Digital Supplements

Student CD-ROM. The Student CD-ROM provides a comprehensive learning program that is correlated to each chapter of the text and reinforces competencies required to become a medical assistant. Short video clips and pictures introduce skills and case studies for application. In addition, numerous interactive exercises and applications are provided for every chapter in the text. The Student CD, included with each student textbook, provides the following menu choices:

• 1 Day in the Life Critical Thinking
• Administrative Practice Activities
• Clinical Practice Activities
• Anatomy and Physiology Review
• Games: Spin the Wheel, Key Term Concentration, and Challenge
• Interactive Review
• Audio Glossary
• Progress Report
• Online Learning Center

Online Learning Center. The Online Learning Center (OLC) is a text-specific website that offers an extensive array of learning and teaching tools, including chapter quizzes with immediate feedback, news-feeds, links to relevant websites, and many more study resources. Log on at www.mhhe.com/medicalassisting3 .

Instructor Productivity CD-ROM. The Instructor Productivity CD-ROM provides easy-to-use resources for class preparation. The Instructor Productivity CD-ROM includes the following:

• EZTest test generator with over 5000 questions and answer rationales and correlations to AAMA competencies
• PowerPoint® Presentations
• Correlations to AAMA, AMT, NHA, NOCTI, CAAHEP, and SCANS Standards
• Course syllabi
• Figure browser
• Video clip library
• Lesson plans

Print Supplements

The Student Workbook provides an opportunity for the student to review the material and skills presented in the textbook. On a chapter-by-chapter basis, it provides:

• Vocabulary review exercises, which test knowledge of key terms in the chapter
• Content review exercises, which test the student’s knowledge of key concepts in the chapter
• Critical thinking exercises, which test the student’s understanding of key concepts in the chapter
• Application exercises, which include figures and practice forms and test mastery of specific skills
• Case studies, which apply the chapter material to real life situations or problems
• Competency checklists for the procedures in the text The Instructor’s Resource Binder provides the instructor with materials to help organize lessons and classroom interactions. It includes:
• A complete lesson plan for each chapter, including an introduction to the lesson, teaching strategies, alternate teaching strategies, case studies, assessment, chapter close, resources, and an answer key to the student textbook
• Procedure competency checklists, reproduced from the Student Workbook
• An answer key to the Student Workbook
• Charts that show the location in the student textbook, the Student Workbook, and the Instructor’s Resource Binder of material that correlates with the following:
• The 2003 American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) Role Delineation Study Areas of Competence
• The Association of Medical Technologists (AMT) Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) Certified Exam Topics
• The National Healthcareer Association (NHA) Medical Assisting Duty/Task List,
• The National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI) Job Ready Sample Assessment competencies and skills
• The Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) Standards and Guidelines for Medical Assisting Education Programs competencies
• The Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) areas of competence
• PowerPoint Presentations on the Instructor Productivity CD-ROM
• Computer software for the student and instructor is also available. The Student CD-ROM is packaged with each student textbook.

Together, the Student Edition, the Student Workbook, and the Instructor’s Resource Binder form a complete teaching and learning package. The Medical Assisting course will prepare students to enter the medical assisting field with all the knowledge and skills needed to be a useful resource to patients, a valued asset to employers, and a credit to the medical assisting profession.