Books for VTCT A & P

RE: Books for VTCT A & P

Heya WiccaWillow

I did my A&P with ITEC and they favour Louise Tucker for their coursebooks, but VTCT have a tendency to use Helen McGuinness books for their courses. If you want a reasonable book to start swotting, this may be a good one. If you're unsure give the colleges a call and check with them or nip down your local library. There is an A&P book by someone called Tortora which is expensive but brilliant as a reference if you want to go deeper into things. I wouldn't advise looking at this just yet though, cause it will scare you! You don't need the depth which it goes into!

RE: Books for VTCT A & P

To follow on from what Gussie said I have a Helen McGuinness book:
Anatomy and Physiology therapy basics 2nd ed.
It is a very good book with 'test yourself' sections after each system. if you are interested the ISBN is:
0-340-80208-1

Another book that i find very good with lots of little 'reminder' boxes and tests after each section (which are exremely useful) is :
An Holistic Guide to Anatomy and Physiology..................by Tina Parsons
The ISBN for this one is:
1-86152-976-7

Just a little tip look on ebay before you pay full price i have had some fantastic books off there at a fraction of the price.........e.g. the anatomy colouring book (Kapit and Elson) this is usually around £20.00 i got it off e-bay for £2 and £2.50 P&P. and even though it is a colouring book there wasn't a mark in it, nor as much as a creased page.

Hope this helps a bit 😉

RE: Books for VTCT A & P

Thanks guys,

I have done the course before with ITEC but I lost my dad the day I was supposed to have the first exam. I had such problems with the college I entered through "losing" my paperwork and wasn't able to get my exam fee back from ITEC or re-take the exam as the college I was with stopped training people, so I decided after loads of this [sm=banghead.gif] just to re-enter through VTCT instead. Hopefully it will go a bit more smoothly for me this time. Fingers crossed!