Healthcare Terminology 

The purpose of this chapter is to go over the skill of learning new healthcare terminology and how to learn.

First, the learning scientist is a fantastic resource, an incredible tool to approach learning and memorize in different ways until we find the most comfortable.

 https://www.learningscientists.org/downloadable-materials

Here is the next step, when we will be building medical terminology vocabulary. 

Read and study Chapters 1 and 2 on the following OER book

• 1. Identifying Word Parts in Medical Terms
• 2. Medical Language Rules

https://www.oercommons.org/courses/building-a-medical-terminology-foundation/view

Assessment:

From the language rules 1-5, which ones were already known? Which one was new? Provide a sample for each rule from experience or simply different from the example.

https://www.oercommons.org/

Interpreting Exercise #5 (Video)

TASKS

Compare and contrast the two situations shown in the video below.

Check your understanding of what each person says using captions.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. The following video has 2 situations: A & B. Please watch both situations carefully.
2. Next, watch the captioned video
   • Note since the video is in both Spanish and English, you need to watch the specially captioned video containing captions in both languages.
     • do not just turn captions on in YouTube!
3. Write a short paragraph, create a video, OR a graphic comparing and contrasting situations A & B.
   • Indicate which situation you would choose for your professional practice.
   • Briefly describe how/if the captions helped you.
     • Did you miss any information? If so, why?

Video without Captions

Video with Captions in Spanish and English