PARA 329 - Medical Terminology for Paralegals (2)

Designed to provide necessary skills for paralegals to obtain, review, summarize, and organize medical records. Students will become familiar with the relevant federal and state statutes, case law and state agency rules regarding the procurement and disclosure of medical records, as well as contact with medical providers. Students will learn the procedural practices for obtaining medical information. Students will develop a working knowledge of basic medical abbreviations and coding used by medical providers. Students will also learn how to create meaningful medical chronologies and medical summaries for attorney use. Prereqs: PARA 121 and PARA 123.