Study Guide and Procedure Checklist Manual for Kinn’s The Administrative Medical Assistant

An Applied Learning Approach

15 Edición - 2 de septiembre de 2022
Última edición
Autores: Brigitte Niedzwiecki, Julie Pepper
Idioma: Inglés

Designed to support the trusted content in Kinn’s The Administrative Medical Assistant, 15th Edition, this study guide is an essential review and practice companion to reinforce k… Leer más

Descripción

Designed to support the trusted content in Kinn’s The Administrative Medical Assistant, 15th Edition, this study guide is an essential review and practice companion to reinforce key concepts, encourage critical thinking, and help you apply medical assisting content. This robust companion guide offers a wide range of activities to strengthen your understanding of common administrative skills — including certification preparation questions, a review of medical terminology and anatomy, and application exercises. Trusted for more than 65 years as a key part of the journey from classroom to career, it also features competency checklists to accurately measure your progress and performance from day one until you land your first job as a medical assistant.

Puntos claves

Approximately 70 step-by-step procedure checklists enable you to assess and track your performance for every procedure included in the textbook
Chapter-by-chapter correlation with the textbook allows you to easily follow core textbook competencies
Matching and acronym activities reinforce your understanding of medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and chapter vocabulary
Short-answer and fill-in-the-blank exercises strengthen your comprehension of key concepts
Multiple-choice questions help you prepare for classroom and board exams
Workplace application exercises promote critical thinking and job readiness before you enter practice
Internet exercises offer ideas for expanded and project-based learning

De interès para

Medical Assisting students

Índice

1. The Professional Medical Assistant and the Healthcare Team

2. Therapeutic Communication

3. Legal Principles

4. Healthcare Laws

5. Healthcare Ethics

6. Introduction to Medical Terminology and Anatomy

7. Patient Coaching

8. Technology

9. Written Communication

10. Telephone Techniques

11. Scheduling Appointments and Patient Processing

12. Health Records

13. Daily Operations and Safety

14. Principles of Pharmacology

15. Health Insurance Essentials

16. Diagnostic Coding Essentials

17. Procedural Coding Essentials

18. Medical Billing and Reimbursement Essentials

19. Patient Accounts and Practice Management

20. Advanced Roles in Administration

21. Medical Emergencies

22. Skills and Strategies

Detalles del producto

Edición: 15
Última edición
Publicado: 2 de septiembre de 2022
Idioma: Inglés

Sobre los autores

Brigitte Niedzwiecki

Brigitte Niedzwiecki began her healthcare career as a nurse, working in the hospital with surgical and pediatric patients and also in urgent care. After obtaining her master’s degree in nursing, Brigitte worked in patient and staff education, as a software trainer, and as a nurse educator before transitioning into education. She has been the Medical Assisting program director at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin for nearly 20 years, during which time she has participated in reviewing and writing and has helped develop state and national Medical Assisting curricula. She is also lead author of Kinn’s Medical Assisting Fundamentals, a related MA core text designed primarily for programs that do not offer a separate A&P course and are focused on certification.

Afiliaciones y experiencia

Medical Assistant Program Director and Instructor, Chippewa Valley Technical College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA

Julie Pepper

Julie Pepper has spent her entire career in health care as a medical assistant in a variety of offices and clinics, developing expertise in the electronic health record and as an instructor in a medical assistant program. She combines her education in dietetics with her clinical and administrative experience as an instructor in the Medical Assisting program at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin, where she taught for 21 years and from where she retired from teaching. Julie was also the program director for the college’s Health Navigator program. She has served as a reviewer and contributor to numerous Medical Assisting educational products over the last decade, including Sim Chart for the Medical Office. She currently serves as the sole author of The Electronic Health Record for the Physician’s Office and The Simulated Administrative Medical Office. She has been leading author of Beik's Health Insurance Today text and workbook since the 8th edition. She also has been a coauthor for Kinn’s Medical Assisting Fundamentals, Kinn’s The Medical Assistant, and Today’s Medical Assistant. Julie strives to bring the needed information to students in a way to keep them interested in learning all that they need to be wonderful employees working in healthcare.