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A Short Course in Medical Terminology,
Second Edition
C. Edward Collins
February 2010/ 500 pp./ 130 illus./ Text: 978-0-7817-9883-9/ Text and Premium
Online Course: 978-0-7817-9979-9
Features:
Instructor Resources
(available online/CD):
• Test Generator
• PowerPoint Slides
• Lesson Plans
• Classroom Activities
• Crossword Puzzle Builder
• Image Bank
Student Resources
(available online/CD):
• Full-Text Online
• Quiz Bank
• Games and Audio Drills
• Flash Cards
• Animations
•Designed for self-instruction or classroom use
•Fast, effective, efficient way to study
•Organized into two sections: Part One covers the basics of
terminology, word parts, and word analysis; Part Two is devoted to the
major body systems
•An Online Course is available for use with this text and guides
students through the book and offers a variety of assessment exercises
•NEW! Redesign of entire book for improved visual appeal and
organization
•NEW! Addition of Learning Objectives to each chapter
•NEW! Enhanced deciphering medical documents feature allows for
practical application of chapter content
•NEW! Enhanced art program; addition of 40 figures to give visual
reinforcement of content
•NEW! Enhanced chapter exercises - more and more variety for fun
practice
•NEW! Expanded content: Pharmacology in each body systems
chapter, Additional Pathologies
•NEW! Expanded content: New Appendices: Abbreviations, Medical
Word Parts, Error-Prone Abbreviations
•Premium Online Course is compatible with WebCT and BlackBoard
Medical Terminology Quick & Concise:
A Programmed Learning Approach
Marjorie Canfield Willis, CMA-AC
February 2009/ 464 pp./ 150 illus./ Text: 978-0-7817-6534-3/ Text & Premium
Online Course: 978-0-7817-9572-2
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Instructor Resources:
• Test Generator
• PowerPoint Slides
• Lesson Plans
• Classroom Handouts
• Image Bank
Student Resources:
• Review Exercises
• Scored Chapter Quizzes and a
Final Exam
• Game Learning Activities
• Audio Pronunciation Glossary
• Electronic Dictionary by chapter
provided by Stedman’s Medical
Dictionary, 28th edition
• Flash Cards
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Uses a programmed and contextual learning approach
Meet the Patient introduces patients in realistic situations
Core Term Components
Self-Instruction introduces suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms as
term basics in increments
Programmed Review sections help students take that information
and build on it to form new terms at their own pace
Vital Statistics give students an opportunity to expand their
knowledge in a meaningful way
On Closer Inspection boxes provide more content depth for better
understanding
Rx for Success give tips and reminders, as well as specific pitfalls to
avoid when analyzing terms
Key Terms Listing in each chapter provides written and audio
pronunciation
Medical Record Exercises provide students with real-world context
and a chance to apply knowledge in a practical way
Color-coded Flash Cards located at the back of the text
Artwork with full-color illustrations and photographs
Appendices
- Easy-to-reference summary of medical term components
- Glossary of abbreviations and symbols
- List of the 50 most frequently prescribed medications,
including their therapeutic uses
Premium Online Course is compatible with WebCT and BlackBoard
Medical Terminology: An Illustrated
Guide, Sixth Edition
Barbara Johnson Cohen, BA, MSEd
March 2010/ 784 pp./ 320 illus./ 978-1-60547-604-9
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•PowerPoint Slides
•Lesson Plans
•Word Search Activities
•Additional Case Studies
•Fill-in-the-Blank Table Exercises
•Image Bank
•Instructor’s Test Generator
•WebCT and Blackboard-Ready
Cartridges
Student Resources:
•Animations
•Look & Label Figure Labeling
•Zooming In Questions
•Concentration Activities
•Audio Flash Cards
•Audio Drills (which can be
downloaded as MP3 Files)
•Listen & Label Exercises
•NEW!: User friendly design makes it easier for students to review content and
learn medical terminology
•NEW!: Robust ancillary program with PASSport to Success™ included, as well
as the addition of animations
•Detailed full-color illustrations demonstrate key points and make terminology
easier to remember
•Pretests at the beginning of each chapter prepare your students for material
that they will learn in the chapter
•NEW! Addition of dental terminology in response to reviewer feedback
•NEW!: Updated representation of health professions
•NEW!: Inclusion of written pronunciations for all appropriate terms
•Case Studies and questions show medical terminology used in context and
applied to real-life clinical situations
•Organization makes content accessible enough that text can be used as
part of classroom instruction, for independent study, or for distance learning
•Starter set of printed flashcards; NEW to this edition, ancillaries include
electronic flashcards of all terms in the text, as well as the ability to add
additional flashcards
•Special interest boxes throughout the text provide a closer examination of
different words and clinical perspectives with real-world application
•Say It Out Loud, Spelling Bee, and Sound It
Out Exercises
•Dictionary and Audio Glossary
Application
•Case Studies with Questions
•Crossword Puzzles
•Multiple Choice, True/False, and Fill-in-the
Blank Questions
•Chapter Quizzes
•Word Building
•Flash Card Generator
•Interactive Games
Stedman’s Medical Terminology:
Steps to Success in Medical Language
Charlotte Creason, RHIA (Editor)
October 2010/ 784 pp./ 400 illus./ 978-1-58255-816-5
Features:
Instructor Resources:
•Instructor's Manual (PDF); Image
Bank; PowerPoint slides with Lecture
Notes; Lesson Plans; Test Bank;
Animations; Crossword Puzzle
Builder; Classroom Handouts (word
searches, crossword puzzles, and
medical scrambles); Medical
Record Library; and Web Links
Student Resources:
•Quiz Bank; Games; Additional
Medical Records Exercises;
Stedman's Glossary with Audio
Pronunciations; Electronic Flash
Cards; Flash Card Builder so students
can create their own flash cards;
Downloadable Audio Drills for MP3
Player; and Animations
• Mid-level medical terminology text perfect for instructors looking for
minimal coverage of anatomy and physiology and plenty of hands-on
exercises to reinforce learning. Each chapter alternates between term
presentation and exercises to ensure that students can apply what they
have learned immediately.
