Areas of Expertise:  Health Information

Education:

• M.Ed. - Curriculum and Instruction, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
• HIA Certificate - Health Information Administration, Stephens College, Columbia, MO
• B.A. - Psychology, Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO
• MRT Certificate - Research Hospital and Medical Center, Kansas City, MO

HCC Courses Taught:

• Medical Terminology
• Legal Aspects of Health Information
• Quality Management
• Financial and Management Issues
• Health Record Applications I
• Health Record Applications II
• Health Record Applications III

Honors & Awards Achieved:

KHIMA Motivator of the Year Award, 2002

Membership in Professional Organizations:

• American Health Information Management Association
• Council on Certification, Chair Elect (2002)
• Kansas Health Information Management Association

Publications & Presentations:

Speaker, Audio-seminar, American Health Information Management Association - Education and Accreditation, Short Takes, "Advisory Boards" and "E-learning", November, 2002
Speaker, Assembly on Education, Indianapolis, IN – “Traditional v distance education:  Similarities and differences”, June, 2002
Speaker, Kansas Health Information Management Association, “HIM education – Are we ready for the 21^st century”?, September, 2000
Speaker, KAECT Tri-Conference, Salina, KS, “Distance education strategies and support”, April, 1999
“Effects of wait time in a medical terminology class”, Educational Perspectives in Health Information Management, 1 (2) Winter, 1998
Speaker, Quality Improvement Panel, Assembly on Education, Kansas City, MO, June, 1996
Editor, Case Manual, Assembly on Education, 1996
“Recruitment: Have we oversold the profession”?, JAHIMA Nov-Dec, 1995
Speaker, Teacher Preparation Workshop, St. Louis, MO, “Role of an educator”, June, 1994  

Class Information:

Mock Exam Part 1

Mock Exam Part 2

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