MAT 1700 - Administrative Medical Assisting Techniques I

• Students will be able to demonstrate professional telephone techniques and document messages accurately.
• Students will be able to compose professional correspondence utilizing electronic technology.
• Students will be able to identify different types of appointment scheduling methods and the critical information needed to schedule patient procedures.
• Students will be able to manage the appointment schedule and schedule a patient procedure.
• Students will be able to define types of information contained in the patient’s medical record and create a patient’s medical record.
• Students will be able to participate in a mock exposure event with documentation of specific steps.
• Students will be able to describe indexing rules and correctly file patient medical records.
• Students will be able to differentiate between electronic medical records (EMR) and a practice management system and utilize both to input patient data.
• Students will be able to perform an inventory with documentation.
• Students will be able to document specific steps of a mock exposure event.
• Students will be able to explain the purpose of, and perform routine maintenance of administrative equipment.