Using Cartoons

• When lecturing your students on the various terms of medical terminology, using cartoons detailing the body parts you are talking about may help to engage them. Keep the cartoons from being too stodgy. Instead, use humor to explain not only the meaning of the medical term but its Latin or Greek roots as well. As a way to engage your class even more, instruct them to create their own cartoons using the terminology they pick up from your lectures by placing them correctly on their cartoon.
  
  

Word Association

• One of the hardest parts of teaching medical terminology is having the students memorize the information. By playing word association games with your class, it will help them visualize and understand the terms. You can do this by inserting medical terms in pop music, replacing everyday words with these medical terms to give your students a better feel for the medical term in modern vernacular.
  
  

Using a Prop

• Using a dummy or some other type of prop, have your students find the body part that corresponds with a medical term that you choose. From there, have your students give the root word for the term. This will provide a literal hands-on experience for your students, one that will allow them to learn these terms by actively seeking them out on a mannequin.
  
  

Flashcards

• Flashcards may seem like a simple way to learn, but it is effective. On one side of the card, write in the medical term you wish your student to learn. On the back, place the medical definition and Latin or Greek root word. Have your student define the word shown on the back of the flashcard. Students can take their flashcards home with them to study outside of class.