Hartman's Medical Terminology: The Basics

By Hartman Publishing, Inc. and Condra Ledford, DNP, MSN Ed, RN

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Our new medical terminology textbook introduces students to the fundamentals of medical language in a straightforward way. It provides an overview of why and how medical terminology is used and the ways medical terms are created. Terms are introduced in the context of body systems. This textbook contains the following:

Brief information on anatomy and physiology, common conditions, and treatments, along with related medical terms, integrated into body-systems-based chapters
Extensive tables in each chapter containing common roots, diseases and disorders, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and abbreviations; terms built from decodable word parts are broken down and all terms are defined
Color coded word parts throughout the textbook to help reinforce students’ understanding: black for roots/combining forms, magenta for suffixes, and cyan for prefixes
Knowledge checkpoints, case studies, and reviews in every chapter to help students learn, practice, and decode terms
An appendix with a comprehensive list of prefixes, combining forms, suffixes, and abbreviations
A thorough index that includes every word part and medical term introduced in the textbook
Student resources including flash cards and audio files for the pronunciation of all terms in the textbook tables

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Instructor’s Guide

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The instructor’s guide to teaching from our textbook contains the following elements for each chapter: page references for the textbook; teaching outlines for every learning objective; appendices for handouts and reproduced tables from the textbook; a chapter review that may contain case studies, additional activities, chapter exams, and final exams.

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Additional exams
Audio pronunciation files

PowerPoint presentations for each chapter complement the instructor’s guide content and include abbreviated lecture material and student-directed questions.

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