• Simple, straightforward writing style ensures students more easily
comprehend medical terminology
•A variety of exercise types keep the student engaged and build
throughout the chapter, progressing from recall, to word building, to
comprehension, and on to application and analysis; icons throughout
the text identify each exercises position in this progression
• The exercises emphasize real-world context: case studies place the
student in true-to-life situations, and authentic medical records allow the
student to experience medical terminology as it is used in the health
care setting
• Includes thorough coverage of key areas of terminology, including
pharmacology terms in each of the Body Systems chapters, plus a
separate chapter on oncology
• 16-page full-color Stedman's anatomy atlas for easy anatomy
reference
• Robust ancillary program enhances the learning and teaching process
for both students and instructors
• Includes a starter set of printed flashcards to make studying a breeze
• Available Premium Online Course
Medical Terminology: A Programmed
Learning Approach to the Language of
Health Care, Second Edition
Marjorie Canfield Willis, CMA-CA
2007/ 825 pp./ 240 illus./ Text: 978-0-7817-9283-7/ Text & Online Course:
978-0-7817-7109-2
Features:
•Bookmark is part of the approach and allows students to cover up the left-hand
answer columns while memorizing terms or completing exercises in the right-hand
column
•Actual medical records used throughout
Instructor Resources:
•Review exercises and answers are at the end of each chapter
•PowerPoint slides
•Health Care Records chapter explains how terms are learned and reinforced
•Lesson Plans
using medical records
•Word Search Activities with Answer Keys
•Crossword Activities with Answers
•Pharmacology, in body system chapters, gives important drug terms
• Test Generator
•Chapters organized to introduce types of terms the way a condition is
•Image Bank
diagnosed and treated
•Chapter Outlines
•Starter set of flash cards with common medical term components
•Overviews & Objectives
- Expanded chapter on basic term components
•Additional Medical Records/Case Studies
•Sample Course Schedules
- Acronyms and Abbreviations chart at the end of each chapter
•Body System Overview
- Summary of Terms provides a comprehensive list
Student Resources:
- Chapter Objectives checklist guides through the chapter content
•Multiple-Choice & True/False Questions
- Text and Student Resource CD-ROM integrated through chapter
•Figure Labeling Exercises
checklists, along with video chapter introductions to provide a more
•Spelling Bee
interactive learning experience, and encourage use of the CD
•Fill-In-The-Blank
•Games and Learning Activities
- LiveAdvise is a free resource with every book offers free teaching advice
•Case Study/Critical Thinking
and online tutoring
•In Context Medical Record Exercises
- Customizable Premium Online Course available as an additional purchase
•Review or test mode capability
•Pronunciation Drill
•Dictionary
•Flashcards
•Answers to additional medical record exercises
Medical Terminology: The Language of
Health Care, Second Edition
Marjorie Canfield Willis, CMA-CA
2005/ 648 pp./ 560 illus./ Text: 978-0-7817-4510-9/ Text & WebCT: 978-0-7817-59878/ Text & Blackboard: 978-0-7817-5986-1
Features:
Online Course:
•A complete, ready-to-go
course that does not require
any additional content added,
but instructors may add their
own content if they wish
•Customized to the text by
chapter
•Different content from the
book and CD
•Course content includes
exercises, flashcards, weblinks,
and already created quizzes
and assignments
•Medical records demonstrate how terms are used in clinical
setting
•Each chapter includes:
- "Ancient artifacts" boxes with historical backgrounds for
commonly used terms
- Practice exercises with answers
- Medical Record Analyses practice examples give real
world experience
•Organized by Body System
•Chapter 1: Building a Medical Vocabulary is dedicated to time
management, sensory mnemonics, and flash cards use
•Chapter 4: The Medical Record orients to basic forms used to
document patient care
•Additional psychiatry and oncology terms
•Appendices include term components, abbreviations, and
symbols, answers to exercises and a listing of commonly
