The Medical Assistant : Administrative and Clinical (8th ed)

Here's the New Edition of the complete, authoritative, and student-friendly text on medical assisting.

It clearly explains the administrative and clinical skills readers need to become successful Medical Assisting professionals.

The state-of-the-art 8th Edition integrates all topics and skills competencies required by the new AAMA Role Delineation Study-and features new, full-colour artwork. Features: * WHAT'S NEW: * Complies with all accreditation requirements contained in the AAMA's Occupational Analysis of the Medical Assisting Profession. * Lists what Role Delineation competencies are covered in each chapter. * Makes reading more exciting and stimulating with brand-new, full-colour illustrations throughout the text. * Offers an integrated "total learning system" featuring a new Student Learning and Competency Resource and interactive CD-ROM as well as a new Instructor Curriculum Guide and EXAMaster. * Builds comprehension and problem-solving skills with new "Memory Joggers" questions, "How Did I Do" answers, and critical-thinking challenge exercises. * Presents new information that discuss legal/ethical issues; patient education; skills and responsibilities; personal qualities, and AAMA Role Delineation Competencies. * Illustrates vital components of medical assisting practice with new "Tools of the Profession" design theme and elements. * FEATURES: * Examines in-depth the knowledge and skills students need to prepare for the Medical Assisting Certification Exam. * Incorporates straightforward language and a real-world orientation that make it easy to apply knowledge from the text on the job. * Facilitates reading and study with chapter outlines, vocabulary definitions, and learning objectives. * Discusses anatomy and physiology relevant to important concepts.