Today's Medical Assistant: Clinical and Administrative Procedures

Gain the professional knowledge and skills you need to succeed as a Medical Assistant! Today's Medical Assistant: Clinical and Administrative Procedures, Fifth Edition helps you master the clinical and administrative procedures performed in this ever-expanding role. With guidelines reflecting the latest CAAHEP competencies, this resource uses videos and step-by-step instructions to help you learn key medical assisting skills such as measuring vital signs, administering medications, bandaging, venipuncture, and assisting with minor office surgery. It also covers administrative skills such as managing medical records, scheduling appointments, and basic medical coding, and provides a solid foundation in A&P. Written by expert educator Kathy Bonewit-West, this book has everything you need to develop competency and prepare for certification.

• NEW! Content alignment to 2022 CAAHEP Medical Assisting educational competencies ensures that you master the medical assistant's role in today's patient care
• NEW photos and illustrations showcase the modern medical office including new procedures, equipment, and supplies, along with workforce diversity
• NEW content includes topics such as telemedicine, vaccinations, COVID-19 protocols, gloving and masking procedures, Cologuard, eating disorders, managing reimbursements, and professionalism
• NEW! Updated practice exams on the Evolve website are included for CMA, RMA, and other certifications
• More than 120 illustrated, step-by-step procedures include the underlying principles of each technique, along with guidelines for documentation
• Case studies help you learn how to respond to situations you will encounter in the medical office, asking What Would You Do?/What Would You Not Do?
• Learning aids in each chapter include learning objectives and related procedures, a chapter outline, and key terms
• Memories from Practicum and Putting It All into Practice features provide memorable biographical profiles of medical assistants, helping you connect with future practice
• Patient Coaching boxes help you provide effective patient education
• Focus on vocabulary includes pronunciations, word parts, and definitions, plus a glossary for easy reference
• Procedure videos and learning activities on Evolve provide engaging, interactive practice with clinical and administrative skills

Author: Kathy Bonewit-West,Julie Pepper
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 05/01/2025
Pages: 1352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 5.94lbs
Size: 10.76h x 8.67w x 1.81d
ISBN: 9780443121777

About the Author
Bonewit-West, Kathy: - Kathy Bonewit-West has been in healthcare education for more than 30 years. She taught anatomy and physiology to Nursing students and later moved into Medical Assisting education. She served as program director for the Medical Assisting program at Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio, for many years. Ms. Bonewit-West is also a former member of the Curriculum Review Board for the American Association of Medical Assistants. In addition to co-authoring Today's Medical Assistant: Clinical & Administrative Procedures, Kathy is the lead author of Clinical Procedures for Medical Assistants, soon to be in its 12th Edition.Pepper, Julie: - Julie Pepper has spent her entire career in health care as a medical assistant in a variety of offices and clinics, developing expertise in the electronic health record and as an instructor in a medical assistant program. She combines her education in dietetics with her clinical and administrative experience as an instructor in the Medical Assisting program at Chippewa Valley Technical College in Wisconsin, where she taught for 21 years and from where she retired from teaching. Julie was also the program director for the college's Health Navigator program. She has served as a reviewer and contributor to numerous Medical Assisting educational products over the last decade, including Sim Chart for the Medical Office. She currently serves as the sole author of The Electronic Health Record for the Physician's Office and The Simulated Administrative Medical Office. She has been leading author of Beik's Health Insurance Today text and workbook since the 8th edition. She also has been a coauthor for Kinn's Medical Assisting Fundamentals, Kinn's The Medical Assistant, and Today's Medical Assistant. Julie strives to bring the needed information to students in a way to keep them interested in learning all that they need to be wonderful employees working in healthcare.