flash cards
My school uses a textbook that comes with premade flash cards and I am doing a beat the clock game with them. The students sit in pairs with their decks. One person is the timer. The other person shuffles their deck. Each person has 2 minutes to say what the definition is on the back of the flashcard. The front of the flashcard will have suffixes, prefixes, word roots and medical abreviations. The student then turns over one card at a time. If they guessed correctly it goes into the points pile if they do not guess correctly it goes into the discard pile. This can be used as a quiz grade or bonus points on a future exam. Bonus points are issued on the level of mastery achieved in the activity.
Kim, it is always a challenge to make pharmacology less intimidating and easier to remember, but this idea will do that.
Michele Deck
I also like the flash card approach. I also use them in learning Common Drugs & Pharmacy Terminology. The students enjoy challenging their peers. A good way to end the school week.
Nicole, using the combination of flash cards and a variety of other methods helps to cement the terms in students' memories.
Michele Deck
I also encourage the students to use flash cards to study -- especially in the medical terminology course. It is definitely an effective study tool. I tell the students that it is a tool I have also used in my own studies. We also play various medical terminology games which allows some friendly competition between the students.
I really appreciate the varius games tha are mentioned and I intend on using it ASAP
Michaela,
I like that you focus the students on decoding and understanding the meaning of the term as well as the definition and pronunciation.
I use flash cards as a teaching tool as well as for tutoring. I have the students learn five cards a night. I teach them to learn it both ways. They need to be able to give the definition as well as read the definition and remember the term. This gives them a visual of which terms they and which ones they need to work on.
When I tutoring one on one, I break the word down and remind the student to read the word from back to front. I remind them to start with the suffix, then go to the prefix if the word has one, then the root. Most of the time this gives the student a rough idea about the word and its meaning.
Love the little gift idea! I also do a picturnary game, example we draw pictures that students can guess like -itis would be a cut with surrounding inflamation. The side that gets it correct sends a class mate to the front.
I really like the scrabble exercise described here, I will try this idea with my next class.
I also play jeopardy. I even made a jeopardy board with pockets that fit their flash cards. Another good game is scrable. They get 5 of each letter of the alphabet, I say the med term and the first team to complete the word raises their hand. They receive one point if spelled correctly and another point if they can define it.
Flash cards are a great tool, to help the student study the course material. In addition flash cards help with the retention of the course material.
Jaime, thank you for sharing your advice about flashcards to your students.
I stress the importance of flash cards to every one of my classes. It's such a great way to get repitition for learning. I tell them to just keep their flashcards with them all the time. Maybe they're sitting down and watching a tv show. They can look through their flashcards on commercial break. Their are many times during the day that a person has down time and this is a perfect opportunity to look over flashcards. I always tell them repitition makes the information stick. I also have them play matching games with flashcards in class. I'll put diseases on one card and symptoms on another. I'll mix them all up and have them work together to match the cards up.
Even though not everyone uses them, they are a great teaching strategy.
I have always used flash cards to study. I think it is an excellent way to study. I encourage my students to use them as well. The students that have started using flashcard have told me they love them and they are extremely helpful.
I like that you put them in teams.
I love flash cards I put students in 2 teams and review the previous class content on flash cards and I want to see recall of information.
Flash cards are a great way the remember information quickly
Jessica, I know you will have success when using this idea.
