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Medical Assisting: Administrative & Clinical Competencies (Medical Assisting Exam Review: Preparation for the CMA, Rma, & Cmas)

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I'm currently in a Medical Assisting course with this book and the workbook that goes with it. I speak for my entire class and even my instructor when I say, "This is one of the worst books I've ever come across!" This book has been dubbed "The Ugly Book" in my class! There are so many inconsistencies and misspellings throughout the entire book. We all wonder how old the editor and proof readers were. My 10 year old child could do a much better job! The workbook that goes along with the text book is atrocious, boring and monotonous to say the least, and also with major errors, words that do not fit in the crossword puzzles and/or word scrambles....not to mention questions that do not even pertain to the chapter they are supposed to go along with.

For any of you who already have this text, just for an example see workbook assignment sheet for Chapter 12, first page under Unit Review A. Short Answer #'s 1 - 5. Those questions have nothing to do with the text chapter subject what so ever. And see last page of the same assignment sheet under Certification and Registration Preparation Question #5. Standard precautions apply to all of the following EXCEPT; A. blood, B. mucous membrane secretions, C. tissues, D. unidentified human body fluid, E. All of the above. Say what??? Standard precautions APPLY to ALL of those choices. They clearly asked which one it doesn't apply to. There is no correct answer here!! They forgot to put in an answer that Standard Precautions would NOT apply to. What a JOKE!!!

This book seriously has me worried that I'm learning incorrect material and that when I'm one day working for a physician, he/she will look at me and wonder where I went to school. I've informed my school and shown them many of the errors and my concerns. It's too late for them to change books now as I've almost completed my course, but they should seriously consider finding another publisher for their course for future students! We all deserve BETTER!

Oh, just one last thing, I installed the disks that come with the text, which doesn't work properly and has many glitches... my virus protection scanned my computer one day after installing and found the program to have a Trojan Horse Virus! I emailed the company, they sent me an email back telling me, "Sorry". Sorry? That's it?? Luckily my virus protection found it and nabbed it before it really did something horrible to my system!! Sorry, is all they could say for their junk that could have destroyed my computer!

Do yourselves a favor, if you're looking for a Medical Assisting Course, ask the school which book they teach out of first!!

I received this book fast and the condition was great. I will use this site and person again. This was my first time and I was a little skeptical but I must say I was satisfied.The book was in new condition and no writing.

I actually went through the book and marked the pages with tabs for a referance guide. I started a new job and I work in the medical field and sometiems you just can find the word you are looking for something nurses come up and ask me questions and well I dont have a MA or anythign so I am trying to keep up with the other girls until I can get into a online school and this book has been great for me!

Thanks for the book. It was priced very efficiently. I got this book for a total of $15.34, while the book store was selling it for like $200. All of my classmates were like "What website did you go on?!" Amazon.com baby. Thanks!!

to purchase this book through the school bookstore it would have cost me $109.00 through amazon i paid with s\h $39.00 book cd was included. i am very happy with the purchase with amazon being my first stop when looking for classroom text books.

Absolutely the best Amazon deal I've made in all of 2009! Great product, fast shipping and the price was amazing. Thank you!!

The book was in excellent condition. It didn't even look used. I really believe it was a new book. It just took a long time to recieve the book. But it was great service!

My oldest daughter is going to school and she uses the book. It helps her out as the class will not allow her to bring the book home from class and she is greatful that I had gotten it for her. She is also helping some of her classmates by making copies for them.

Love it! :)

it was brand new when i recieved it

and there the book even brought the cd that came along with it

amazing price would of cost me ALOT more at the school bookstore