Anatomy and Physiology: From Science to Life - Hardcover

Jenkins, Gail; Tortora, Gerard J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470598913 ISBN 13: 9780470598917

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2014

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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY: FROM SCIENCE TO LIFE, 3RD EDITION BUILDS ON THE SUCCESS OF ITS PRIOR EDITIONS BY PROVIDING SOLUTIONS TO RECURRING ISSUES. THE 3RD EDITION BETTER MOTIVATES STUDENTS AND HELPS THEM MAKE THE CONNECTION TO WHAT IS IMPORTANT GOING FORWARD AND HELPS STUDENTS WHO LACK STUDY AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS. THE ENTIRE TEXT IS FOCUSED ON AIDING CRITICAL THINKING, CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING, AND RELEVANT APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE WHEN STUDYING ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. FROM SCIENCE TO LIFE, 3E EFFECTIVELY BLENDS PRINT AND MEDIA TO BRING THE CONTENT TO LIFE FOR STUDENTS. THE CONCEPTUAL FOCUS ALLOWS FOR FEWER PAGES IN THE PRINTED TEXT, MAKING THE TEXT LESS INTIMIDATING TO THE UNINITIATED STUDENT. ACCOMPANYING MEDIA ALLOWS FOR A RICHER INVESTIGATION OF THE CONTENT PRESENTED IN THE PRINTED TEXT, PROVIDES USEFUL BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE, AND ENSURES THE STUDENTS A SOLID REFERENCE RESOURCE WHEN THE COURSE IS COMPLETE. WILEYPLUS SOLD SEPARATELY FROM TEXT.

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Gail W. Jenkins is a popular Professor of Biology at Montgomery College in Maryland, where she teaches human anatomy and physiology as well as general biology and microbiology. She received her bachelor's degree in botany from the University of California in Davis, with a minor in medical technology and completed a graduate biological sciences instructor credential program. Her master's degree in biological sciences was from California State University in Sacramento, where she focused on anatomy with research in neuroembryology conducted at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington. Gail is passionately devoted to assisting students in the learning process and in their preparation for health science vocations. She was the recipient of the Montgomery College Outstanding Faculty Award in 1999 and the 1997 National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Excellence Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning from the University of Texas. At Montgomery College, Gail is Course Coordinator of the human anatomy and physiology curriculum, course curriculum liaison to college Health Science programs, and has served as the Chair of the Department of Biology, Physical Education and the Health Science; Chair of the Faculty Council (the faculty governance organization); Phi Theta Kappa Advisor, mentor for adjunct science faculty through the college Center for Teaching and Learning, and co-developed the Physical Therapist Assistant Program and Associate of Science Degree in Science with concentrations in the Life Sciences, Physics, and Mathematics. Gail is Treasure and member of the Executive Committee of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) and has been an active participant in annual and regional conference planning. Gail founded and directed a program at Stanford University's Department of Anatomy to integrate human cadaveric materials and medical imaging into pre-health science curricula, co-founded the Northern California Society of Anatomists, developed a hospital laboratory work/learn internship program for health science students, was a Federal Liaison Officer in Washington D.C. working with Congress for higher education funding, and served as an educational consultant to Stanford University's Advanced Media Research Group and to several publishing and software companies.

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• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0470598913
• ISBN 13: 9780470598917
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1128