A Curriculum Guide for Medical Record Technologist. Final Report.

This curriculum guide was developed as a result of a project conducted in Pennsylvania to review, update, and revise the vocational-technical manual on file in the Pennsylvania Department of Education and to develop sample curriculum for the preparation of a medical record technologist program using the skills developed in the manual. The guide is organized in three sections. The first section describes the project, while the second section outlines the proposed curriculum and provides descriptions for core courses and medical records technologist courses. The third section, the revised vocational-technical manual, contains job and task listings for seven job categories: (1) processing and abstracting health record information; (2) maintenance of health record information; (3) performing clerical functions; (4) maintaining quality control; (5) management and supervision of employees; (6) preparation of administrative and clinical reports; and (7) preparation of general administrative services. For each task listed for each job category, a performance objective is given and duties and responsibilities are listed. (KC)