Medical Terminology Get
Connected, 4th Edition by
Suzanne S. Frucht
Complete Chapter Instructor Guide
are included (Ch 1 to 17)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
** Lesson Plan
** Worksheets
** Lecture Scripts
,Table of Contents are given below
1.Introduction to Medical Terminology
2.Suffixes
3.Prefixes
4.Anatomical Terminology
5.Dermatology: Integumentary System
6.Orthopedics: Musculoskeletal System
7.Cardiology: Cardiovascular System
8.Hematology: Blood
9.Immunology: Immune Systems
10.Pulmonology: Respiratory System
11.Gastroenterology: Digestive System
12.Urology and Nephrology: Urinary System and Male Reproductive System
13.Obstetrics and Gynecology: Female Reproductive System
14.Neurology: Nervous System
15.Endocrinology: Endocrine System
16.Ophthalmology: The Eye
17.Otorhinolaryngology: The Ears, Nose, and Throat
, Introduction to Medical Terminology
Lesson Plan
Chapter 1
Lesson 1 Learning Objectives
1-1 Identify the three types of medical terms.
1-2 Explain the differences between prefixes, suffixes, word roots, and combining vowels.
1-3 Form combining forms.
1-4 Explain how to analyze (build and interpret) medical terms.
1-5 Describe how to pluralize medical terms.
1-6 Understand how to pronounce medical terms.
Minutes Concepts for Lecture Teaching Notes
15 mins I. Identify the three types of medical terms. Teaching Tips
LO 1-1 ● Bring a medical dictionary to
A. In our daily lives, each of us is surrounded by medical terminology. class or display an online
1. Health care professionals use it to communicate with each other. medical dictionary. Point out
2. It is also used in the doctor’s office and when talking with friends, all the types of information
reading the newspaper, and watching television. provided on both whole terms
B. Using medical terminology is an efficient way to convey very specific and and word parts by the
important information. dictionary.
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, 1. Each term has a precise meaning and detailed information can be ● Set the proper tone early;
quickly shared using only a few words. make sure students realize
2. As such, everyone has something to gain either personally or they will have to do a
professionally from learning how to understand and use medical significant amount of studying
terminology. outside of class in order to be
C. There are three common types of medical terms: successful.
1. Terms built from Latin and Greek word parts; examples are ● Emphasize the point that
cardiology and tonsillectomy. medical terminology is a
2. Terms based on a person’s name, or another proper noun such as a language. Fluency in any
place, are called eponyms; examples are Alzheimer disease and language requires that you can
Parkinson disease. read, write, speak, and
3. Terms utilizing modern English words; examples are magnetic understand when listening.
resonance imaging and irritable bowel syndrome. ● Stress the importance of
learning the word parts
through memorization.
● Review when a combining
vowel is used and when it is
not.
Classroom Activities
● Guest speaker: Invite a health
information management
worker to describe to the class
all the places medical
terminology is used, how
records are stored, and
confidentiality.
Homework Assignments
● Have each student look up 10
medical words in a medical
dictionary and determine
whether the origin of the word
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Frucht, Lesson Plans for Medical Terminology: Get Connected!
Connected, 4th Edition by
Suzanne S. Frucht
Complete Chapter Instructor Guide
are included (Ch 1 to 17)
** Immediate Download
** Swift Response
** All Chapters included
** Lesson Plan
** Worksheets
** Lecture Scripts
,Table of Contents are given below
1.Introduction to Medical Terminology
2.Suffixes
3.Prefixes
4.Anatomical Terminology
5.Dermatology: Integumentary System
6.Orthopedics: Musculoskeletal System
7.Cardiology: Cardiovascular System
8.Hematology: Blood
9.Immunology: Immune Systems
10.Pulmonology: Respiratory System
11.Gastroenterology: Digestive System
12.Urology and Nephrology: Urinary System and Male Reproductive System
13.Obstetrics and Gynecology: Female Reproductive System
14.Neurology: Nervous System
15.Endocrinology: Endocrine System
16.Ophthalmology: The Eye
17.Otorhinolaryngology: The Ears, Nose, and Throat
, Introduction to Medical Terminology
Lesson Plan
Chapter 1
Lesson 1 Learning Objectives
1-1 Identify the three types of medical terms.
1-2 Explain the differences between prefixes, suffixes, word roots, and combining vowels.
1-3 Form combining forms.
1-4 Explain how to analyze (build and interpret) medical terms.
1-5 Describe how to pluralize medical terms.
1-6 Understand how to pronounce medical terms.
Minutes Concepts for Lecture Teaching Notes
15 mins I. Identify the three types of medical terms. Teaching Tips
LO 1-1 ● Bring a medical dictionary to
A. In our daily lives, each of us is surrounded by medical terminology. class or display an online
1. Health care professionals use it to communicate with each other. medical dictionary. Point out
2. It is also used in the doctor’s office and when talking with friends, all the types of information
reading the newspaper, and watching television. provided on both whole terms
B. Using medical terminology is an efficient way to convey very specific and and word parts by the
important information. dictionary.
©2026 by Pearson Education, Inc.
Frucht, Lesson Plans for Medical Terminology: Get Connected!
, 1. Each term has a precise meaning and detailed information can be ● Set the proper tone early;
quickly shared using only a few words. make sure students realize
2. As such, everyone has something to gain either personally or they will have to do a
professionally from learning how to understand and use medical significant amount of studying
terminology. outside of class in order to be
C. There are three common types of medical terms: successful.
1. Terms built from Latin and Greek word parts; examples are ● Emphasize the point that
cardiology and tonsillectomy. medical terminology is a
2. Terms based on a person’s name, or another proper noun such as a language. Fluency in any
place, are called eponyms; examples are Alzheimer disease and language requires that you can
Parkinson disease. read, write, speak, and
3. Terms utilizing modern English words; examples are magnetic understand when listening.
resonance imaging and irritable bowel syndrome. ● Stress the importance of
learning the word parts
through memorization.
● Review when a combining
vowel is used and when it is
not.
Classroom Activities
● Guest speaker: Invite a health
information management
worker to describe to the class
all the places medical
terminology is used, how
records are stored, and
confidentiality.
Homework Assignments
● Have each student look up 10
medical words in a medical
dictionary and determine
whether the origin of the word
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Frucht, Lesson Plans for Medical Terminology: Get Connected!
