I have very small classes, 5 to 7 each, so love this idea. They will be able to express themselfs and not be shy. Yet will surpise themself when they start remenbering.

It's not only looks that count, its the smells. When people are ill there sense of smell can be heightened, so not only be careful with perfume, but with tobacco smells and food smells. Don't cook in your uniform before you leave, for example fish has a strong smell. It's not only your patients you have to think about it may be a coworker that has sensitivities as well.

I used my jello brain and hand molds that were on sale after halloween. We then get to cut away and identify and have a snack. They learn and eat. You can use jello or I have done it with rice crispy treats and candies for parts.

This is a good idea I'm going to try, but going to put dots on bottom of ID/name tag. That way when I pass them I can see whats going on without asking.

I like to put equipment out and have the student use memory recall. If they do not know what it is I have them look it up and come back to try again

Can't wait to use this for prefixes and suffixes. It is fun and effective.

I plan to implement a word search for future reviews. I also love the idea of Make me a Match cards. Great idea!

I love all the ideas for the games, and especially love the text trivia that you demonstrated at one of your seminars I attended last year. The students love this and we always have a laugh, and the best part, it takes so little time.

I can definiely relate to the student who asks a question completley off topic. I find this distracting and try very hard not to make them feel foolish or like it wasn't important, but I wish I could prevent this from happening. Also, the "just said that" question...sometimes I feel like all I do is repeat myself.

Our Local Anesthesia instructor uses a modification of this technique having students use styrofoam head forms to illustrate all of the skull bones, maxillary and mandibular teeth along with all of the nerve innervation for soft tissues and hard tissues. They can select all of the colors, but the anatomical representation must be accurate. This is an example of an excellent pre-clinic hands on activity to familiarize students with all of the various structures they will need to know in order to identify appropriate landmarks and to administer effective anesthesia. Another hands on activity that our radiology instructor utilizes is to have students create a replica of a dental x-ray head with all of the component parts in order to learn how x-rays are generated. Even though it seems juvenile to them at the time, theyt report that it does help them learn how x-rays are produced.

This would be great to utilize in a skills lab. Could get crazy with a large student population. It would be hard to refocus the students in a class setting but I may give it a try.

I am required to get through 55 chapters in 10 weeks - anyone have any suggestions in managing so a content filled class using these methods?

I have been trying a few of these games and love them! It does take a little planning to set up, but the students seem to be enjoying it.

Medical Terminology is a new language. If you have students in your class that have a language barrier, how can you get them to learn Medical Terminology?

I have played jeapordy on the board and tabu with flash cards with the students for fun games. Doing this course has given me some new ideas for games to keep them interested.

Some of the things that have worked for me are games played with flash cards such as tabu or jeapordy on the board. Sometimes they get pretty competitive but in fun. They have a good time and then when you ask them a few words the next day what they mean they remember it.

Relay race, fine, I get the chance to get them out of their lethargy, plus they are learning, are putting a touch of joy, the class. Thank you.

All methods discussed in this topic are interesting, but the organizer of the brain I think is the best, involves all learning, no risks and is not confusing, I will use as part of my teaching tools. Thank you.

V - . No doubt that interactive activities like games and more,increase the reinforcement learning. Would use in a particular group home, his curiosity about the unknown and the desire for knowledge, incementando gradually the degree of difficulty of the subject, with a tool that requires more analytical thinking. Thanks.

It is possible to give a talk of 10 to 15 minutes on basic concepts of a topic and discuss it the 50 minutes remaining, keep the interest on the topic for 10 to 15 minutes and reinforcement with different activities for 50 minutes. ¨Long-term memory and creating the critical thinking¨ This may be a good strategy when we have classes with 2 or more hours, with great academic containg. ¨Rote memorization does not foster critical thinking with content, but interactive learning activities can get people to think¨ Thanks.