LWW's Student Success for Health Professionals Made Incredibly Easy

To reach their career goals, health professions students will travel through an obstacle course of classes, skills practice labs, and clinical rotations or externships. Student Success for Health Professionals Made Incredibly Easy is designed to help students through this process with practical study tips that will make them confident and successful students—as well as valuable members of the health professions team—by helping them understand the rules of the game and the skills and strategies they need to win it. The book uses the popular "Incredibly Easy" style to make learning enjoyable with a Light-hearted, humorous approach to presenting information. Even when the tone is light, however, the concepts and tips are quite serious!

Features for Success

-Self-paced Online Course with activities and final exam.

-Winning Strategy Lists set forth the objectives for the chapter.

-Playing for Real Scenarios show how content is applied to real-life situations in the classroom and in clinical practice.

-Tips from the Pros offer expert advice and proved strategies for overcoming study and test-taking problems.

-The Finish Line Summaries highlight the key concepts and skills that students need to master.

-Keeping Score Questions challenge students to consider how they will apply the content.

New in the 2nd Edition

While retaining the popular Made Incredibly Easy look and student-friendliness of the 1st edition, the 2nd edition has been reorganized to place topics in groupings that can be individualized to fit into any student success course, with a structure that makes information easy to find, teach, and learn. Following are just a few examples of new material in this edition:

-Financial management arid budgeting—to ensure students can afford to complete their program

-The importance of cultural diversity—and how to celebrate it

-Increased coverage of learning styles and tips for using one's personal style

-Fuller discussion of note taking, including the Cornell method

-Reading skills and finding one's way around a textbook arid supplementary materials nth

-Guidelines for success in online courses

-More information about health care professions, including personal and professional traits appropriate for different careers