Lippincott Williams And Wilkins Comprehensive Medical Assisting

Designed to ensure that every medical assisting graduate can quickly trade a cap and gown for a set of scrubs, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Comprehensive Medical Assisting, Fifth Edition is more than just a textbook - it's an engaging, dynamic suite of learning resources designed to train medical assisting students in the administrative and clinical skills they'll need in today's rapidly changing health care environment. The Fifth Edition includes a full chapter on Emergency Preparedness, new in-book role playing activities, and an expanded array of online resources. We're pleased to offer case studies, skills videos, and animations as part of our ancillary suite.

Completely updated to meet current AAMA and AMT guidelines for medical assisting practice, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Comprehensive Medical Assisting is the ideal core text for comprehensive medical assisting programs. It covers all the required administrative, clinical, and lab competencies in a detailed yet efficient manner that appeals to students and faculty. The book includes critical thinking questions and is written for maximum readability, with a full-color layout, hundreds of illustrations, and boxes to highlight key points. A bound-in DVD includes pronunciation guides, skill evaluation forms, CMA review questions, clinical simulations, video clips of procedures, animations, and an office software simulator. A companion Website will include English-to-Spanish translation aids, ESL resources, Korotkoff blood pressure sounds, an interactive math review, and pharmacology animations. An Instructor's Resource CD-ROM will be available gratis upon adoption of the text.

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.

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 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' 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. Take advantage of the following when you add this guide as a study tool: Practice Questions in a Variety of Formats--No matter your learning style, you can reinforce you learning and get ready for course success. These formats will help you retain new information, reinforce previously learned content, and build confidence. Case Studies for Critical Thinking--These scenarios and questions are designed with real-world situations in mind and are intended to promote conversation about possible responses, not just one correct answer! In short, these studies can help you get ready for what you will face in the real world. Procedure Skill Sheets--Every procedure in the textbook has a procedure skill sheet in the Study Guide to help you practice and evaluate your learning.

Completely revised to meet current AAMA guidelines for practicing medical assistants, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Comprehensive Medical Assisting is the ideal core for comprehensive medical assisting programs. The authors cover each competency--administrative, lab, and clinical--in a detailed yet efficient manner that appeals to students and faculty. The Second Edition details the AAMA's Role Delineation Study and helps students become proficient in each of the areas required by CAAHEP for entry-level professionals. It features an increased focus on administrative duties and a visually stunning, full-color layout including over 400 new illustrations. Strong ancillaries include a Student Study Guide and Instructor's Resource Kit. Online faculty support and tutoring services powered by Smarthinking.com are free with every text!

In the Fourth Edition of Study Guide for Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Comprehensive Medical Assisting, the exercises and activities have been aligned with the most current (2008) Medical Assistant Education Review Board (MAERB) of the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) curriculum standards. Program directors, instructors, and students will know which activities in this Study Guide support comprehension of knowledge from textbook (cognitive domain), which support the practice and skills needed to become a competent entry-level medical assistant (psychomotor domain), and which exercises encourage critical thinking and professional behaviors in the medical office (affective domain). The Study Guide is divided into four sections that coincide with the textbook: Administrative, Clinical, Laboratory, and Career Strategies. Sections One, Two, and Three include exercises that reinforce the knowledge and skills required of all Medical Assistants. Section Four includes activities to "put it all together" as a potential medical office employee and to prepare you for either the Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) or the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) credentialing examination. New to this edition, Chapter 47 in the Study Guide gives students the opportunity to reinforce information learned throughout their program. This final Study Guide chapter includes documentation skills practice for a multitude of situations and active learning activities to engage students with previously learned knowledge. Each chapter includes the following: � Learning Outcomes--Learning outcomes are listed at the beginning of the chapter and are divided into AAMA/ MAERB categories (Cognitive, Psychomotor, Affective) and AMT/ ABHES objectives. � A Variety of Question Formats--To meet the needs of a variety of learning styles and to reinforce content and knowledge, each chapter of the Study Guide includes multiple choice, matching, short answer, completion, and where applicable, calculation-type questions. These formats will help you retain new information, reinforce previously learned content, and build confidence. � Case Studies for Critical Thinking--These scenarios and questions are designed with real-world situations in mind and are intended to promote conversation about possible responses, not just one correct answer! These questions will be valuable to students who confront these types of situations during externship and graduates who encounter similar situations after employment. � Procedure Skill Sheets--Every procedure in the textbook has a procedure skill sheet in the Study Guide. These procedures have been updated and revised in this edition and include steps on interacting with diverse patients such as those who are visually or hearing impaired, those who do not speak English or who speak English as a Second Language (ESL), and patients who may have developmental challenges.

Bundle of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Comprehensive Medical Assisting + Study Guide + Navigate 2 TestPrep

Abridged version of: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' comprehensive medical assisting / Judy Kronenberger. 4th ed. c2011.