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Professional Curriculum
The courses taken at UAMS are the Health
Information Management (HIM) courses listed on the left below. Students take the General Education
(GE) courses listed below at any regionally accredited college or university of their choice, and these are transferred to UAMS
as they are completed. Students may take the General Education courses before or during the time they are enrolled in the HIM program. The HIM program director provides a Curriculum Plan of Study, which is individualized for every student upon his or her admission into the program. Any remaining
GE courses that need to be taken are placed into the Curriculum
Plan while the student is taking the HIM courses, so that upon
graduation all courses are completed at the same time. There is no time
limit for the GE courses that a student transfers into the program with the exception of the computer
applications course. This course cannot have been completed more than seven (7) years prior to the date the student applies for admission to the HIM program. This is due to the rapidly changing technology that has occured in the computer science field. This course is the only pre-requisite to the HIM program.
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HIM Courses: |
Credit
Hours |
General Education Courses: |
Credit
Hours |
| HIM 1101 |
Clinical
Laboratory I*** |
1 |
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College Algebra |
3 |
| HIM 1102 |
Clinical Laboratory II*** |
1 |
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Anatomy & Physiology*,**
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8 |
| HIM 1103
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Professional Issues Seminar
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1 |
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English I
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3 |
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HIM 1301
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Medical Terminology** |
3 |
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English II
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3 |
HIM 1309
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ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding& Classification System**** |
3
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US History/Government
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3 |
| HIM 1304
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Pathophysiology w/
Pharmacology ** |
3 |
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Psychology
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3 |
| HIM 1308
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Health Records Systems &
Issues
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3 |
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Sociology
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3 |
| HIM 2303 |
Data Management & Statistics |
3 |
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Speech
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3 |
| HIM 1307
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Applied Systems
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3 |
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Computer Fundamentals/Applications |
3 |
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HIM 2201
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Legal & Ethical Issues |
2 |
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Fine Arts OR
Humanities |
6 |
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HIM 2101
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Clinical Practice*** |
1 |
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| HIM 2102
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Problem Solving Seminar
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1 |
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| HIM 2203
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Preceptorship***
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2 |
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| HIM 2301
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Quality in Health Care
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3 |
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| HIM 2302
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Expanded Coding (CPT-4)****
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3 |
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| HIM 2304
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Supervisory Management
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3 |
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HIM 2305
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Inter. Coding & Reimbursement**** |
3 |
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| HIM 1202
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Registry Principles &
Practice
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2 |
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HIM 1302
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Epidemiology |
3 |
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| HIM 2401 |
Staging |
3 |
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| HIM 2202
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Registry Professional
Practice
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2 |
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* Anatomy & Physiology courses must cover all body systems and
include accompanying laboratory sections. If taken at a
college where this is offered in one course, the student must take
an additional 4 SC laboratory biology course to satisfy the 8 SC of
laboratory science.
**/****Students must complete Anatomy & Physiology, Medical
Terminology (HIM 1301), and Pathophysiology (HIM 1304) prior to
beginning the sequence of coding courses (HIM 1309, HIM 2302, and
HIM 2305).
***The four HIM clinical internship courses (HIM 1101, HIM 1102, HIM
2101, and HIM 2203) must be completed consecutively. |
Job Placement:
Although our program does not officially have a job placement
program, faculty are routinely made aware of numerous job opportunities by preceptors, local HIM directors, hospitals, and statewide
agencies who contact us throughout the year because of their interest in our graduates. We list these job
opportunities for our students and graduates. All of our students and graduates have
equal opportunity to apply for any and all of these jobs, which are located both locally and throughout the states as they become known to us. They vary in position, salary, type, and
qualifications. In recent years the number of job openings has significantly exceeded the number of our graduates, offering them many employment opportunities.
Credentials:
Most of our graduates take the Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)
credentialing examination within six months of graduation, so that all the knowledge and skills they gained in the program are very fresh in their minds. The program also offers a summer review session to all the graduates for the RHIT examination following graduation. Our graduates are consistently above the national pass rate for this exam.
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