Andrea M. Nelson, PT, DPT, GCS, CLT, University of West Florida
Katherine Greene, MPH, University of West Florida
Ever since attending an Open Educational Resources (OER) workshop in 2019, I (Andrea) have always wanted to make an OER medical terminology book. I have been searching for years for the right OER book and, finally in Spring of 2021, my co-author (Katherine) found Building a Medical Terminology Foundation by Kimberlee Carter and Marie Rutherford. Their book was just what we had been searching for. We are so grateful for all of their hard work on creating such a wonderful book. By chance in the Fall of 2021 our university signed a contract with Pressbooks and the Health Sciences librarian, Cindy Gruwell, was experienced with the process. While the book provided us with an excellent foundation, Katherine and I worked very hard to create a text that would best serve future healthcare students. We are so happy that the creation of this book will save our students here, and elsewhere, on textbook costs while also allowing them to have continued access to this book after their course ends.