Construction Continues
Last week I discussed the progress I have made with developing online courses for the community college. The Introduction to the Electronic Medical Record will be offered this fall and the Coding and Billing course will not be offered into the spring semester. At this point, all of my focus is on completing the Electronic Medical Record course.
This week I made a lot of progress with the course. I decided to create only four modules to cover the 16 weeks in the semester. The objectives for each module have been completed along with student expectations. The four modules will include computer terminology associated with the electronic medical record, HIPAA privacy and security, electronic record standards and practical applications of the electronic medical record. Within each module students will be required to complete research assignments on the electronic medical record. One of the assignments will require the students to research companies who offer electronic medical record software. Students must research four companies and provide an analysis of the company and the product. Another assignment requires the student to play the role of the office manager in charge of HIPAA education. The student will be required to create a PowerPoint presentation to staff on HIPAA privacy and security.
The discussion board is almost complete and this will encourage students to engage each other in stimulating conversation. I have created scenarios on the discussion board that will require the students to put their critical thinking caps on. The discussion board scenarios are based on the information within the modules and textbook. I have not decided how many points the discussion board will be worth. I want the students to really have a meaningful conversation and not just comments like "I agree with you." I am working on the criteria for receiving full points to the discussion board. This way the student will know exactly what is expected of them.
Overall, I have made significant progress with the course. I hope to have all the work completed in the course within the next 2 weeks.