Student Success for Health Professionals: Made Incredibly Easy » (1st Edition)

Student Success for Health Professionals Made Incredibly Easy shows students how to "win at the game of school" and succeed in their studies and careers. This unique guide instructs your students on managing their time, discovering their personal learning styles, making the most of their studying, and preparing for tests. Other helpful features include real-life scenarios; tips from the pros; chapter objectives lists; and end-of-chapter summaries and questions.

A companion Website on thePoint® offers extra resources, including a student planner, sample cover letters and resumes, and links to health career sites. LiveAdvise Student Success, an online tutoring service, lets students connect with experienced educators for help with studying, homework, and exam preparation.

The Self-Paced Online Course is offered for free with purchase of the text. This online course walks students through the content of each chapter by utilizing visual and auditory content, as if having the content presented by an instructor. Each online chapter integrates fun learning activities such as flashcards, process/ordering drag and drops, jeopardy, and other activities. The Self-Paced Online Course concludes with a randomized final exam based on all the content in the text. Each exam will generate a certificate that can be either printed or e-mailed to instructors as proof that the students have mastered the student success skills.

Preface Reviewers

Part I: WINNING STRATEGIES

Chapter 1: Setting Goals for Success

Special Section: Stressed? Who's Stressed?

Chapter 2: Winning Tactics for the First Day of Class

Chapter 3: Practical Planning and Time Management

Special Section: What's My Score?

Part II: SHARPENING YOUR SKILLS

Chapter 4: Learning: What's Your Style?

Chapter 5: Advancing Through Listening, Speaking, Writing, and Critical Thinking

Chapter 6: Strategic Studying

Chapter 7: Insider Test-Taking Tips

Special Section: Mastering Math

Part III: GAME ON

Chapter 8: Clinical Rotation Ground Rules

Chapter 9: Your Future Success

Appendix: Answers to Keeping Score Questions