Medical Terminology

This medical terminology text uses a Programmed Learning approach that is ideal for classroom use, self-paced study, or distance learning. It is broken down into concise self-instruction frames followed by review frames for immediate feedback and reinforcement. Actual medical records and medical record analysis activities are used extensively throughout the book. The second edition highlights include: new design and full-color illustrations (with additional artwork added) keep students interested and aid in understanding of material; new content including an expanded chapter on basic term components gives more detailed coverage of term components, breaking down medical terms and determining meaning; acronyms and abbreviations chart at the end of each chapter; summary of terms at the end of each chapter provides a comprehensive list of the terms presented; chapter objectives checklist at the beginning of each chapter helps guide students through the chapter content; Text and Student Resource CD-ROM integrated through chapter checklists, along with video chapter introductions to provide a more interactive learning experience, and encourage use of the CD; and, Bookmark is part of the approach and allows students to cover up the left-hand answer columns in information frames while memorizing terms or completing exercises in the right-hand column. The highlights also include: actual medical records used throughout add dimension to the users' understanding and present real-world situations; no other text uses medical records as extensively as Willis, and we were the first; Review exercises, including extensive medical record analyses activities, multiple-choice, short-answer, matching, fill-in-the-blank, and anatomic identification exercises, test the student's knowledge of the terms just studied. Answers are supplied at the end of each chapter; Health Care Records chapter explains how terms are learned and reinforced using medical records and prepares students for medical record analyses throughout book; and, pharmacology, in each body system chapter, covers important drug terms. Chapters are organized to introduce types of terms the way a condition is diagnosed and treated: students first learn anatomical terms, then symptomatic terms, diagnostic terms, terms associated with tests and procedures, operative/surgical terms (if applicable), and finally therapeutic terms. The features include: starter set of flash cards with common medical term components; student CD-ROM packaged with every book includes Stedman's audio pronunciations of every term in the book and a variety of additional exercises; a completely customizable online course, created specifically for this text, will be available as an additional purchase. The course will include content and exercises that complement the information in the book itself, and will give students and instructors a truly interactive teaching and learning experience. It us available for WebCT, Blackboard, and Desire2Learn; LiveAdvise: Medical Terminology is a free resource with every book. Instructors get free online teaching advice, and students get free online tutoring with this great service; instructor's Resource CD-ROM available; and, all instructor's resources from the CD-ROM, as well as a full Lesson Plan Guide, will be available online on Connection and thePoint.