Medical Terminology Quick & Concise: A Programmed Learning Approach is a unique combination of core medical terminology and a programmed self-study approach that allows you to easily master and apply the building blocks of medical terminology.

Programmed Learning Approach to Medical Terminology, Third Edition is ideal for self-paced study, classroom use, or distance learning. Reflecting current medical usage, the book facilitates study by including questions on the right side of each page and answers on the left. A bookmark (packaged with the text) allows students to cover the answers as they move down the page and reveal them as they go. This edition features a more concise presentation, new content, exercises in the book and online, and a robust array of online teaching and learning resources.

This medical terminology text uses a Programmed Learning approach that is ideal for classroom use, self-paced study, or distance learning. It is broken down into concise self-instruction frames followed by review frames for immediate feedback and reinforcement. Actual medical records and medical record analysis activities are used extensively throughout the book. Highlights of this edition include a more engaging design, additional illustrations, more detailed coverage of term components, chapter objectives checklists, and acronyms and abbreviations charts. A free bound-in CD-ROM contains Stedman's audio pronunciations and interactive exercises. LiveAdvise: Medical Terminology—an online student tutoring and faculty support service—is free with the book. A fully customizable online course created specifically for this text is available as an additional purchase.

This text uses a programmed learning approach to medical terminology which allows the student to learn at his or her own pace. Material is broken into smaller frames, followed by test questions with each chapter covering one body system. Full color throughout with beautiful artwork. Every chapter contains many types of exercises and learning activities, labeling, crossword puzzles, case studies of medical reports, audio CD exercises, dictionary exercises, and vocabulary exercises. This version contains an audio CD AND an interactive CD-ROM with additional learning activities.

...presents a step-by-step, self-paced approach to under- standing medical terminology using actual medical records that add context & dimension ot your learning