I recently got the news that there weren't enough students to fill my section for my class. There are 4 sections of Medical Terminology and the first two filled right up. Looks like I have the quarter off which will allow me to become better acquainted with the whole process, the materials, the website and all the other building blocks that will help me do my job well. I'm also contacting other instructors to see if we can offer encouragement to one another and share information to make us better teachers. I got my books and CDs in the mail and have been reviewing the material. Some of it is surprising. For instance, if a brain surgeon drills a hole in the cranium, what is the correct terminology to describe the hole? You might come up with words such as trephination, foramen, sinus, or even cranial access. The correct answer is "burr hole" which sounds like a colloquialism. However, that is the term that we are expected to use so I'll file it away. As usual, I'll keep you posted.
