Information Package / Course Catalogue
Medical Documentation I
Course Code: TS101
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 4
Prt.: 0
Credit: 4
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

To make definitions of data, information, documents, documents, medical documents and documentation. Definition of the archives in the health institutions and organizations that have professional practice areas, to understand the architectural features, organization structures. To ensure that the documents produced by the institution are filed and archived by scientific methods so that the documents can be accessed as soon as possible and the information and skills necessary for the destruction of the document on the legal framework can be obtained.

Course Content

It is to acquire knowledge and skills in the fields of data, information, documents, medical documents and documentation, patient registration, patient file, precaution, usage area, contents, patient file archives, archives importance, architectural structure and properties. Information management, information management and organizational importance, document management, importance and purpose, electronic document and its features, document process, form types and usage, establishment of filing, preliminary and filing systems, standard file plan, organization of filing services, file editing systems and areas of use, archival techniques and processes, and digital archives.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Perihan ÖĞDÜM
Learning Outcomes
1.Data, information, documents, documentation, medical documentation and documentation, patient file, patient file archive concepts are used. Recognize the importance of medical information and documents.
2.The patient creates a record. It explains the importance of patient files and their areas of use. Patient files reveal archives, features of archives and architectural structures.
3.Explain concepts related to filing and archiving. It monitors the internal and external document flow.
4.Apply standard file plan. The document recognizes the transaction process.
5.Produce and filing documents in electronic environment.
6.Describes the organization of file services. It implements archiving methods.
Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Concepts related to medical documentation. History of medical documents and medical documentation / Basic features of medical documents, scope of medical records, use of medical records, and primary users of medical records.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Creation, organization, storage, and provision of medical records / Numbering and sorting of patient files, indexes used in patient file archives / Numbering and sorting of patient files, indexes used in patient file archives
Week 3 - Theoretical
Qualities of Health Records / Storage of Medical Records in Computer Environment / Legal Responsibility in Medical Records
Week 4 - Theoretical
Patient file archive, organizational models and architectural features, sections and functions of patient file archive / Filing, purpose and importance of filing, establishment of Filing system / Standard file plan, Ministry of Health standard file plan, organization of filing service
Week 5 - Theoretical
Records Kept in Healthcare Institutions / Filing Systems I / Electronic Health Records
Week 6 - Theoretical
Responsibility in Medical Records
Week 7 - Theoretical
Patient Rights-Malpractice
Week 8 - Theoretical
Family Medicine-1 / Family Medicine Records
Week 9 - Theoretical
Patient File Archive / Retention Periods of Medical Records / archive services / institutional and unit archives
Week 10 - Theoretical
Patient File Archive / Patient File Archive Committee / Patient File Archive Services
Week 11 - Theoretical
Physical characteristics of archives Archiving techniques and proces
Week 12 - Theoretical
Digital archives I
Week 13 - Theoretical
Examination of the State Archives Regulation
Week 14 - Theoretical
Medical Informatics / e-Government Applications in Healthcare Services
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142484
Individual Work7017
Midterm Examination1325
Final Examination1325
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)101
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Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026