2022-2023 Course Catalog

HIT 291 HDS Prog. Practice Exp.

provides students the opportunity to apply principles learned in previous courses to the work environment. Students in the Healthcare Documentation (HD) degree program transcribe physician-dictated medical reports for a company, physician's office, and/or hospital in order to obtain the necessary skills to succeed in the medical transcription field. Students are required to work a minimum of 150 hours during the semester to receive credit for the course. This course is applicable toward all basic certificates, AAS, ALS (credit hours 3.0, lecture hours 1.0, lab hours 10.0).

Credits

3.0

Prerequisite

completion of or concurrent enrollment in HIT 242

Division and Department

Health Professions / Health Information Techn