Exploring Medical Language Elsevier eBook on Vitalsource (Retail Access Card): A Student-Directed Approach

LaFleur Brooks RN Bed, Myrna; LaFleur Brooks Med Ma, Danielle; Levinsky MD, Dale M

ISBN 10: 0323776574 ISBN 13: 9780323776578

Publisher: Mosby, 2021

Synopsis

• Comprehensive coverage of medical terminology creates a distinction between terms built from word parts, which are usually based on Greek or Latin, and those terms NOT built from word parts, which are based on eponyms, acronyms, or terms from modern language.
• Systematic presentation provides a foundation of word parts (prefix, suffix, word root, and combining vowel), then builds words by combining the parts.
• Case studies ask you to interpret medical terms used in medical records and to translate everyday language into medical language.
• Full-color illustrations encourage you to apply the meaning of word parts by labeling anatomical figures.
• Abbreviations tables introduce abbreviated medical terms related to chapter content, and are supplemented with exercises, flashcards, and practice quizzes.
• Reviews of word parts and terms provide the practice you absolutely need to define, pronounce, and spell medical terminology.
• More than 400 flashcards allow you to review word parts whenever and wherever you want.
• Interactive exercises and games on the Evolve website provide endless opportunities to practice building, hearing, and spelling terms.
• Medical Terminology Online (MTO) provides accessible, interactive exercises and supplementary content in a course companion to help you master the medical terminology presented in the text. With Elsevier Adaptive Learning accessible within the modules, MTO allows you to learn faster by delivering content precisely when it's needed, and it constantly tracks your performance! Available separately.
• NEW! Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing (EAQ) is now available for separate purchase-Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing is a highly effective, formative evaluation tool that strengthens your knowledge and confidence with high-quality practice questions. Through personalized quizzing, you and your instructors can identify weak topic areas and develop simple strategies to improve your results.

• NEW! Organization of word part tables in each chapter allows you to learn body systems in any order.
• NEW! Clinical note-taking exercises provide practice with how to convert common symptoms into correct medical terminology.

About this title

About the Authors

Myrna was a health science faculty member and division chair with the Maricopa County Community College for 27 years. During that time she taught medical terminology and developed the curriculum for seven other health occupation education programs. She is also the co-author of Exploring Medical Language.

Danielle has taught medical terminology and medical assisting courses in face-to-face, hybrid, and online formats since 2008. She has led the writing of Basic Medical Language since 1996, utilizing her knowledge of how students learn based on her previous career as a high school English Teacher. She is the co-author of Exploring Medical Language.

Dr. Levinsky is a board-certified family medicine physician. She currently teaches case-based instruction at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson, where she is a Clinical Associate Professor in the department Family and Community Medicine. She also supervises medical students in three clinics dedicated to the care of underserved patients. She is the co-author of Exploring Medical Language.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mosby
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323776574
• ISBN 13: 9780323776578
• Binding: Printed Access Code
• Number of pages: 800