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Course Development Guide |
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October 1, 2007
Course Title
Foundations of Medical Office/Medical Terminology
Course Description
As students prepare for a position as a medical office assistant, medical records technician, medical coder, or medical transcriptionist, they will learn administrative routines and procedures followed in a medical office. The importance of complete accuracy and confidentiality in maintaining medical records will be stressed. Some of the areas emphasized in this course will include administrative responsibilities, patient records, advanced word processing and employability skills, and finance and management as they apply in a medical office setting.
Contact
Gina Hubbard
405-743-5117
ghubb@okcareertech.org
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120 Hours
The 120 hours is based on a Carnegie unit, which accounts for 175 forty-five (45) minute class periods per school year. |
Fundamentals of Administrative Technologies |
Knowledge and Skills
- Demonstrate legal and ethical behavior and practices within the medical arena
- Practice empathy and compassion with patients and their families
- Conform and comply with state and federal mandates
- Plan, organize, and implement teamwork activities
- Build literally thousands of medical words from Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes, word roots, and combining forms
- Define medical words by analyzing their Greek and Latin parts
- Spell medical words correctly
- Use a medical dictionary
- Pronounce medical words correctly
- Recall acceptable medical abbreviations that represent phrases and terms
Brainbench
Career Cluster Resources for Business, Management, and Administration:
http://www.careerclusters.org/resources/ClusterDocuments/badocuments/BAFinal.pdf
Accountability Measures, Assessments, or Evaluation Procedures
Required Brainbench Certifications (or equivalent industry certification):
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Medical Office Skills
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Medical Terminology
Recommended Additional Competency Testing:
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HIPAA (Privacy)
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Health Care Industry Knowledge
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Business Ethics Awareness (US)
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Listening Skills
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Microsoft Access Fundamentals
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Microsoft Outlook Fundamentals
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Microsoft PowerPoint Fundamentals
Brainbench
Industry Alignments
Brainbench
Curriculum Resources
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Business, Management, & Administration Career Cluster Resources
http://www.careerclusters.org/resources/ClusterDocuments/badocuments/BAFinal.pdf
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South-Western - Medical Terminology - ISBN 1-4188-6226-6
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College Accounting: Glencoe - ISBN#0-072-97790-6
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South-Western - Course ILT: Medical Billing and Coding: Basic
ISBN: 1-4188-1487-3