PARA 34000 Medical Documentation
This technical writing and writing intensive course will provide students with fundamental principles of medical documentation. Topics include general principles of medical documentation, documentation of a patient history and physical, clinical interventions, responses to interventions, and transfer of care. The course will cover legal documentation topics including, confidentiality, privacy, HIPPA, documentation of incident reports, documenting patients who decline medical advice and/or treatments, and creating a legally defensible report. The course will cover principles of electronic record keeping and cumulate in the systematic creation of the integrated prehospital patient care report.
Credits
2
Prerequisite
CPR certification, medical screening, current vaccinations, criminal background check, and drug screen.
PARA 30000 and placement in
MTH 12100 or higher. All prerequisite courses must have a grade of C or better.
Offered
fall semester.