Common Course Outline

Course discipline/number/title HIMC 2130: Abstracting Methods

Catalog Description

Credits 4
Hours/Week 7 (1 lecture, 6 lab)
Prerequisites (Course discipline/number) HIMC 2125
Other requirements None
MnTC Goals (if any) NA

Course Description

This course is designed to introduce and apply the principles of cancer registry abstracting. Identification and selection of appropriate clinical information from medical records in a manner consistent with cancer registration regulator core date requirements will be emphasized. Upon completion, student should be able to record, code, and stage site-specific cancer information as well as perform quality control edits to abstracted information to assure timeliness, completeness and accuracy of data.

Date Last Revised (Month, year)

March, 2021

Outline of Major Content Areas

  1. Cancer registry abstracting principles
  2. Medical record components and source documents

Learning Outcomes (General)

The student will be able to:

  1. Understand the general principles of abstracting.
  2. Interpret the standards for cancer data collection and reporting.
  3. Identify the components of the medical record.
  4. Describe common form and reports found in the medical record.
  5. Understand the structure and content of source documents.
  6. Describe briefly the methods and procedures used to diagnose cancer.
  7. Determine what information should be recorded on the cancer registry abstract.
  8. Apply specific coding instructions for abstracting a medical record.
  9. Independently abstract major disease sites.

Learning Outcomes (MnTC)

NA

Methods for Evaluation of Student Learning

Methods may include but are not limited to:

RCTC Core Outcome(s)

This course contributes to meeting the following RCTC Core Outcome(s):

Critical Thinking
Students will think systematically and explore information thoroughly before accepting or formulating a position or conclusion.

Special Information (if any)

None