BUS 14M – Page 1 Date Approved: 1/24/92 Date Scanned: 5/29/2016 Date Inactivated 10/12/07 College of the Redwoods CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: BUS 14M DEGREE APPLICABLE NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered) COURSE TITLE ADVANCED KEYBOARDING—MEDICAL LECTURE HOURS: 0 LAB HOURS: 3.0 UNITS: 1.0 PREREQUISITE: BUS-162, BUS-8LRT or BUS-8 or equiv. Eligibility for: Engl 150 Math 105 Request for Exception Attached CO-REQUISITE: NONE GRADING STANDARD: Letter Grade Only TRANSFERABILITY: CSUS UC Articulation with UC requested Repeatable yes no CR/NC Only NONE Max No. Units Grade/CR/NC Option Maximum Class Size 30 Max No. Enrollments CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Students will type and word process medical forms and records used in hospitals and doctors’ offices. The course consists of practice preparing health insurance claim forms, hospital discharge forms, patient billing forms, patient files, doctors’ dictation and medical reports; as well as scheduling appointments and using pegboard accounting techniques. NOTE: COURSE OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES: List the primary instructional objectives of the class. Formulate some of them in terms of specific measurable student accomplishments, e.g., specific knowledge and/or skills to be attained as a result of completing this course. For degree-applicable courses, include objectives in the area of “critical thinking.” Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1. Prepare selected health insurance forms in a manner acceptable to insurance carriers. 2. Prepare hospital discharge forms and transcribe hospital dictation. 3. Transcribe office-style dictation consisting of correspondence and a variety of medical reports and forms. 4. Look up and use diagnostic and procedural codes. 5. Set up and maintain patient files. 6. Schedule appointments for patients. 7. Transcribe telephone messages from answering machine tapes. 8. Record and prove entries on a one-write system of patient accounts. 9. Prioritize office tasks BUS 14M – Page 2 Date Approved: 1/24/92 Date Scanned: 5/29/2016 Date Inactivated 10/12/07 COURSE OUTLINE: Processing insurance data and preparing claim forms Preparing and maintaining medical records Transcribing, organizing and preparing medical reports Scheduling and monitoring appointments Using on-write system to manage financial transactions Transcribing telephone answering machine messages Prioritizing and performing miscellaneous tasks % of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic 20% 20% 20% 10% 10% 10% 10% APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS: (Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended, including alternate texts that may be used.) Text(s) Title: Medical Office Practice Required Edition: 4th Alternate Author: Phillip S. Atkinson & Deborah Begg Recommended Publisher: South-Western Date Published: 1990 (Additional required, alternate, or recommended texts should be listed on a separate sheet and attached.) For degree applicable courses the adopted texts have been certified to be college-level: Yes. Basis for determination: is used by two or more four-year colleges or universities (certified by the Division Chair or Branch Coordinator, or Center Dean) OR has been certified by the LAC as being of college level using the Coleman and Dale—Chall Readability Index Scale. No. Request for Exception Attached If no text or a below college level text is used in a degree applicable course must have a minimum of one response in category 1, 2, or 3. If category 1 is not checked, the department must explain why substantial writing assignments are an inappropriate basis for at least part of the grade. 1. Substantial writing assignments, including: essay exam(s) term or other paper(s) laboratory report(s) written homework reading report(s) other (specify) _____ If the course is degree applicable, substantial writing assignments in this course are inappropriate because: The course is primarily computational in nature. The course primarily involves skill demonstrations or problem solving. Other rationale (explain) __________________________________________ 2. Computational or Non-computational problem-solving demonstrations, including: exam(s) quizzes homework problems laboratory report(s) field work other (specify)_______ 3. Skill demonstrations, including: class performance(s) other (specify)____ 4. Objective examinations, including: multiple choice completion field work performance exam(s) true/false other (specify) matching items 5. Other (specify) ____________________________________ BUS 14M – Page 3 Date Approved: 1/24/92 Date Scanned: 5/29/2016 Date Inactivated 10/12/07 NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance. BUS 14M – Page 4 Date Approved: 1/24/92 Date Scanned: 5/29/2016 Date Inactivated 10/12/07 REQUIRED READING, WRITING, AND OTHER OUTSIDE OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS: Over an 18-week presentation of the course, 3 hours per week are required for each unit of credit. ALL Degree Applicable Credit classes must treat subject matter with a scope and intensity which require the student to study outside of class. Two hours of independent work done out of class are required for each hour of lecture. Lab and activity classes must also require some outside of class work. Outside of the regular class time the students in this class will be doing the following: Study Answer questions Skill practice Required reading Problem solving activity or exercise Written work (essays/compositions/report/analysis/research) Journal (reaction and evaluation of class, done on a continuing basis throughout the semester) Observation of or participation in an activity related to course content (e.g., play, museum, concert, debate, meeting, etc.) Field trips Other (specify) ____________________________ COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS: Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be completed for non-degree applicable courses. Describe how the course requires students to independently analyze, synthesize, explain, assess, anticipate and/or define problems, formulate and assess solutions, apply principles to new situations, etc. Students must analyze medical cases and interpret them in order to complete forms for insurance, billing, and admission. They must develop the ability to think through a particular situation, sort through the details, prioritize tasks, and prepare the correct forms and reports without error. They must also make scheduling decisions based on the constraints of time, doctors’ availability, patients’ special needs, and office rules.