AMWA Elements of Medical Terminology Book and CDROM by Barbara Gastel, MD, MPH

Gently used softcover book with light markings on quizzes with CDROM! Includes a laminated Quick Reference Guide! Resource for Medical Communicators.

This workbook will allow readers will discover how to understand the meanings of medical terms by identifying Latin and Greek word components.

Included with this self-study workbook is a quiz for credit towards the AMWA Essential Skills Certificate and a laminated quick reference guide. Enrollment in the ES Certificate program is not included with the purchase of individual workbooks, but it can be added in the future should you decide to pursue the ES Certificate.

Let’s get technical. Medical communicators need to read, write, and understand medical journal articles, pharmaceutical documents, and other technical medical writing. They often work with authors to prepare manuscripts for publication in medical journals.

Writing for health care professionals or other technical medical audiences requires using medical terminology correctly. Medical communicators also write for nonprofessional audiences, including patients and family members, who benefit from a medical communicator’s interpretation and explanation of technical terms. 

What Medical Communicators Need to Know About Medical Terminology:
An understanding of principles of medical word formation
Familiarity with many prefixes, roots, and suffixes that commonly appear in medical terms
Knowledge of many basic (and some not‑so‑basic) medical terms
An understanding of other aspects of medical terminology, such as abbreviations and nomenclature
Knowledge of strategies and resources for further learning
Learning the elements of medical terminology can be a fun challenge. However,  it’s important to avoid becoming so immersed in medical terminology that you veer into using jargon that lay audiences won’t understand. Knowing the correct terminology is an essential skill for medical communicators, but there’s a time to use it and a time to translate it.

Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Some Preliminaries
Chapter 2: Prefixes
Chapter 3: Combining Forms (Roots and Vowels)
Chapter 4: Suffixes
Chapter 5: Putting It All Together
Chapter 6: Other Aspects of Medical Terminology: Abbreviations and More
Chapter 7: Continuing to Learn Medical Terminology: Tips and Resources

Glossary, Answers to Exercises, Index, Quiz

Publisher Rockville, MD : American Medical Writers Association
2010
Country United States
Language(s) English
Identifier(s) ISBN : 9780984537549