List Books » Lippincott Williams & Wilkins' Medical Assisting Exam Review for CMA and RMA Certification
Authors: Helen J. Houser, Janet R. Sesser
ISBN-13: 9780781765350, ISBN-10: 0781765358
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Date Published: February 2008
Edition: 2nd Edition
This text will prepare medical assisting candidates to successfully pass the CMA and RMA national medical assisting certification exams. A unique pretest helps students identify their strong and weak areas and develop a tailored and highly effective study plan. The book is comprehensive yet concise and engaging, with humor, an encouraging tone, motivational strategies, and a simple and effective approach designed to keep readers focused. Each chapter ends with multiple-choice programmed-learning style questions, with answers and brief rationales in an adjacent column. A full unit is devoted to exam day preparation.
A fully updated bound-in CD-ROM contains two practice exams, one for CMA and one for RMA.
Ch. 1 | The certification process | 3 |
Ch. 2 | Pretest and analysis | 9 |
Ch. 3 | Making your study plan | 27 |
Ch. 4 | Law and ethics | 31 |
Ch. 5 | Medical terminology | 47 |
Ch. 6 | Anatomy and physiology | 67 |
Ch. 7 | Communication | 123 |
Ch. 8 | Patient education | 135 |
Ch. 9 | Telephone techniques and other technology | 147 |
Ch. 10 | Appointment scheduling | 159 |
Ch. 11 | Medical records | 169 |
Ch. 12 | Correspondence | 181 |
Ch. 13 | Medical insurance | 189 |
Ch. 14 | Medical coding and claims | 199 |
Ch. 15 | Financial practices | 211 |
Ch. 16 | Microorganisms and asepsis | 223 |
Ch. 17 | Patient exams | 233 |
Ch. 18 | Minor surgical procedures | 245 |
Ch. 19 | The electrocardiogram | 255 |
Ch. 20 | Laboratory procedures | 267 |
Ch. 21 | Diagnostic imaging | 279 |
Ch. 22 | Physical modalities | 289 |
Ch. 23 | Nutrition | 299 |
Ch. 24 | Pharmacology and medication administration | 309 |
Ch. 25 | Emergencies in the medical office | 321 |
Ch. 26 | Certification exam day advice | 333 |