Medical terminology memorization help/

[Trama_junky]

We have to absorb 350 med terms for a fill in the blank test and I need help! Any tips or trcks?

[Miss Infermiera2b, BSN, RN]

When I had to memorize around 700 medical terms for my job as an ER scribe, I used Quizlet. It helped a lot and I ended up acing the entrance exam.

[noelly10]

Flash cards

[fatrabbit]

A lot of medical terms can be broken down easily. If you know the root words, suffixes, prefixes, and the basic combining rules, putting many words together becomes pretty easy. For example:

hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy

hyster/o=uterus

salping/o=fallopian tube

oophor/o=ovary

-ectomy= surgical removal

put it all together and you get the removal of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries.

For other words and abbreviations, I make flashcards on Quizlet.com. As well, you can print out a study table (e.g. definition in one column and blanks next to the definitions) and put it in a plastic sheet protecter so it becomes a dry erase board and quiz yourself by writing in the terms with a dry erase marker (this way, you don't have to waste paper all the time).

[muirite]

I like old fashion homemade flash cards and lots of them. I make 2 or 3 sets at different times one for home one for work. I also use Quizlet and I write the words over and over.