This is a very good reminder not only for the student sbut also for the instructors. We forget about the HIPAA requirement that we are sometimes not aware that we are already discussing confidential matters along the corridors, in the restrooms, in cafeterias, or even in the shopping mall. We forget that sometimes the patient might be behind us or a family or friend of a patient can hear the discussions. Knowing a gossip about a celebrity sometimes makes it exciting to talk about for hours. Then people end up talking about some medical histories that they might be aware… >>>

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… >>>