Support health science students in building critical thinking and clinical judgment.
Microbiology: The Human Experience is an immersive introduction to the foundational concepts in microbiology that students need for their healthcare careers. Authored by respected microbiologists and exceptional writers, the Third Edition supports students with all levels of preparedness in pursuing careers in healthcare.
Features of the NEW Norton Illumine Ebook
The text’s clear, student-friendly explanations and case histories are brought to life in the assignable Norton Illumine Ebook. Clinical Judgment interactive activities and discussions on health equity demonstrate clinical relevance and develop real-world skills in context.
Clinical Judgment Interactive Activities
Five Clinical Judgment interactive activities replicate healthcare scenarios and have various decision-making pathways to give students practice making well-informed diagnoses and treatment suggestions—with real-time feedback for their choices.
Check Your Understanding Questions
Check Your Understanding questions found at the end of every section reinforce comprehension and boost students’ confidence with recalling key concepts. These regular, low-stakes checkpoints include feedback and encourages better study skills.
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Embedded Animations
Thirty-seven animations bring the course’s most complex topics to life for students who learn best through visual and auditory modes. These are embedded directly in the ebook where the related concept is introduced.
Features of the Third Edition
Provides a framework to develop critical thinking about health disparities
and equity.
“Health Equity” boxed features in the text provide context and advice for future health careers. In addition, new photos of rashes on dark skin assist with recognition of clinical signs on all patients.
Introduces relevant microbiology to help students think like healthcare professionals.
Our chapter-opening case histories and in-chapter case studies showcase modern diseases including long COVID, RSV, and Toxic Shock Syndrome for real-world context and applications of microbiology concepts.
Helps students remember, practice, and apply prerequisite and newly learned concepts.
New review and remedial modules in InQuizitive and Smartwork provide common footing for students with varying levels of preparation and encourage concept application to deepen students’ understanding of medicine and microbiology.
Meet the Authors
John W. Foster
received his PhD from Drexel University School of Medicine, completing postdoctoral work at Georgetown University. He is teaching in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of South Alabama. Dr. Foster has served as Chair of the Microbial Physiology and Metabolism division of the American Society for Microbiology.
Zarrintaj (Zari) Aliabadi
received her Pharm D from the University of Tehran College of Pharmacy and her PhD in biomedical sciences from Marshall University. After her postdoctoral work at the University of South Alabama, she taught biochemistry at USA College of Medicine and conducted research on sickle-cell anemia. Dr. Aliabadi has taught extensively on infectious disease, pathophysiology, and clinical medicine.
Joan L. Slonczewski
received their PhD in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University. Since completing postdoctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania, they have taught undergraduate microbiology at Kenyon College, where they earned a Silver Medal in the National Professor of the Year program of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
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