Lippincott Williams and Wilkins' Clinical Medical Assisting (2nd ed.)

This competency based (focuses on the student's mastery of skills) textbook is designed to meet the needs of students in medical assisting who are studying the clinical (related to the bedside care of the patient) portion of the curriculum.

FEATURES: Designed to meet the needs of those programs teaching clinical medical assisting (related to the bedside care of a patient) separately from the administrative skills (front office) Entire text reviewed by an ESL expert to ensure the language used is understandable and appropriate for non-native English speakers.

In addition, Spanish terms & phrases are located in tables throughout the chapter to help students communicate with Spanish-speaking patients Back of book CD-ROM includes: certification exam preparation (a mock examination) & Interactive Case Studies.

Each case study presents a real-life scenario in the medical office Critical Thinking Challenges (Real-life scenarios designed to require the student to develop, create, write, or search for more information) located at the end of each chapter.