- Guidelines, technologies, and the demands of this industry are changing fast. It is hard to keep up with what is new and expected when you have a full classroom.
- Today’s student brings unique challenges to an educational environment. In addition to skills and tasks, you have to teach critical thinking, professionalism, and communication.
- In a classroom of mixed generations, ability levels, and learning types, engaging all of the students is critical, but requires a multitude of options, which can be tough to plan for an already time-pressed instructor.
- Providing the content in a way that speaks to students, with an engaging style that puts comprehension and understanding at the forefront of the experience.
- Putting pedagogy to work in the text through key features like patient education boxes, competency checklists, procedure boxes, etc. We’ve emphasized not only the skill needed, but also continually draw the connection between what a student is learning and what they will need to do when they are working in a medical office.
- Placing students in the real environment in which they will need to live! Our electronic EMR and PMS software package allows you to train students in a platform already in use in medical offices throughout the country. And to help you train, we provide case studies to help keep make the learning experience as real-world as possible.
- Showing what we teach through skills videos to help definitively show the procedures and skills described so learners of all styles can better understand.
- Constantly reinforcing the learning through additional online ancillaries including animations, ESL resources, etc. to round out the experience.
- Helping instructors lessen planning time, giving them more time with their students, through robust instructor resources including lesson plans, PowerPoints, and more.
- A competency spreadsheet helps faculty members and students track their progress through the material.
New content in the fourth edition focuses on addressing crucial changes in policy and technology. Without changing the engaging writing style we’re known for, we’ve made sure that the content is up-to-date and in-line with the needs of the market. We’ve added content on emergency preparedness, a crucial topic in today’s medical office. In addition, instructors will be happy to find the latest CAAHEP and ABHES competencies clearly addressed throughout the text.Online Tutoring powered by Smarthinking—Free online tutoring, powered by Smarthinking, gives students access to expert nursing and allied health science educators whose mission, like yours, is to achieve success. Students can access live tutoring support, critiques of written work, and other valuable tools.
Product Details
- Hardcover: 1256 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Fourth edition (March 31, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1451100655
- ISBN-13: 978-1451100655
- ISBN-13: 9781451100655
- eText ISBN: 9781451181296
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.