Medical Assisting, Administrative and Clinical Competencies

Features:

• Includes new chapters devoted to the office environment, computers and equipment, specialty exams and other procedures, emergencies in the medical office and the community, and managing the office, all designed to familiarize students with essential competencies relevant to modern medical assistants' daily work—and to enhance their value and marketability as future professionals.
• Eight new procedures and many additional procedures revised covering general, administrative, and clinical competencies, providing learners with accurate, up-to-date information related to common professional practices.
• A streamlined organization structure makes the current edition more accessible and effective for today's learners, and curriculum has been mapped to the latest curriculum standards for programmatic accreditation, including the latest ABHES standards and the newly approved 2015 CAAHEP standards. Standards mapping is provided for procedures, competency checklists, and the Instructor's Manual for easy reference.
• Many popular in-text features have been expanded and enhanced for the Eighth Edition, including Clinical Pearl and Patient Education boxes that bring real-world perspectives to the readings, and valuable coverage of topics such as professionalism, teamwork, time management, and workplace readiness to foster students' personal growth.
• Revised and expanded coverage of numerous topics important to today's medical assistant, such as fundamentals of psychology, electronic health records, safety in the medical office, Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the Affordable Care Act, ICD-10, nutrition, and the patient-centered medical home (PCMH).
• The laboratory procedures unit has been restructured to correlate with the flow process in a real clinic and laboratory setting, giving readers a better understanding of how laboratory procedures are conducted in a real-world environment.
• Provides a strong foundation in essential medical knowledge by providing a thorough introduction to anatomy and physiology including medical terminology, diagnostic tests, diseases and disorders, and treatments as well as feature boxes highlighting body systems throughout the lifespan and exploring their interrelationships with other systems.
• Extensive color photos, illustrations, charts, and tables help bring chapter contents to life and make important concepts easier to understand and apply for visual learners.
• Patient Education boxes throughout the text draw students' attention to important issues to discuss with patients before and during tests and examinations, while Clinical Pearl boxes offer real-world perspectives to complement the readings.
• Check Your Knowledge quizzes at the end of each chapter allow learners to assess their understanding of the material. Questions are presented in the style of certification exams so readers can gain familiarity with the exam format and increase their confidence when preparing for certification.

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