Medical Terminology Simplified

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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

This self-instructional book is designed to provide the student with skills to learn medical terminology easily and

quickly. The book’s design and flexibility enable its use as a self-instructional book or one that can be used in traditional

lecture and classroom environments. The following distinctive features are included in this learning package:

• The programmed learning approach presents a word-building method for developing a medical vocabulary in
  an effective, interesting manner. It is designed for use in a traditional classroom setting or for independent
  study with an instructor.


• The workbook-text format is designed to guide you through exercises that teach and reinforce medical
  terminology.


• Numerous activities in each unit are designed to enable the student to be interactively involved in the learning
  process. Writing, reading, listening, visualizing, and keyboarding encompass the various learning styles employed
  in the book to help the student master medical terminology. With this method, the student will not only under-
  stand but also remember the significant concepts of medical word building.


• Students learn by active participation. In this book, students write answers in response to blocks of informa-
  tion, complete section review exercises, and analyze medical reports. If a student is not satisfied with his or her
  level of comprehension after the review exercises, reinforcement frames direct the student to go back and
  rework the corresponding informational frames.


• New to this edition is a designated icon in each chapter that directs the student to visit the Medical
  Language Labfor a flash-card review of word elements covered in the chapter.


• The audio exercises provide reinforcement of pronunciation, definitions, and spelling practice of medical
  terms. The terms and pronunciations are now available by visiting the DavisPluswebsite.


• Pronunciation keys for all medical words are included in the frame answer boxes and help the student
  pronounce each term correctly. Newly designed pronunciation guides in each chapter give the student a
  more accurate understanding of the proper pronunciation of medical words.


• The appendices include many tools students can use as references when they begin working in the clinical
  field.
  We hope the pedagogical and visual features of Medical Terminology Simplified: A Programmed Learning Approach
  by Body System,5th edition, make learning the language of medicine an exciting, rewarding process. We invite
  instructors and students to continue the tradition of sending their suggestions to the F. A. Davis Company so that
  we can consider them for the next edition.

—BARBARAA. GYLYS

—REGINAM. MASTERS

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