Importance Of Medical Terminology

When using Medical Terminology always start with breaking your words down before putting it back together again. First start with your prefix, find your root/ combining form and end with your suffix. Once you put the term back together you’ll have the meaning and the definition of your term. The prefix is always at the beginning of the medical term. The root/ combining form is always in the middle of the term.

When pronouncing the term see how many roots it has. It could have up to three roots depending on how the term is spelled out. The suffix will always be at the end of the term and it could have up to two suffixes. The root of the word is identified by the parts of the term including the hyphens and the slashes in your medical book.

By breaking the terms down and putting the terms back together I will be able to pass my midterms because I will know the definitions of what the terms means and the abbreviations of the medical terminology. It will help me to pass my quizzes because I will learn medical terms so that I’m able to understand what the physicians are talking about when it comes to patient care, doctors’ orders and illnesses that the patients suffer with. I will be able to relate to different kinds of medicine by knowing the names of the medicines prescribed for the patient as well as medical terminology.

Being in the medical field will help with my cognitive performances skills in decision making as well as expressive communication such as the patient ADL (activities of daily living).

Being able to tell the patient what type of medicine the doctor has prescribed for him/her and how to take the medicine and when to take the medicine is extremely important. As a CMA I would be able to relate to other CMA’s, LPN’s, RN’s, as well as the MAA’s. I will also be able to identify medical records and if there are any mistakes in the medical records. I will know the correct spelling of the medicine and how to pronounce it with proper grammar. If the patient had any questions about their medical history, I could be very professional as

I used flashed cards for my prefixes, root/ combining forms, and suffixes in a separate pile so that I could always go back into them I would study for long periods of time without taking a break for at least five to six hours a day, but what I would change is that I wouldn’t study so long of hours at one time trying to cram everything in all at once cause I would have a tendency to forget what I study when it was time for a test or an exam. I would also visit the flight center more often in the near future and get a tutor to help me with the work that is difficult for me those are some of the things I didn’t