FACTORS AFFECTING TO LEARNING AND GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL CODING LEARNING

Abstract

The objectives of this study were 1) to study the levels of factors affecting learning achievement in medical coding; 2) to study the accomplishment level in medical coding subject; 3) to analyze the comparison of success in medical coding subject; 4) to examine the factors contributing to learning medical coding; and     5) to find the ways to improve medical coding learning. The study was combined with quantitative and qualitative research. The sampling group was 260 Medical Record students under Kanchanabhishek Institute of Medical and Public Health Technology, Praboromarajchanok Institute, Thailand, and Medical Record students under Mahidol University, Thailand, and 10 key informants. The quantitative research instrument was a questionnaire, while the qualitative research instruments was an interview form which has the validity between 0.67 – 1.00 and reliability of questionnaires has alpha-coefficient Cronbach 0.97

 The study was found as follows. 1) The level of support factor from parents had the highest means. Then it was the factor on media documents and teaching support equipment and the lowest one was student factor. 2) The level of efficiency of medical code learning in medical code subject level 4 had the highest means. Then it was medical code subject level 2 and the lowest one was the medical code learning level 3.