Comprehensive Medical Assisting

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book. Pearson’s Comprehensive Medical Assisting, Third Edition, provides students with the right procedural, people, and professional skills needed to succeed in the medical assisting profession. Teaching and Learning Experience Offers a step-by-step, competency-based approach that covers virtually all facets of the medical assisting profession: Procedural Skills—Speaks directly to the medical assisting student, presenting all the procedures and tasks that are relevant to the medical assistant role. People Skills—Covers people and communication skills that are essential to being a successful medical assistant. Professional Skills—Instills concepts and critical thinking skills needed to succeed as a medical assistant professional.

Get ready for a rewarding career in medical assisting! Today’s growing health care field offers medical assistants increasingly important roles, and the sixth edition of COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL ASSISTING helps you compete for them. Known for complete coverage, exacting detail, and the most current information, this proven book covers the administrative, laboratory, and clinical tasks medical assistants perform every day. General and administrative chapters help you understand record keeping, office management, professionalism, employment strategies, legal and ethical issues, and more. On the clinical side, chapters demonstrate essential skills, from patient communications to critical procedures, all while mapping important content to accreditation standards so you know exactly what to study for certification exams. Packed with helpful features, COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL ASSISTING also supports a variety of learning styles to help you make the most of your limited time. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

This helpful study guide includes key learning objectives for each chapter, outlines of important sections, a variety of self-test questions, and sets of problems similar to those in the textbook.

This is a supplement associated with: Pearson's Comprehensive Medical Assisting, 2/e Beaman /Fleming-McPhillips / Routh ISBN: 0135008832

This competency-based learning system covers the administrative, clinical, and general areas necessary for entry-level employment as identified by the medical assistant role delineation study issued by the American Association of Medical Assistants. A listing of role delineation areas in each unit and in Appendix A make it easy to locate specific skills within each competency. A unit on related therapies presents information on complimentary and alternative treatments.

Master your course with the practice and hands-on-activities that will help you get ready for the medical office. In this new edition of Study Guide for Jones & Bartlett Learning's Comprehensive Medical Assisting, the exercises and activities align with the most current Medical Assisting Education Review Board (MAERB) of the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) curriculum standards. The Study Guide is divided into sections that coincide with the textbook and includes exercises that reinforce the knowledge and skills required of all Medical Assistants.

We're pleased to introduce the fourth edition of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Comprehensive Medical Assisting, the medical assisting text designed to meet your challenges. This dynamic package of text and resources represent more than just a textbook, instead providing a suite of learning resources. This is the one text aimed at making sure that every graduate can quickly change their cap and gown for a set of scrubs and immediately be a vital member of the medical office. We do this by: Providing the content in an engaging style that speaks to students. Putting pedagogy to work in the text through key features like patient education boxes, competency checklists, procedure boxes, etc. Placing students in the real environment in through our web-based EMR and PMS software package. Showing what we teach through skills videos that demonstrate the procedures and skills described. Constantly reinforcing the learning through additional online ancillaries including animations, ESL resources, etc. Helping instructors lessen planning time, with robust instructor resources. A competency spreadsheet helps faculty members and students track their progress through the material. New content in the fourth edition focuses on addressing crucial changes in policy and technology. Without changing the engaging writing style we're known for, we've made sure that the content is up-to-date and in-line with the needs of the market. We've added content on emergency preparedness, a crucial topic in today's medical office. In addition, instructors will be happy to find the latest CAAHEP and ABHES competencies clearly addressed throughout the text.