Procedure Skills

To keep current with your accreditation needs, the authors of this series have written new skills, available below!

Fecal Occult Blood Testing (49.0K)

Procedure Strep A Testing (46.0K)

Rapid Infectious Mononucleosis Test (61.0K)

Resources Mono Strep Occult Blood 24 Hour Urine (24.0K)

24 Hour Urine Collection (50.0K)

Ultrasonic Cleaner Procedure (48.0K)

Digital Supplements

Student CD-ROM. The Student CD-ROM provides a comprehensive learning program that is correlated to each chapter of the text and reinforces competencies required to become a medical assistant. Short video clips and pictures introduce skills and case studies for application. In addition, numerous interactive exercises and applications are provided for every chapter in the text. The Student CD, included with each student textbook and updated to include new administrative and clinical practice activities, provides the following menu choices:

• 1 Day in the Life Critical Thinking
• Administrative Practice Activities
• Clinical Practice Activities
• Anatomy and Physiology Review
• Games: Spin the Wheel, Key Term Concentration, and Challenge
• Interactive Review
• Audio Glossary
• Progress Report
• Online Learning Center

Online Learning Center. The Online Learning Center (OLC) is a text-specific website that offers an extensive array of learning and teaching tools, including chapter quizzes with immediate feedback, news-feeds, links to relevant websites, and many more study resources. Log on at www.mhhe.com/medicalassisting4e.

Instructor Productivity CD-ROM. The Instructor Productivity CD-ROM provides easy-to-use resources for class preparation. The Instructor Productivity CD-ROM includes the following:

• EZTest test generator with over 5000 questions and answer rationales and correlations to AAMA competencies
• PowerPoint® Presentations
• Correlations to AAMA, AMT, NHA, NOCTI, CAAHEP, and SCANS Standards
• Course syllabi
• Figure browser
• Video clip library
• Lesson plans
• Course management allows you to monitor and record student progress on the student CD activities
• Ability to modify the interactive questions on the CD

Print Supplements

The Student Workbook provides an opportunity for the student to review and practice the material and skills presented in the textbook. Divided into parts and presented by chapter, Part one provides:

• Vocabulary review exercises, which test knowledge of key terms in the chapter
• Content review exercises, which test the student’s knowledge of key concepts in the chapter
• Critical thinking exercises, which test the student’s understanding of key concepts in the chapter
• Application exercises, which include figures and practice forms and test mastery of specific skills
• Case studies, which apply the chapter material to real life situations or problems
• Part Two includes procedure checklists, presented in the order in which they are presented in the student textbook. These checklists have been revised for each of use, and include correlations to the ABHES and CAAHEP competencies mastered with the successful completion of each procedure.
• Part Three, Work Product Documentation, provides blank charting forms for many of the procedures that include a work product. These forms can be used to practice and test the procedure competencies.

The Instructor’s Resource Binder provides the instructor with materials to help organize lessons and classroom interactions. It includes:

• A list of learning outcomes, the chapter outline, a complete lesson plan for each chapter, including an introduction to the lesson, teaching strategies, alternate teaching strategies, case studies, assessment, chapter close, resources, and an answer key to the student textbook
• An answer key to the Student Workbook
• Charts that show the location in the student textbook, the Student Workbook, and the Instructor’s Resource Binder of material that correlates with the following:
• The 2008 American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Occupational Analysis
• The Association of Medical Technologists (AMT) Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) Certified Exam Topics
• The National Healthcareer Association (NHA) Medical Assisting Duty/Task List,
• The National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) Job Ready Sample Assessment competencies and skills
• The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) Standards and Guidelines for Medical Assisting Education Programs competencies
• The Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) areas of competence
• The Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES) Medical Assisting competencies and curriculum.
• PowerPoint Presentations on the Instructor Productivity CD-ROM
• The EasyTest generator with over 5000 questions to use or modify to meet your course needs.
• Computer software for the student and instructor is also available. The Student CD-ROM is packaged with each student textbook.

The Pocket Guide to Accompany Medical Assisting, 4e is a quick and handy reference to use while working as a medical assistant or during training. It includes critical procedure steps, bulleted lists, and brief information all medical assistants should know. Information is sorted by Administrative, Clinical and General content.

Together, the Student Edition, the Student Workbook, and the Instructor’s Resource Binder form a complete teaching and learning package. The Medical Assisting course will prepare students to enter the medical assisting field with all the knowledge and skills needed to be a useful resource to patients, a valued asset to employers, and a credit to the medical assisting profession.