ISBN:
9780323876384
Copyright:
2024
Publication Date:
01-31-2023
Page Count:
464
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$64.99
Basic Medical Language with Flash Cards, 7th Edition
by Danielle LaFleur Brooks, MEd, MA, Myrna LaFleur Brooks, RN, BEd and Dale Levinsky, MD
Paperback
ISBN:
9780323876384
Copyright:
2024
Publication Date:
01-31-2023
Page Count:
464
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$64.99
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Give students the foundation they need to confidently communicate with the healthcare team! Basic Medical Language, 7th Edition makes it easier to master the medical terminology needed for success in the health professions. This concise text helps students learn and recognize hundreds of medical terms by introducing the suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms used in building words. Brief, illustrated lessons present terms by body system, and include exercises that ask students to build, define, and read commonly used medical terms. Along with realistic case studies, this book includes an Evolve website that simplifies learning with animations, activities, games, quizzes, and more.
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- NEW! Introduction to Diagnostic Imaging discusses radiology and features medical terms used in clinical practice.
- NEW! Addition of Laboratory Medical Terms provides insight into laboratory tests, collection techniques, and sections of clinical laboratories.
- NEW! Expanded content quizzes with additional practical application questions conclude each lesson.
- NEW! Two additional medical records provide another way to interpret medical language used in context.
- NEW! Online Gradable Exercises and Practice Exams can be integrated with gradebooks for most learning platforms.
- Case studies open each lesson and correlate with a medical record where students apply what they have learned by writing medical terms within the document.
- Career Focus sections highlight professional roles connected with lesson content to inspire students as they consider employment opportunities.
- Interactive illustrations encourage students to make visual connections and uncover medical concepts as they label figures with medical terms.
- Online Electronic Health Record modules, consisting of three related medical records for one patient account, familiarize students with the EHRs they will encounter in practice.
- More than 200 flashcards are packaged free with the text and available online with Evolve student resources, making it easier for students to memorize word parts and abbreviations.
- Engaging exercises test student knowledge with matching, building, and reading medical terms in context, helping students to learn medical terms built from word parts as well as those NOT built from word parts.
- Emphasis on frequently used medical terms includes words and abbreviations used in clinical settings, billing, and coding.
- Systemic presentation of medical terms helps students learn and recognize new words by body system and clinical category.
- Word part tables introduce combining forms, suffixes, and prefixes and Lesson at a Glance briefly summarizes testable content.
- Objectives integrated with lesson headings directly correlate objectives with content, including exercises, quizzes, and exams, along with instructor resources including lesson plans, slides, and handouts.
- Student resources on the Evolve website include games, learning activities, quizzes, videos, and an audio glossary ― all tied closely to material in the text.
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- NEW! Introduction to Diagnostic Imaging discusses radiology and features medical terms used in clinical practice.
- NEW! Laboratory Medical Terms provide insight into laboratory tests, collection techniques, and sections of clinical laboratories.
- NEW! Expanded quizzes with additional practical application questions conclude each lesson.
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LESSON 1 Introduction to Medical Language, Body Structure, Oncology, and Laboratory Tests
LESSON 2 Directional Terms, Positions, and Imaging
LESSON 3 Integumentary System, Colors, and Plural Endings
LESSON 4 Respiratory System
LESSON 5 Urinary System
LESSON 6 Reproductive Systems
LESSON 7 Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems
LESSON 8 Digestive System
LESSON 9 Eye and Ear
LESSON 10 Musculoskeletal System
LESSON 11 Nervous System and Behavioral Health
LESSON 12 Endocrine System
APPENDIX A Word Parts Used in Basic Medical Language
APPENDIX B Abbreviations & Error-Prone List
APPENDIX C Answer Key
Illustration Credits
Index
Evolve Appendices, Evolve Resources at evolve.elsevier.com
APPENDIX D Pharmacology Terms
APPENDIX E Health Information Technology Terms
APPENDIX F Integrative Medicine Terms
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