ERIC Number: ED134675
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1974
Pages: 65
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The Design & Implementation of a Curriculum Ladder in Medical Record Administration 1970-1973.
Waters, Kathleen A.; Hanken, Mary Alice
Objectives of a 3-year articulation project were (1) to design and put into effect a curriculum for medical record personnel which would provide educational progression for associate arts degree medical record technicians to baccalaureate degree medical record administration programs, (2) to research, classify, and compare curriculum content of the technician and administration programs, (3) to develop classroom and laboratory instructional materials, (4) to identify medical record curriculum components compatible with other allied health curricula for development of core allied health courses, and (5) to inform those in the profession about the project and its relationship to their own programs. Project participants developed a plan with four major components: A consortium of medical record baccalaureate and associate arts degree programs in the northwest region, workshops, newsletters, and an advisory committee. The plan was to undertake the project at a regional level. The media included correspondence, research, development of guidelines for use in gathering and comparing information, and making a comparative study of a local community college medical record technician program with the Seattle University program. Curriculum revision did result from the project and a curriculum ladder has been implemented at Seattle University (SU). Medical record technicians who have associate arts degrees can transfer into the program and receive full credit for 90 hours of their associate arts degree work plus approximately 10 credits towards the 45 credit hours of the professional health information curriculum at SU. (Appended to the project report is a paper on current and future directions in medical record curriculum.) (WL)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Allied Health Occupations Education, Articulation (Education), Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, Career Ladders, College Curriculum, Consortia, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Health Personnel, Medical Record Technicians, Postsecondary Education, Regional Cooperation, Research Projects
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Sponsor: Health Resources Administration (DHEW/PHS), Bethesda, MD. Bureau of Health Manpower.
Authoring Institution: American Medical Record Association, Chicago, IL.; Seattle Univ., WA.
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