Overview

Get the review and practice you need to master essential medical assisting skills! Corresponding to the chapters in Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals, 3rd Edition, this study guide offers a wide range of exercises to reinforce your understanding of administrative and clinical competencies. Review questions test your proficiency with subjects such as anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, math basics, and key administrative and clinical concepts. Hands-on activities and competency checklists help you apply your knowledge to patient care. With this practical workbook, you’ll have all the review and practice you need to succeed in the classroom and begin preparing for a successful and rewarding career as a Medical Assistant. Review and practice supports educational competencies and certification test plan coverage. Focus on foundational areas includes a solid review of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and basic math calculations. Vocabulary review, multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and true/false questions test your knowledge and understanding of key concepts. A variety of activities includes Skills & Concepts, Word Puzzles, Case Studies, Workplace Applications, and Internet Activities to provide practice with application and critical thinking. Chapter review quizzes assess your comprehension and serve as an excellent review for classroom and certification exams. Competency Checklists help you confirm mastery of key administrative and clinical skills. Work Products provide documentation of key tasks and help in building a skills portfolio. NEW! New content includes lab procedures such as stool collection for Cologuard and CLIA-waived test procedures commonly used in the ambulatory care environment. NEW! Revised and updated Medical Laboratory and Radiology chapters are included in this edition. NEW! Additional administrative procedures address the latest CAAHEP competencies.

Full Product Details

9780443409868

Table of Contents

Reviews

Author Information

Brigitte Niedzwiecki began her healthcare career as a nurse, working in the hospital with surgical and pediatric patients and also in urgent care. After obtaining her master's degree in nursing, Brigitte worked in patient and staff education, as a software trainer, and as a nurse educator before transitioning into education. She has been the Medical Assisting program director at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin for nearly 20 years, during which time she has participated in reviewing and writing and has helped develop state and national Medical Assisting curricula. She is also lead author of Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals, a related MA core text designed primarily for programs that do not offer a separate A&P course and are focused on certification.

Tab Content 6

Countries Available