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This Student Workbook is the perfect companion to the AAMT Book of Style, the recognized authority on medical transcription styles, forms, and practices. Organized by topic, the workbook is designed to help you both learn the AAMT Book of Style guidelines and standards and apply them correctly. It is the only training manual developed by AAMT and the only manual that focuses specifically on AAMT guidelines and standards. You get a complete set of materials to practice, assess, and fine-tune your skills as a medical transcriptionist, student, or practitioner.

Features of the Student Workbook:

• Topical approach organizes the AAMT guidelines and standards into logical subjects to facilitate both teaching and learning.
• Expanded explanations offer clear instructions for applying the guidelines and standards on the job.
• Development by AAMT ensures that you learn the only generally accepted guidelines and standards in medical transcription and get the training you need for certification.

A bonus CD-ROM packaged with this workbook features dictation exercises and review questions, enabling you to practice and assess your skills.

Whether you are preparing for the AAMT Registered or Certified Medical Transcriptionist Exams or simply wanting to hone your professional skills, the Student Workbook is the best tool available for learning the AAMT guidelines and standards and applying them in practice. Order your copy today!

This plain-English guide to language that can be just plain confusing clears up the meanings of the Greek and Latin sources of medical terms. You’ll get a handle on how these mouthfuls are constructed, and discover how to decipher any medical term, no matter how complex or unusual. You’ll also get plenty of help in pronouncing and remembering medical words, and you’ll find out how and why the terminology changes from hospital to laboratory to pharmacy. You’ll discover how to:

• Understand word foundations and origins
• Grasp the essential meanings of unfamiliar terms
• Define common prefixes and suffixes
• Identify and pronounce medical terms
• Deconstruct words to grasp definitions
• Use plurals and multiples with ease
• Describe medical conditions accurately
• Bone up on terms that describe the anatomy
• Use mnemonic devices to remember medical terms
• Know when words refer to diseases, injuries, treatments, and more
• Use medical terminology in the real world

Complete with a list of essential references on medical terminology as well as helpful word-building activities Medical Terminology For Dummies puts you in the know in no time.

Completely updated with more than 36,000 new terms, this Fifth Edition is the most current, accurate, and comprehensive reference for terminology related to medical and surgical equipment. Coverage includes equipment used in diagnosis, testing, procedures, operations, and treatment. Content is derived from ongoing reviews of print and electronic journals and manufacturer sources across medical and surgical specialties.

Organized alphabetically and cross-referenced by first and last word, this book provides quick look-up of medical and surgical equipment terms. Appendices include images, sample reports, common terms by procedure, and leading manufacturers and Websites.

The 4th edition (1500 pages) is still organized by specialty, with words appearing in more than one section if they apply to more than one specialty. The General Surgical Terms section contains primarily surgical hardware. Other surgical terms, like titles of operations, appear in the appropriate specialty section. The Drugs and Chemistry section has been removed, but the Dentistry section has been restored and updated, and a new section, Oncology and Hematology has been added. Neurology and Psychiatry have been separated, and other specialty sections have been expanded and the titles changed. See the table of contents which has changed substantially.

Designed by transcriptionists for transcriptionists, Sloane's Medical Word Book is a must-have tool for anyone creating medical documents.

Coverage of anatomy and general medical terminology as well as 18 medical specialties.

Both phonetic and correct spellings of words are listed alphabetically for rapid access.

16 pages of full-color anatomy plates.

Brand-new sections on Dentistry and Oncology and Hematology.

Previous entries reviewed and thousands added to reflect current medical practice.

Context clues have been added, cross-references are clearer, and numerous terms have been recategorized.