Courses

Medical Terminology Canvas Course Shell  by a work group from within the Wisconsin Technical College System (CC BY).

This course is aligned with the Medical Terminology textbook and student companion. It contains a variety of materials, assignments, and assessments to support instructors and students of Medical Terminology.

Textbooks

Building a Medical Terminology Foundation by Kimberlee Carter and Marie Rutherford (CC BY).

This textbook focuses on breaking down medical terms into their word parts, pronouncing medical terms, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of introductory anatomy and physiology. This resource is targeted for health office administration and health services students in the first year of their college programs. It includes a student companion webbook and interactive colouring book.

The Language of Medical Terminology by Lisa Sturdy and Susanne Erickson (CC-BY-NC-SA).

This textbook begins with a focus on the practice of breaking down medical terms into their component parts. This is practiced through the beginning of the book in order to develop a solid foundation on medical term parts, their meaning and how to understand the full meaning behind medical terminology as a whole. The OER then continues onto the use of abbreviations, anatomy and physiology, body systems, common tests and procedures and finishes with content focusing on medical professionals in health care. This OER serves to provide the basic knowledge necessary to work in the health care setting.

Medical Terminology  by Stacey Grimm; Coleen Allee; Elaine Strachota; Laurie Zielinski; Traci Gotz; Micheal Randolph; and Heidi Belitz (CC BY).

This textbook focuses on breaking down medical terms into their word parts, pronouncing medical terms, and learning the meaning of medical terms. This resource is targeted for health services students in the first year of their college programs.

Medical Terminology – 2e by Open Resources for Nursing (CC BY).

This book focuses on learning the components of medical terms, including prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, and also introduces students to diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical, and symptomatic terminology of all body systems.

Medical Terminology for Healthcare Professions by Andrea Nelson and Katherine Greene (CC BY).

This textbook focuses on breaking down, pronouncing, and learning the meaning of medical terms within the context of anatomy and physiology. This resource is targeted for Healthcare Administration, Health Sciences, and Pre-Professional students.

Medical Terminology: An Interactive Approach  by Kendra Anspaugh; Sarah Goncalves; Emily Jackson-Osagie; and Sandra Q. Smith (CC BY).

The target audience for this textbook are dual enrollment students. Dual enrollment is the opportunity for a student to be enrolled in high school and college at the same time. This book offers students the ability to learn basic medical terminology to prepare them for education and a profession in the medical field.