Medical Records Program

Department of Medical Records

Medical Records Program

PROGRAM

 DIPLOMA

IN HEALTH INFORMATICS[i]

 DURATION

 TWO Years

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

 ENGLISH/

ARABIC

TOTAL CREDITS

68 CREDITS

 

AWARD

 

DIPLOMA

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

  This program is designed to provide education and training in area of health Informatics and medical record management.  Participants will gain knowledge and experience required assuming duties of Health Informatics Technician within the Ministry of Health or private medical facilities.  During the delivery of the program students will be introduced to Medical Information Sciences, Record Management and Administration, various medical information computer applications, hospital statistics, and medical communications.

PREREQUISITES

Completion of a science based high school diploma (certificate) and the successful completion of an aptitude test administered by the Department of Health Informatics. The applicant must show an acceptable knowledge of written and spoken English.  Students who wish for an exemption in a specific course may apply to take a proficiency examination in that subject.

 

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

On successful completion of the course the graduate will be able to:

1.      Implement departmental services, operational and information systems for patient-related data

2.      Assemble, organize, and maintain manual or automated medical record and other health information

3.      Apply and follow existing policies for retrieval and retention of health information

4.      Develop and monitor classifying, indexing, and coding of medical records according to ICD-10 classification system

5.      Follow existing policies and regulations for the control and security of manual or automated health information

6.      Follow procedures for maintaining confidentiality and security of manual and automated health information

7.      Organize and display data for research projects, special studies, and evaluation programs

8.      Evaluate and analyze medical record for quality and completeness

9.      Analyze medical data statistically

10.  Provide inpatient/outpatient medical record services

11.      Conduct oneself in a professional and ethical manner by adhering to the AHIMA Code of Ethics and Standards of Professional Practice




PROGRAM OUTLINE

Semester 1

Subject

 

Hrs/wk

*Cr.

English  I

EL 101

6

3

Human Anatomy and Physiology

MD 152

4

3

Introduction to Computers

CS 101

3

2

Medical Terminology

MD 120

2

2

Introduction to Health Care  Delivery System

MR 101

2

2

Introduction to Statistics

ST105

3

2

Introduction to the profession

MR 103

2

2

Elective

 

2

2

Totals

 

24

18



Semester 2

Subject

 

Hrs/wk

Credits

English  II

EL 102

6

3

Word processing (Arabic and English)

 أ ك  151

4

2

Clinical Medicine

MD 160

2

2

Hospital Statistics

MR 104

4

3

Health Informatics I

MR 105

4

3

HI Directed Practice I

MR 107

4

1

HI Coding I

MR 106

3

2

Totals

 

27

16

 

Semester 3

Subject

 

Hrs/wk

Credits

National Health Registration System

MR 212

2

2

Introductory Pharmacology

PH 146

1

1

Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Forms and Contents

MLT 109

1

1

Communication  in Health Care

MR 201

2

2

Health Informatics II

MR 203

4

3

HI Directed Practice II

MR 205

4

1

HI Coding II

MR 204

4

2

Data Base and Networking

CS 202

3

2

Elective

 

2

2

Totals

 

23

16

 

Semester 4

Subject

 

Hrs/wk

Credits

Automated Computer Systems for MR Management

MR 206

4

2

Health Informatics Management and Administration

MR 207

4

3

HI Directed Practice III

MR 211

8

2

Issues in Health Informatics

MR 210

2

2

Quality assurance

MR 213

2

2

Islamic Education

 

2

2

Loyalty and Values

 

2

2

Totals

 

24

15

 

Semester 5

Subject

 

Hrs/wk

Credits

Health Informatics Practicum

MR 214

30

3

Totals

 

-

3

 

TOTAL CREDITS

68

TOTAL HOURS

1582

 

 

 

College : HEALTH SCIENCES                                                                 

Term : FIRST SEMESTER 2000-2001

Department :  MEDICAL RECORDS PROGRAM                    

 Program :  DP-0304

MEDICAL RECORDS PROGRAM

Degree:    Diploma 

No. of units required for graduation :   

68     at least









 

Credit (18)                   ﻣﻘﺮﺭﺍﺕ ﺛﻘﺎﻓﻴﺔ ﻋﺎﻣﺔ 1-

Course No.                           Course Title

03 47 206      ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICAL RECORDS

03 47 207      HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS

 

03 47 208      COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN MEDICAL RECORDS

03 47 209      FIELD TRAINING

 

ﻣﻘﺮﺭﺍﺕ ﻣﺴﺎﻧﺪﺓ ﻋﺎﻣﺔ 4- ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﺔ ﺇﺟﺒﺎﺭﻳﺔ

Course No.                           Course Title

03 24 108      COMPUTERS

03 27 107      INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

03 42 120      MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY

03 42 152      Anatomy

03 42 160      CLINICAL MEDICINE

03 48 146      PHARMACOLOGY

Units       Hours

5              12

 

4               8

 

3               4

 

3              30

 

(18) Credit

(18) Credit

Units       Hours

3               4

4               6

3               3

3               3

4               4

1               2

Pre-requisit

03 47 204

03 47 205

03 27 107

03 47 205

03 24 108

03 47 204

03 47 204

03 47 205

 

 

 

Pre-requisit

 

03 47 105

 

 

03 42 152

03 42 152

 

Credit (16)                     ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﺔ ﺇﺟﺒﺎﺭﻳﺔ

Course No.                           Course Title

Units               Hours

Pre-requisit

03 01 101      ISLAMIC CULTURE

2             2

 

03 10 104      RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES

1             2

 

03 29 102      ARABIC WORD PROCESSING

2             4

 

03 29 205      ENGLISH SHORTHAND

2             4

 

03 30 111      ENGLISH MEDICAL RECORDS

5            10

 

03 30 161      ENGLISH FOR MEDICAL RECORDS

2             4

03 30 111

(1)

 

 

03 30 211      ENGLISH FOR MEDICAL RECORDS

2             4

03 30 161

(2)

 

 

03 30 99       BEGINNER''S ENGLISH LANGUAGE

0             5

 

ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﺔ ﺇﺧﺘﻴﺎﺭﻳﺔ

(2) Credit

 

Course No.                           Course Title

Units               Hours

Pre-requisit

03 03 123      HUMAN RELATIONS

2             2

 

03 03 125      KUWAIT AND DEVELOPMENT

2             2

 

03 15 114      INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

2             2

 

03 22 104      Establishments & Management of

2             2

 

small Projects

 

 

03 65 101      CAR MECHANICS

2             2

 

ﻣﻘﺮﺭﺍﺕ ﺗﺨﺼﺼﻴﺔ 2-

(32) Credit

 

ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﺔ ﺇﺟﺒﺎﺭﻳﺔ

(32) Credit

 

Course No.                           Course Title

Units               Hours

Pre-requisit

03 47 103      INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL

2             2

 

RECORDS

 

 

03 47 104      HEALTH CARE DELIVERY

2             2

 

SYSTEMS

 

 

03 47 105      FILING SYSTEMS

5            12

03 47 103

03 47 204      CONTENT & ANALYSIS OF

4             8

03 42 160

MEDICAL RECORDS

 

03 47 105

03 47 205      CODING AND INDEXING

4             9

03 42 120

 

 

03 47 105