FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES Apply Principles of Aseptic Technique and Infection Control33 Comply with Quality Assurance Practices38 Screen and Follow Up Patient Test Results39 APPLY PRINCIPLES OF ASEPTIC TECHNIQUE AND INFECTION…
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
. COMMUNICATION SKILLS Verbal and Nonverbal Communication149 Communication Techniques That Demonstrate Active Listening150 Blocks to Effective Communication153 Adapting Communication to the Individual’s Ability to Understand156 Effective Use of Communication Technology159…
PROFESSIONALISM
. PROFESSIONALISM Professional Manner and Appearance141 Initiative and Responsibility142 Positive Image of the Medical Practice143 Professional Attributes143 Obstructions to Professionalism146 The most important fact to remember as a medical assistant…
Probability and confidence intervals
19 Probability and confidence intervals Chapter Contents Introduction Probability Sampling distributions Sampling distribution of the mean Calculating confidence intervals Confidence intervals using the t distribution Confidence intervals in health research …
Hypothesis testing: selection and use of statistical tests
20 Hypothesis testing selection and use of statistical tests Chapter Contents Introduction The logic of hypothesis testing Steps in hypothesis testing Illustrations of hypothesis testing The relationship between descriptive and…
Organization and presentation of data
15 Organization and presentation of data Chapter Contents Introduction The organization and presentation of nominal or ordinal data Organization of discrete data Graphing discrete data Organization and presentation of interval…
Measures of central tendency and variability
16 Measures of central tendency and variability Chapter Contents Introduction Measures of central tendency The mode The median The mean Comparison of the mode, median and mean Measures of variability …
Standard scores and normal distributions
17 Standard scores and normal distributions Chapter Contents Introduction Standard scores (z scores) Normal distributions The standard normal curve Calculations of areas under the normal curve Critical values Standard normal…
Effect size and the interpretation of evidence
21 Effect size and the interpretation of evidence Chapter Contents Introduction Effect size Effect size with continuous data Effect size with discontinuous data Confidence intervals and effect size Calculating confidence…
Correlation
18 Correlation Chapter Contents Introduction Correlation Correlation coefficients Selection of correlation coefficients Calculation of correlation coefficients Uses of correlations in the health sciences Estimating associations between variables Reliability and predictive…
