Medical Terminology Simplified: A Programmed Learning Approach by Body System

This book has an excellent format for teaching one medical terminology by breaking down medical words into distinct components. It is very user friendly, providing the "daily work" answers in an easily covered column to the left of the text, however, answers to the reviews and quizzes are in the back of the book to ensure more accurate testing of your knowledge. There is much review which helps cement the concepts. Since the chapters are laid out by body system, they can be taken out of order, if necessary without losing any information. Also included are true-to-life medical record transcriptions for the user to read, decipher, and answer questions. The book suggests using a medical dictionary, such as Taber's, for words which are not defined in the text and I agree. Not every medical term is included in the terminology book so an additional source of definition is needed to answer the questions on the medical record assignments. I am returning to school after more than 20 years and have been able to use this book with great success.

This was very helpful in learning the correct spelling and pronunciation of medical terminology.

I am a midwifery student and I needed to learn medical terminology. This book is set up like a workbook. You can fill it in as you go. By filling in the blanks, making up flash cards, and taking the quizzes, I was able to learn a lot of medical terminology in a short amount of time. Much of the terminology in medicine is very logical, using root words, suffixes and prefixes. If you learn these, you can figure out the meaning of a lot of medical terms. Filling in blanks (especially when a lot of the answers are obvious) may seem redundant and like busy work, but by using more modalities for your learning process (auditory as you listen to the cd's, visual as you read, tactile as you write), you learn it so much more quickly and easily. There were some typos in the book and a few frames that were written incorrectly or in a confusing manner but not many. If you pay attention, you will catch them. I would advise the editors to do a better proofreading job in the next edition. This book is totally worth it if you are just starting out in the medical field. It is basic terminology but it will give you a great start. The book also covers some pathological, diagnostic, and therapeutic terms, as well as a section where you can practice reading sample medical records. Make sure you buy a book that is not filled in so you can fill it in yourself and get the most out of it.

This is a good book if you're new to the med field and want to learn what's behind the terminology. The programmed approach builds on the previous chapters and the book is laid out logically and succinctly.

The daunting task of learning how to decipher medical words was a breeze with this book. The tapes are excellent for long drives and the CD was down right fun!