MA 119 - Medical Documentation I

Medical assisting students will be given an overview of the computer hardware, software and peripherals. Performance using the Microsoft (MS) Windows operating system to save and organize medical documents into appropriate folders and subfolders, use search tools to find programs, folders, and/or files, and customize the desktop will be covered. Microsoft Word applications will be applied when formatting a variety of medical documents including medical reports and forms, medical manuscripts, letters, and memos. Students will use mail merge functions, work with templates, create fill-in patient forms, medical brochures, patient education flyers, and medical facility newsletters.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the medical assisting student will be able to demonstrate the following skills:

• demonstrate knowledge of the computer equipment and the basic parts of the computer hardware, software, and peripherals.;
• apply Windows functions when organizing medical files and folders;
• introduction to MS Word, format, edit and apply MS Word shortcuts to medical business letters, medical reports, memos and tables;
• create patient mail merged letters with fill-in fields, envelopes, and labels; and
• design patient update form templates with password protection.