MA 162 – Page 1 Date Approved: 2/3/90 Date Scanned: 5/23/2005 Inactivated by Curriculum Committee 10/26//07__ College of the Redwoods CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: MA 162 DEGREE APPLICABLE NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered) COURSE TITLE Medical Transciption LECTURE HOURS: 9 (total) LAB HOURS: 13.5 (total) PREREQUISITE: MA 152 UNITS: 0.5 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 Grade/CR/NC Option NONE Max No. Units Maximum Class Size 50 Max No. Enrollments CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Stenographic skills applied to transcribing medical reports, career opportunities, report formats, use of reference aids, ethics and legal aspects to be covered. NOTE: Typing speed and accuracy assumed, also knowledge of punctuation. 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. Identify and discuss guidelines and rules to follow pertaining to legal aspects, responsibilities, and ethics of medical transcription. 2. Use reference materials, statistical indices, disease and operation coding and required reports. 3. Accurately transcribe medical reports such as: medical office notes, history & physicals, hospital progress notes, consultation notes, medical cover letters, discharge summaries. COURSE OUTLINE: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Level of ability in prerequisite skills Equipment and tools Legal aspects medical ethics & statistics Medical reports and report content Transcription of dictated medical reports General medical transcription - reports % of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic 10% 10% 10% 20% 25% 25% 100% MA 162 – Page 2 Date Approved: 2/3/90 Date Scanned: 5/23/2005 Inactivated by Curriculum Committee 10/26//07__ APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS: (Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended, including alternate texts that may be used.) Text (s) Title Medical Typing and Transcribing Required Alternate Edition Second Recommended Author Diehl & Fordney Publisher W.B. Saunders Date Published 1984 (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, a Request for Exception form must be completed and a rationale provided. This request for exception will be approved or denied by the Curriculum Committee. METHODS TO MEASURE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: Please check where appropriate; however, 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) written homework reading report(s) laboratory 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) ____________________________________ NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance. MA 162 – Page 3 Date Approved: 2/3/90 Date Scanned: 5/23/2005 Inactivated by Curriculum Committee 10/26//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. During this course students: 1. 2. 3. Apply text information to actual typing of medical records, choosing proper format. Interpret information with proper format, vocabulary, and spelling. Employ accuracy and confidentiality when transcribing medical/legal information. METHOD OF EVALUATION: Quizzes Workbook, Transcription of documents Final GRADE SCALE: 70—79 = C % OF GRADE 30% 30% 40% 100% 80—89 = B 90—100 = A MA 162 – Page 4 Date Approved: 2/3/90 Date Scanned: 5/23/2005 Inactivated by Curriculum Committee 10/26//07__ REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION The Curriculum Committee Is authorized to determine the appropriateness of entrance skills and requisites for any given course; to determine whether or not language and/or computational skills at the associate degree level are essential to success in a given course; to determine what is “college level” in learning skills, vocabulary, and in the ability to think critically and apply concepts; and to determine on a case-by-case basis when any departure from the attached guidelines may be justified. This form may also be used to provide justification for making a course repeatable. To request an exception, provide the following information: MA 162 Department and Course No. Medical Transcription Course Title NATURE OF THE EXEPTION REQUESTED AND RATIONALE: HOURS 13.5 hours are required to transcribe tapes of medical dictation. Additional Required Textbook for MA 162 Chafrier, Taber’s Cyclcypecjjc Medical Dictionary, 16th Edition, F.A. Davis (1988)