Create your future @ NCC
Create your future @ NCC
Prerequisite: eligibility for ENG 084
As a platform for other business courses,
this introductory course places business in perspective by surveying it
in a contemporary manner and by offering students a solid foundation in
the various disciplines of business. It provides a conceptual
understanding of our capitalistic society, accounting management, human
resources, marketing, finance and controls.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENG 101
A hands-on course which provides an in-depth
study and coverage of business applications software providing practical
experience with spreadsheet, word processing, presentation, database,
and other current packages. Emphasis in the course will focus on
using the microcomputer as a business tool. Supervised exercises
or individual and group assignments are required.
Prerequisites: MED 125 and CSA 105 or BBG 114
This course is meant to give the participant
an inside look at Clinical Informatics related to systems and processes
for collecting and maintaining patient health information.
This course offers consumers interested in the obtaining knowledge of
health information systems and records an introduction to the use of
basic electronic medical record systems. This course includes an
overview of Health Information Systems, terminology, data management,
and regulatory concepts. Hands on learning will occur in the
laboratory setting using systems designed for both ambulatory and acute
care settings. The course is intended to inform the general public
and/or offer a broad overview to health workers or information
technology specialists who are interested in this field.
Prerequisite: Eligible for English 101
This course is a comprehensive study of the
technical language of medicine through word construction. The student
will learn the anatomic and clinical medical terms, anatomy and
physiology, pathophysiology, diagnostic testing, and pharmacological
agents pertaining to each body system.
Prerequisite or co-requisite: MED 125
This course will cover the clerical and
administrative skills necessary to work effectively in a private
physician’s office, a multi-specialty clinic, or a hospital setting.
These skills include maintaining patients’ medical records including
color-coding. Filing will also be discussed. This course
will cover the important issues regarding healthcare today. They
include healthcare reform, the changing skills required for success and
the computerization of medical offices with HIPAA (Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act.) This course will introduce
the student to the major medical insurance programs used in physician
offices and give a basic knowledge of the national diagnostic and
procedural coding systems and forms.
Prerequisite or co-requisite: MED 125
This course encompasses most aspects of
fundamentals of the Official Coding and Reporting Guidelines used by
providers to facilitate payment of health services. Students
access the Internet to research and apply coding concepts and
conventions of ICD-9 and CPT-4 as they review actual medical records.
A hands-on experience is provided with current medical practice
management software application.
Prerequisite: Eligible for English 101
The course introduces students to the
communication techniques needed to organize and deliver oral messages in
a public setting, with emphasis on extemporaneous speeches that inform,
demonstrate and persuade. Basic communication theory, including
reasoning patterns and logical fallacies, is covered.
Prerequisites:
This course combines a classroom seminar with
on the job learning. Students who meet program eligibility work at
approved Cooperative Education sites and participate in regularly
scheduled seminars. Seminars cover the establishment of learning goals
for the work assignment, work-related problem solving, and legal and
ethical dilemmas facing health care personnel. A final project is
designed to incorporate on the-job learning and medical law and ethics.
Students must complete the seminar, all assignments, the final project,
and the clinical work assignment to receive credit.
Norwalk Community College
188 Richards Ave, Norwalk, CT 06854
(203) 857-7000