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Publication Date: 2010
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Teaching Medical Terminology with a Mind-Mapping Software
Al-Jarf, Reima
Online Submission, Annals of "Dunarea de Jos" University of GALATI Fascicle XIII. Language and Literature v17 n28 p1-10 2010
This article demonstrates how mind-mapping software can be used to help premedical students combine, learn, retain, apply and relate medical terminology sharing the same root/base, the same prefix or suffix, cognates, derivatives, singular and plural forms and relate details which radiate out from the centre. It shows how the mind-mapping software can be used to combine different prefixes and/or suffixes to the same root, different roots to the same prefix/and or same suffix, sorting out, classifying, grouping terms according to the prefixes, roots or suffixes they contain, and interpolating prefixes, roots and suffixes. By focusing on roots, prefixes, suffixes and derivatives and then looking for branches that radiate out and show connections between the terms, the students map medical terminology knowledge in a way which will help them understand and retain new medical terms.
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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