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POFM 1302   Medical Software Applications (3)
This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite: None.
Medical software applications for the management and operation of health care information systems. (2 Lec., 3 Lab.)

POFM 1309   Medical Office Procedures (3)
This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite: Basic keyboarding skills.
Introduction to basic medical office skills including telephone techniques, filing and indexing, mail handling, appointment scheduling, travel arrangements, correspondence, and business transactions. Emphasis on human relations and customer service skills. (2 Lec., 2 Lab.)

Academic Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for transfer among community colleges and state public four year colleges and universities as freshman and sophomore general education courses.

WECM Courses
Designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as workforce education (technical) courses offered for credit and CEUs (Continuing Education Units). While these courses are designed to transfer among state community colleges, they are not designed to automatically transfer to public four year colleges and universities.