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Department of Medical Records

Medical Records Program


PROGRAM
 DIPLOMA
IN HEALTH INFORMATICS[i]
 DURATION TWO Years
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
 ENGLISH/
ARABIC
TOTAL CREDITS68 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 10163
Human Anatomy and PhysiologyMD 15243
Introduction to ComputersCS 10132
Medical Terminology MD 12022
Introduction to Health Care  Delivery SystemMR 10122
Introduction to StatisticsST10532
Introduction to the profession MR 10322
Elective 22
Totals 2418


Semester 2

Subject

 
Hrs/wk
Credits
English  IIEL 10263
Word processing (Arabic and English) أ ك  15142
Clinical Medicine MD 16022
Hospital StatisticsMR 10443
Health Informatics IMR 10543
HI Directed Practice IMR 10741
HI Coding IMR 10632
Totals 2716

 

Semester 3

Subject
 
Hrs/wk
Credits
National Health Registration SystemMR 21222
Introductory PharmacologyPH 14611
Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Forms and ContentsMLT 10911
Communication  in Health Care MR 20122
Health Informatics IIMR 20343
HI Directed Practice IIMR 20541
HI Coding IIMR 20442
Data Base and NetworkingCS 202 32
Elective 22
Totals 2316

 

Semester 4

Subject
 
Hrs/wk
Credits
Automated Computer Systems for MR ManagementMR 20642
Health Informatics Management and AdministrationMR 20743
HI Directed Practice IIIMR 21182
Issues in Health InformaticsMR 21022
Quality assuranceMR 21322
Islamic Education 22
Loyalty and Values  22
Totals 2415

 

Semester 5

Subject
 
Hrs/wk
Credits
Health Informatics PracticumMR 214303
Totals -3
TOTAL CREDITS68
TOTAL HOURS1582

 



College : HEALTH SCIENCES                                                                 

Term : FIRST SEMESTER 2000-2001

Department :  MEDICAL RECORDS PROGRAM                    

 Program :                    DP-0304                         MEDICAL RECORDS PROGRAM

Degree:           ﺩﺑﻠﻮﻡ                    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 TitleUnits               HoursPre-requisit
03 01 101      ISLAMIC CULTURE2             2 
03 10 104      RESEARCH AND LIBRARIES1             2 
03 29 102      ARABIC WORD PROCESSING2             4 
03 29 205      ENGLISH SHORTHAND2             4 
03 30 111      ENGLISH MEDICAL RECORDS5            10 
03 30 161      ENGLISH FOR MEDICAL RECORDS2             403 30 111
(1)  
03 30 211      ENGLISH FOR MEDICAL RECORDS2             403 30 161
(2)  
03 30 99       BEGINNER''S ENGLISH LANGUAGE0             5 

ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﺔ ﺇﺧﺘﻴﺎﺭﻳﺔ

(2) Credit 
Course No.                           Course TitleUnits               HoursPre-requisit
03 03 123      HUMAN RELATIONS2             2 
03 03 125      KUWAIT AND DEVELOPMENT2             2 
03 15 114      INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY2             2 
03 22 104      Establishments & Management of2             2 
small Projects  
03 65 101      CAR MECHANICS2             2 

ﻣﻘﺮﺭﺍﺕ ﺗﺨﺼﺼﻴﺔ 2-

(32) Credit 
ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﺔ ﺇﺟﺒﺎﺭﻳﺔ(32) Credit 
Course No.                           Course TitleUnits               HoursPre-requisit
03 47 103      INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL2             2 
RECORDS  
03 47 104      HEALTH CARE DELIVERY2             2 
SYSTEMS  
03 47 105      FILING SYSTEMS5            1203 47 103
03 47 204      CONTENT & ANALYSIS OF4             803 42 160
MEDICAL RECORDS 03 47 105
03 47 205      CODING AND INDEXING4             903 42 120
  03 47 105


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