Description
This course is designed for individuals planning to enter or upgrade their skills in the health care field. Positions such as medical records clerk, health unit clerk, medical transcriber, medical office biller, or nurse require this knowledge. Prefixes, suffixes, and acronyms will be covered. Students will develop a working knowledge of the medical language needed in a health care setting. Students are required to purchase Medical Terminology, 7th Edition, by Barbara Janson Cohen, published by Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (ISBN 978-1-4511-8756-4). (6 meetings)