Diagnostic Skills in Clinical Laboratory Science [Paperback]

Connie Mahon (Author), David Fowler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 27, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0071361200 | ISBN-13: 978-0071361200 | Edition: 1

This innovative textbook and CD-ROM package provides the most interactive case-based learning tool for clinical lab science. Cases are presented in a simulated laboratory setting allowing students to hone their clinical reasoning skills as outlined in the new curriculum guidelines, Body of Knowledge, published by the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science. Each clinical sample includes patient demographic information establishing the case. Students are then asked to perform or interpret laboratory test results or retrieve additional test results to resolve the case – exactly as they would in the clinical laboratory.

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As close as you can get to working in an actual lab!

Diagnostic Skills in Clinical Laboratory Science presents case studies for you to solve. This unique manual/CD-ROM package gives you what you need to—
*Assess and enhance your problem-solving and decision-making skills in each clinical discipline including hematology, chemistry, and microbiology
*Interpret technical information and correlate it with a simulated clinical situation
*Review what you have learned and apply it to resolving commonly encountered laboratory problems

In Diagnostic Skills in Clinical Laboratory Science you work with-
*Multidisciplinay patient cases that build critical-thinking skills
*Laboratory tests to review and interpret
*Patient clinical history and progress reports
*A simulated LIS to retrieve laboratory data
*Internal links to selected reference material

WORK IN A VIRTUAL LAB
In line with the latest curriculum guidelines of the American Society of Clinical Laboratory Science, this realistic simulation of actual laboratory experience is the perfect tool for sharpening problem-solving skills essential to superior performance in clinical laboratories. Reponses and interpretation of laboratory test results are recorded and can be reviewed and evaluated by your instructor.

About the Author

Connie R. Mahon,MS,MT(ASCP),CLS(NCA) is the author of several books for clinical laboratory scientists and technicians and is currently Director of the Clinical Laboratory Program at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC.

David G. Fowler,PhD,CLS(NCA) is Professor and Chair of the Dept. of Clinical Laboratory Sciences at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi.

Product Details

• Paperback: 450 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Medical; 1 edition (February 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071361200
• ISBN-13: 978-0071361200
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #816,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money., March 4, 2010

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This review is from: Diagnostic Skills in Clinical Laboratory Science (Paperback)

This purchase was a total waste of money. If you do not have Windows NT4.0 Service Pack 6 or greater, you cannot install the program on your computer.(NT 4.0 is "out of support cycle" at Microsoft as of 2004) It has been discontinued. Unfortunately, you need the program to use the book.