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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION
Dr. Duke is an oncologist. He recently biopsied tissue from a tumor on Sara’s face. He told her
that her tumor is malignant but that it still looks very much like its parent tissue. He also told her
that T is less than one, N is zero, and M is zero. What can she tell about her prognosis from this
information?
Discussion Guidelines: Her prognosis is very good. Her cancer is treatable and caught in its early
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
Classroom Preparation
Lesson 19.3: Cancer Treatment
INSTRUCTOR PREPARATION
Textbook Objectives Covered
3. Recognize terms related to the causes, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
Lesson Preparation Checklist
• Prepare lecture from TEACH lecture slides available on Evolve.
Materials and Supplies
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TEACH Lesson Plan
LEONARD: Quick and Easy Medical Terminology, 8th Edition
Classroom Preparation
Lesson 19.3: Cancer Treatment
STUDENT PREPARATION (4 hrs)
OBJ
3
READ – Textbook (pp. 799-848)
ANSWER – Textbook
• Terminology (pp. 823-825)
ANSWER
• Evolve Student and Instructor Resources
o Exercises
▪ Term-Building
▪ Medical Matching
REVIEW
• Evolve Student Resources
o Answers to Combining Forms and Terminology
o Answers to Pronunciation of Terms
o Dictionary of Terms
o Games
▪ Concentration
▪ Medical Mix
▪ Million Dollar Pyramid
▪ Termbusters
▪ Wheel of Terminology
ASSESS
• Evolve Student Resources
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
o Student Quizzes
WATCH
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
50-Minute Lesson Plan
Lesson 19.3: Cancer Treatment
LECTURE OUTLINE (20 min)
OBJ
3
SLIDES 25–29 (pp. 799–848)
• Identifies the abnormal conditions resulting from excessive and deficient secretions of
the endocrine glands.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES (choose one or more to equal 30 min)
OBJ
4
DISCUSS (10 min)
4
POST & COMMENT
• Post the Critical Thinking Question below and have students post their responses and
comment on each other’s posts.
4
DEMONSTRATE (30 min)
• Invite a spokesperson from a local cancer group to speak to the class about his or her
organization. A cancer survivor might also discuss the disease and treatment.
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom
4
PLAY (20 min)
• Divide the class into three groups and have each choose a contestant for a quiz show.
chooses a new contestant.
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom
4
PRESENT (20 min)
• Divide students into groups. Assign each group a specific cancer treatment (e.g.,
surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy). Class size permitting, groups can be
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION
Lois has been notified that she must undergo surgery to remove a malignant growth from her
uterus. She asks her doctor whether she will need adjuvant chemotherapy after her surgery. Her
doctor tells her she will know that only after the surgery. What sorts of information might her
doctor obtain from the surgery to determine whether she needs additional treatment?
Discussion Guidelines: Lois’s doctor will try to determine whether her tumor has spread beyond the
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
Classroom Preparation
Lesson 19.4: Terminology, Laboratory Tests, Clinical
Procedures, Abbreviations, and Practical Applications
INSTRUCTOR PREPARATION
Textbook Objectives Covered
4. Describe x-ray studies, laboratory tests, and other procedures used by physicians for determining the
presence and extent of spread (staging) of tumors.
Lesson Preparation Checklist
• Prepare lecture from TEACH lecture slides available on Evolve.
Materials and Supplies
• computer
• projector
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TEACH Lesson Plan
LEONARD: Quick and Easy Medical Terminology, 8th Edition
Classroom Preparation
Lesson 19.4: Laboratory Tests, Clinical Procedures,
Abbreviations, and Practical Applications
STUDENT PREPARATION (4 hrs)
OBJ
4-5
READ – Textbook (pp. 799-848)
ANSWER – Textbook
• Terminology (pp. 823-825)
ANSWER
• Evolve Student and Instructor Resources
o Exercises
▪ Term-Building
▪ Medical Matching
▪ Medical Spelling Bee
REVIEW
• Evolve Student Resources
o Answers to Combining Forms and Terminology
o Answers to Pronunciation of Terms
o Audio Glossary
o Body Spectrum Electronic Coloring Book
▪ Cancer
o Definitions Glossary
TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
ASSESS
• Evolve Student Resources
o Student Quizzes
WATCH
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
50-Minute Lesson Plan
Lesson 19.4: Laboratory Tests, Clinical Procedures,
Abbreviations, and Practical Applications
LECTURE OUTLINE (20 min)
OBJ
4-5
SLIDES 30–80 (pp. 799–848)
• Describes x-ray studies, laboratory tests, and other procedures used by physicians for
LEARNING ACTIVITIES (choose one or more to equal 30 min)
OBJ
4-5
DISCUSS (10 min)
• As a class, discuss the Background Assessment and the Critical Thinking Question
below.
• Appropriate Settings: Traditional classroom, flipped classroom
4-5
POST & COMMENT
• Post the Critical Thinking Question below and have students post their responses and
4-5
PLAY (30 min)
• Divide the class into two competing teams. Show them a flash card, transparency, or
PowerPoint slide of an abbreviation. Ask them to provide the term it stands for. The first
team to give a correct answer wins a point. Give an additional point for a definition of
the term.
4-5
PRACTICE (20 min)
• Have students find an article from a leading cancer journal. Have them underline 25
medical terms used for cancer diagnosis or therapy. Have each student switch articles
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TEACH Lesson Plan
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION
Why do some cancer chemotherapeutic agents, such as antimetabolites, have noxious side
effects in certain organ systems? What other classes of cancer chemotherapy might have similar
treatment effects?
Discussion Guidelines: Drugs that target quickly dividing tumor cells attach to DNA molecules to
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Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
Assessments
Chapter 19: Cancer Medicine (Oncology)
ASSESSMENTS BY OBJECTIVE
OBJ
1-5
Test Bank
• Create a quiz using Exam View or Word; sort by topic as appropriate.
Evolve Instructor Resources
• Exercises
o Term-Building
o Medical Matching
Evolve Student Resources
• Student Quizzes
Medical Terminology Online with Adaptive Learning
All
Textbook
• Exercises (pp. 834-839)
Medical Terminology Online with Adaptive Learning