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Summary:
Quickly master the basics of medical terminology and begin speaking and writing terms almost immediately! Based on Davi Chabner's effective learning methods, this book's straightforward approach omits time-consuming, nonessential information and focuses on helping you actively build a working vocabulary of the most frequently encountered suffixes, prefixes, and word roots. Terms are introduced in the context of human anatomy and physiology to help you understand exactly what they mean, and case studies and vignettes throughout the book demonstrate how they're used in practice. With all this plus NEW animations and games on the companion CD, you'll be amazed at how easily medical terminology becomes part of your vocabulary.
Self-teaching text/workbook approach reinforces learning every step of the way with labeling diagrams, pronunciation tests, and review sheets throughout the book.
Simple, clear, non-technical explanations of terms demystify medical terminology even if you've had little or no background in medicine or science.
UNIQUE Medical Scramble activity challenges you to unscramble the letters of terms - a fun way to improve your spelling accuracy and word recognition.
UNIQUE Medical Detective activity on the student CD presents scenarios with missing information that you must locate in order to correctly answer questions.
Case studies and vignettes illustrate real-life applications of medical terms.
UNIQUE Illustrations in the Spanish glossary include labels in both English and Spanish to help you understand terms you are likely to encounter in the health care setting.
Additional online student resources on the companion Evolve website include extra quizzes, an English-Spanish glossary of over 5,000 terms, and the Body Spectrum Electronic Anatomy Coloring Book program.
New audio CD packaged with the text provides correct pronunciations of terms and definitions.
The improved student CD packaged with the text offers even more interactive ways to learn, featuring NEW Archie MD animations, fun games, labeling exercises, Medical Detective activities, and an image glossary.
Spotlights highlight easily confused medical terms to improve your ability to distinguish the meanings of terms.
Picture Show activities present an image of a condition, disorder, or structure, followed by a series of questions about the image, giving you the opportunity to apply what you've learned.
More NEW, updated photos of pathology familiarize you with medical conditions and associated terminology.
Customer Reviews:
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Medical Terminology-A Short Course 5th Edition
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The book is very good. It comes with two CD's - a Companion CD that goes through each chapter with quizes, spelling bees etc. Very, very helpful. The other CD, Audio CD, is great for playing on a cd player to listen to for reviewing each chapter. However, when the Audio CD gets to Chapter Four it stops half way through the lesson, reverts back to Lesson One and will not advance to Lesson Five. Not good!
Great except for visual CD design
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I just received this book and think it's great. I'd taken med. term. years ago and ordered this as a brush-up course for myself (I do medical transcription).
So far, the only complaint I have is the visual CD, where somebody tried to be a little too creative with the coloring.
The computer exercises are great and give good explanations and examples--if you can SEE them! Some terms are written in dark blue against a dark brown background! What the heck were they thinking? And other terms are actually BROWN on a brown background! What?? I keep having to move my head around to view the screen from different angles in order to read the terms. It is extremely annoying and distracting.
It should have been done in clear colors, dark text on light background. Learning medical terminology is not the time to get cute with "fancy" designs! Big mistake.
Outside of that, the book seems good. I have a problem with some of the pronunciations. For example, "acute" = ah-KUT. Does that rhyme with "cut"? No, but if you didn't know better, you could think it does.
However, out of 100, I'd give the book itself a 98, at least. In one of the reviews here, someone thought there was too much attention paid to illustrations. I actually like the pictures. Hearing a doctor say the patient wears a CPAP machine at night is one thing but seeing what it looks like (if you're unfamiliar with them) is something else (p. 163). I think the illustrations are helpful for understanding terms.
All in all, I recommend the book, but next time, Davi-Ellen, you may want to more closely oversee the people working on the visuals for your accompanying CD! (I still have an anatomy and physiology book written by Davi-Ellen Chabner called The Language of Medicine from almost 20 yrs ago when I learned medical transcription, which was also a good book.)
almost perfect
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I thought i got a good deal when i bought this, but when i got to class i found out i did not receive an access code with this book. so i might have to go back and buy an access code.. ugh so dissapointed.
Medical Terminology
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Great book. Can't go wrong with this book great pictures easy to follow and a fun CD. I give it a 10/10
Medical Terminology: A Short Course
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Warning: This is NOT the latest edition of this textbook.
This book is easy to read, and is a pretty comprehensive look at medical terms, their definitions, and the rules of language.
I personally think the author relied too heavily upon illustrations-and 'hid' some of the pertinent information in the pictures' captions. I would have preferred more text, with either smaller pictures, or perhaps a group of pictures at the end of the chapter.
This book does come (originally) with CDs- One is a companion AUDIO CD, and the other is a study aide. I found both to be quite helpful.
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