE
PRONUNCIATION
MEDICAL TERMS
FOR COMMON
DISEASES AND
CONDITIONS -
PREPARATION
FOR ACADEMIC
ARTICLES
MEDICAL TERMS AND EVERYDAY TERMS

Don Juan fracture =

calcaneus fracture
FOCUS ON
MEDICAL
TERMS IN
PUBMED
ARTICLES
PUBMED
ARTICLE
BREAKDOWN
PUBMED
ARTICLES:
OPTIONAL
EXTRAS
EXTENSION PREFIX
ACTIVITIES 1

Prefixes which form

several medical terms –
encourages ability to
predict medical terms in
future reading
dys-
dyspnoea
dyspareuria
dysgraphia
EXTENSION PREFIX ACTIVITIES 2

Prefixes around a
single topic –
to describe aspects
of the topic
DID YOU KNOW? SECTION

The anatomy term

‘coccyx’ comes from the
Greek word meaning
cuckoo.
The coccyx resembles a
cuckoo’s beak