prescribed drugs
•Bonus CD has assessment exercises and audio pronunciations
•Laminated quick review guide packaged with the text
•Live Advise online tutoring and teaching advice is free
Using Medical Terminology:
A Practical Approach
Judi L Nath PhD
2005/ 957 pp./ 322 illus./ Text: 978-0-7817-4868-1/
Text & WebCT: 978-0-7817-5973-1/ Text & Blackboard: 978-0-7817-5972-4
Features:
Online Course:
•Complete, ready-to-go course
does not require additional content,
but instructors may add if they wish
•Customized to the text by chapter
•Different content from the book
and CD
•Course content includes exercises,
flashcards, audio pronunciations of
key terms from Stedman's, chapter
quizzes, interactive labeling
exercises, the medical terminology
Power Learning self-assessment, and
a comprehensive word combination
reference chart
•Takes a comprehensive approach immersing students in the language of
medical terminology
•Rich art program with an average of 25 images per chapter – featuring
many ACC artwork illustrations
•Students are required to use the full terms in context, rather than breaking
down words and memorizing word parts, lists, and definitions
•Tables throughout the text: Word Parts, Prefixes and Suffixes, Word
Etymology, Key Terms, The Clinical Perspective (summary table with all key
terms used in the pathology sections, and Common Abbreviations)
•Exercises throughout the text: Word Grouping, Word Building, Term
Practice, Key Terms Definition Tests, and Key Terms Spelling Tests
•Answer s for all exercises except Key Terms Definition and Key Terms
Spelling tests
•3-Level Learning System Exercises for Review and Application - A 3-part set
of review exercises for recall, review, and critical thinking
•Boxed content includes:
- Professional Profiles
- Case Studies
- Real World Reports - medical records the Case Study
- System previews - Narratives introduce A&P of the body system
covered
- Fast Facts
- Lifespan boxes - age-related issues discussed in the chapter
- In the News boxes
•Bonus CD-ROM contains audio glossary of terms, Key Terms Spelling Tests,
and word charts
Stedman’s Medical Dictionary for the
Health Professions and Nursing,
Seventh Edition
Stedman’s
2011/ 2512 pp./ 1000 illus./ 978-1-60831-692-2
Features:
Ancillary Assets:
• More than 40,000
pronunciations online
• 5,600 illustrations
available online
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Over 56,000 terms
Nearly 65 valuable appendices
1,000 illustrations
Anatomical insert by Anatomical Chart Company
Written pronunciations for every term
British alternative spellings
Precision-cut thumb tabs
A to Z organization for easier look up
Over 46 leading consultants from the fastest growing
nursing and health professions contributed to the
enhancements of this latest edition
• FREE One year subscription to Stedman’s Online
• FREE version of Stedman’s PLUS Medical/Pharmaceutical
Spellchecker ($99 value)
Stedman’s Pocket Guide to Medical
Language
Stedman’s
October 2008 / 352 pp./ 25 illus./ 978-0-7817-9981-2
Features:
Ancillary Asset:
•Bonus CD-ROM includes:
- Image Bank
- Audio Pronunciation
drills
- Spanish-English
pronunciation glossary
•Portable reference
•16-page full-color anatomy atlas
•Full-color design with printed tabs to quickly orient the
reader
•Quick reference lists
•Quick reference tables
•Spanish-English content
•Audio pronunciations on CD-ROM including Spanish
•Image Bank
•Dedicated sections focus on commonly confused
terminology (including drug names), abbreviations,
acronyms, and symbols
Stedman’s Medical Terminology Flash
Cards, Second Edition
Stedman’s
October 2009/ 1600 pp./ 455 illus./ 978-1-60831-178-1
Features:
Ancillary Assets:
•Question Bank
•Multiple Choice
Spelling Bee
•Matching
•Fill-in-the-blank Exercises
•Audio Pronunciation
Glossary
•New! Addition of illustrations to cards
•New! New full-color design
•New! Each specialty is color-coded
•800 generously sized 3x5 flash cards
•Easy-to-understand, concise definitions for each word or
word part
•Medical Terminology Word-Building Exercises with
commonly encountered medical terms so you can put your
knowledge into practice
•Contains 800 flash cards made up of prefixes, suffixes, and
root words to help users learn the building blocks of medical
terminology