Medical Terminology Basics. Programmed Instruction

Medical Terminology Basics: Programmed Instruction is a straightforward text that utilizes a personalized and programmed instruction approach to learning medical terminology. This indispensible resource is perfect for use in an educational setting or for self-paced study. The programmed instruction approach encourages students to learn medical terminology through a word-building block format that emphasizes retention through repetition. This block format allows students to develop their knowledge, assess what they've learned, gain immediate feedback, and then move on to the next block.

Medical Terminology Basics: Programmed Instruction includes end-of-chapter practice exercises, as well as case histories and alternative activities in order to mark progress and reinforce mastery of content. This essential text with helpful online resources is highly accessible for all health care students, offering a wealth of valuable information at an attractive price.

Instructor Resources: Test Bank, Additional Exercises, and Answers to Additional Exercises.

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Key Features

• Utilizes a personalized and programmed instruction approach to learning medical terminology.
• This indispensible resource is perfect for use in an educational setting or for self-paced study.
• Encourages students to learn medical terminology through a word-building block format that emphasizes retention through repetition.

Table of Contents

Part  I  The Fundamentals of Personalized Instruction Programs
  Chapter  1  Using the Blocks
  Chapter  2  Eight Keys to Building Medical Terms
Part  II  Programmed Instruction for Medical Terminology Related to Body Systems
  Chapter  3  Whole-Body Terminology
  Chapter  4  The Integumentary System
  Chapter  5  The Gastrointestinal System
  Chapter  6  The Respiratory System
  Chapter  7  The Cardiovascular System
  Chapter  8  The Nervous System
  Chapter  9  The Genitourinary System
  Chapter  10  The Bones, Muscles, and Joints
  Chapter  11  The Sensory Organs
  Chapter  12  The Endocrine System

About the Author(s)

Y. H. Hui, PhD - Science Technology System

Y. H. Hui, PhD received his doctoral degree in nutrition biochemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1970. He taught nutrition and food science at Humboldt State University from 1971 to 1987. Since 1987 he has devoted his time to writing, also serving as a publishing consultant. From 1992-1995, he was appointed Editor-in-Chief for the United States Association for Food and Drug Officials.

Dr. Hui has authored or edited more than 20 books in nutrition, food science, health sciences, medicine, and law.