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Boost Your Medical Future with Our FREE Medical Terminology Course!

Mastering medical terminology first, makes it easy to crush every other lesson on your path to becoming a medical professional because you understand the language!

How to get free access

– If you have an Apprentice Doctor Academy monthly, quarterly or annual subscription, you can just click on Continue and begin.

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– Select NO and on the following screen click on the banner:

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– On the following screen click on Medical Terminology: Decoding the Language of Healthcare

– Click on Continue to start the course.

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Introduction

Ready to speak the language of doctors and ace your premed journey? Our Medical Terminology Crash Course is your fast track to mastering the words that power healthcare—perfect for high schoolers dreaming of med school or premed students wanting a head start. Built by experts at The Apprentice Doctor Academy, this isn’t just a course—it’s your launchpad to a career in medicine!

Why You’ll Love It:

Decode the Code: Learn 50+ prefixes, suffixes, and roots, then conquer 200+ terms across all body systems—from “tachycardia” to “nephritis.”
Real-World Ready: Crack patient charts, solve case studies, and role-play ER scenarios—skills that’ll impress shadowing docs or college profs.
Hands-On Fun: Tackle our “Medical Language Conversion Challenge”—turn “My stomach hurts” into “I’ve got gastralgia” and 24 more, then email your brilliance to us!

Next time you go to see your doctor, I wish I could see their face when you describe your symptoms in completely fluent, professional medical language.

This course is completely free and if you pass the final practical evaluation you will receive an Apprentice Doctor certificate with your name on.

Curriculum

8 Sections
26 Lessons
Lifetime

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Introduction to Medical Terminology
Purpose, goals, and approach for high school/pre-med students.
1
- 1.1
  Introduction to Medical Terminology
The Building Blocks of Medical Language (Prefixes)
Word roots, 54 common prefixes
10
The Building Blocks of Medical Language (Suffixes)
50 common suffixes
10
How Medical Terms Are Constructed
Combining rules, pronunciation basics, context clues.
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- 4.1
  How Medical Terms Are Constructed
- 4.2
  Quiz 11
  5 Minutes5 Questions
Essential Medical Terms by Body System
The Integumentary System, Skeletal System, Muscular System, Nervous System, Endocrine System, The Cardiovascular System, Lymphatic System, Respiratory System, Digestive System, Urinary System, Reproductive System
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Real-World Applications
1
- 6.1
  Real World Applications
Conclusion and Next Steps
1
- 7.1
  Conclusion and Next Steps
Pactical Projects
Medical Language Conversion Challenge
1
- 8.1
  Practice Makes Perfect

Dr Anton Scheepers

DR. ANTON SCHEEPERS Dr. Anton Scheepers is the founder and president of Apprentice Corporation, a company designing and promoting Apprentice Doctor® Simulation Practice Kits, Apprentice Doctor® Online Academy, and the Apprentice Doctor® Simulation Training Events. Dr. Anton is a Specialist Maxillofacial and Oral Surgeon with more than 45 years experience in the medical field. He has completed rotations in General Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, as well as Ear, Nose, and Throat Surgery. Dr. Anton has had a colorful career which includes exploits such as treating leprosy patients in a large leprosarium, treating soldiers and civilians in a bush war in Africa, rendering medical services to prisoners – including death-row prisoners, and working with classified and dangerous psychiatric patients. He started a medical sciences section in the largest Science Center in Africa – the Sci-Bono Discovery Science Center – and was involved with medical research in collaboration with Dr. Sandy Marks Jr. from the University of Massachusetts. He is the head of the Premedical Sciences Department at the Solid Rock Community and Virtual Schools based in Tampa, Florida. Authored Books Include: - "For Future Doctors" Foundations - How to Suture Wounds - Venipuncture & Phlebotomy - Orthopedic Fracture Reduction - Surgical Aseptic Technique - Obstetrics Awards and Commendations Include: - P Grant Smith Gold medal for Maxillofacial Surgery - The College of Medicine Silver Medal in Maxillofacial Surgery - The Michael and Janie Miller Prize Final Year Surgery - Commendation for excellent service rendering by the Director of the Department of Health - Commendation for excellent service rendering by the director of Prison services

Medical Terminology: Decoding the Language of Healthcare (FREE COURSE)