Machine transcription of medical documents. Management of records, patient, appointments, business transactions particular to a medical office. Preparation of payroll, inventories of equipment and material. Includes the concepts of the automated office versus the traditional office. The students will acquire a working knowledge of the information processing systems.
Students participate in oral communication exercises.
Understanding of the speech communication process, application of tools to skillfully reduce speech barriers as well as learning to work with people within the structure of business situations. S.T. 353 Fourth-year students will work fifteen hours per week in assignments related to office administration. In a one-hour weekly seminar, different problems related to their work experience will be discussed. Pontificia Universidad Cat lica de Puerto Rico .