Burton's Microbiology for the Health Sciences

Book Synopsis: Prepare your students for success in their future careers with Burton's Microbiology for the Health Sciences, 10e. Featuring a clear and friendly writing style that emphasizes the relevance of microbiology to a career in the health professions, the Tenth Edition offers a dramatically updated art program, new case studies that provide a real-life context for the content, the latest information on bacterial pathogens, an unsurpassed array of online teaching and learning resources, and much more.

To ensure content mastery, this market-leading book for the one-semester course clarifies concepts, defines key terms, and is packed with in-text learning tools that make the content inviting and easy to understand. The Tenth Edition provides a wide range of online teaching and learning resources to save you time and help your students succeed.

Instructor Resources:

• “An Image Bank” featuring all figures and tables from the book enhances lecture and exam preparation.
• A robust Test Generator, loaded with pre-made, text-specific questions, saves time and makes creating and printing tests easy.
• Lesson Plans make teaching from the text easier.
• PowerPoint Slides speed lecture preparation.
• An Instructor's Guide provides additional resources for every chapter.

Student Resources:

• A chapter-by-chapter Study Guide helps students master key concepts.
• Additional Self-Assessment Exercises for each chapter help students build confidence and gauge their progress.
• Lists of Key Terms in each chapter help students master the vocabulary of the field.
• Special “Insight,” “Increase Your Knowledge,” and “Critical thinking” sections provide additional insight, as well as fun facts on selected topics from the text.
• Student Quiz Bank – over 500 questions – give students unlimited opportunities for practice and review.