Workbook for Merrill's Atlas of Radiographic Positioning and Procedures - Softcover

Curtis PhD RT(R)(CT)(CHES), Tammy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0323073247 ISBN 13: 9780323073240

Publisher: Mosby, 2011

Synopsis

You already have the most comprehensive and authoritative radiography text available -- now make sure you're getting the most out of it! The Workbook for Merrill's Atlas of Radiographic Positioning and Procedures, 12th Edition, provides plenty of practice and review of concepts presented in the atlas, helping you learn faster and retain essential information. Authors Eugene Frank, Bruce Long, Barbara Smith, and Jeannean Hall Rollins concentrate on the essential terminology, anatomy, and positioning information needed to ensure that you'll be ready to take the ARRT exam and be thoroughly prepared for the clinical environment.

• Retains the features that have made this workbook so popular with Merrill's users: anatomy labeling exercises, short-answer and multiple-choice questions, matching exercises, true-false, fill-in-the-blanks, identifying structures on radiographs, identifying proper patient positioning, and self-tests.
• Provides a thorough review of osteology, anatomy, physiology, and radiographic procedures -- all in close correlation with Merrill's Atlas for optimum learning support.
• Offers a wide variety of exercises and other opportunities to interact with the content.
• Ensures that you can recognize anatomical structures on actual radiographs with an abundance of labeling exercises.
• Helps you understand which projections will best demonstrate various pathologies.
• Contains a comprehensive self-test at the end of every chapter, so you can accurately gauge your understanding of the material and measure your own progress.

• Features exercises that support new digital positioning content in the Atlas.
• Prepares you for evaluating radiographs in clinical situations with new exercises on identifying errors on radiographs.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Curtis has published several articles in journals, contributed to books, edited and reviewed educational books and products, and developed new products. She is the current author of international radiologic sciences education textbooks. Dr. Curtis has served in offices from secretary to president in her state affiliate and is still active in serving members and students. She holds several memberships with professional organizations and volunteers at national conferences for student competitions and hosting CE lectures for technologists and educators.
Before entering academia, she worked as a radiologic technologist for various healthcare organizations. She continues to visit local clinical sites with current undergraduate students to stay current in the practice field.
Dr. Curtis research interest is emergency preparedness and disaster response and serves on several college committees. She is the current university liaison for La Region 7 Hospital Preparedness Healthcare Coalition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mosby
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0323073247
• ISBN 13: 9780323073240
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 736