Student lab sheet
Scenario, learning objectives and step-by-step instructions in an editable Word document.
Curriculum
30 labs that mirror real health information work
A complete, ready-to-teach practical curriculum. Each lab puts students in a real job role, with a real task, inside a realistic record, and every one of them comes with the documents faculty need to teach and assess it.
30Labs
23Job roles
8Topic areas
60Word documents
What’s in a lab
Everything you need to teach it, in one package
No preparation from scratch. Assign a lab and students can start in minutes.
Faculty answer key
The expected entries and the reasoning behind them, visible to staff only.
A prepared patient record
A chart set at exactly the right point in the patient’s story, with forms, notes and results.
Numbered tasks in the EHR
The tasks open beside the chart, so students know what to do next and faculty know what to check.
The full lab list
Organised the way a health system works
Labs are grouped by the part of the EHR they use. Each one names the job role the student plays and the patient they work with.
Front office
Registration, scheduling, check-in and the documents that open every encounter.
Patient Registration
Register a new patient in the EHR: search the master patient index for duplicates, decide on every look-alike record, register the patient with all required information, check the new chart and print the face sheet and patient ID card.
Registration ClerkData setEHR: Patient
Patient Appointment Scheduling
Schedule, reschedule and cancel appointments for a newly registered patient from her requests, using the providers' open slots.
Appointment CoordinatorMariam N. SalehEHR: Calendar
Patient Check-In and Encounter Creation
Check in an arriving patient: confirm identity with two identifiers, check photo ID and insurance, obtain consent and co-payment, and create the outpatient encounter.
Front Desk OfficerMariam N. SalehEHR: Calendar
Consents and Advance Directives
Document admission consents, privacy acknowledgment, advance directives and code status from scanned forms, and identify incomplete documents.
Patient Access RepresentativeGeorge M. EllisonEHR: Chart
Clinical Chart
Clinical documentation from triage to the problem list, as nurses and physicians record it.
Patient Triage and Vital Signs
Record two sets of vital signs from the intake worksheet, recognize abnormal values and document a triage note with provider notification.
Triage NurseMariam N. SalehEHR: Chart
Patient Medical History
Document a complete history from the patient's questionnaire: chief complaint, past medical and surgical history, allergies with reactions, home medicines, family and social history.
Staff NurseMariam N. SalehEHR: Chart
Clinical Consultation and Documentation
Review the patient's record, document the examination and write and sign a SOAP progress note for the visit.
PhysicianMariam N. SalehEHR: Chart
Nursing Care Plan
Develop a nursing care plan with nursing diagnoses, measurable goals and interventions, and record the patient's progress.
Registered NurseGeorge M. EllisonEHR: Chart
Problem List Management
Clean up and update a patient's problem list: add new diagnoses, resolve problems, remove duplicates and symptoms, and code each entry.
PhysicianMariam N. SalehEHR: Chart
Immunization Documentation
Document vaccines given under a standing order: product, dose, route, site, lot, expiry, manufacturer, Vaccine Information Statement and consent, choosing a latex-free product for a latex-allergic patient.
Registered NurseMariam N. SalehEHR: Chart
Orders & Results
Laboratory and imaging orders, specimens, results and abnormal values.
Laboratory Test Ordering
Enter laboratory orders with specimen requirements, priority, timing and the supporting diagnosis for each test.
PhysicianMariam N. SalehEHR: Chart
Laboratory Results Entry
Review pending laboratory orders, check specimen labels, enter simulated results with units and reference ranges, flag abnormal values and reject a mislabelled specimen.
Laboratory TechnologistMariam N. SalehEHR: Services
Radiology and Imaging Orders
Order a chest X-ray with a complete clinical indication and pregnancy screening, track the examination through each status, and review and acknowledge the radiology report.
Physician / Radiology CoordinatorMariam N. SalehEHR: Services
Medications
Safe prescribing, pharmacy verification and the medication administration record.
Medication Prescription
Write electronic prescriptions with drug, strength, dose, route, frequency, duration, quantity, refills and instructions, checking allergies first.
PhysicianMariam N. SalehEHR: Chart
Medication Verification and Dispensing
Review the prescription queue: check allergies, interactions and doses, verify and dispense appropriate prescriptions, and intervene on unsafe ones.
PharmacistMariam N. SalehEHR: Services
Medication Administration Record (MAR)
Verify medication orders and the patient, apply hold parameters and document each 09:00 dose as given or held in the MAR.
Registered NurseGeorge M. EllisonEHR: Chart
Clinical Boards
Bed management, emergency triage, the operating room and infection control.
Inpatient Admission and Bed Management
Admit a patient from the emergency department to an inpatient bed and document a later transfer, choosing beds that meet the patient's needs.
Admission OfficerGeorge M. EllisonEHR: Clinical
Emergency Department Triage
Triage a patient arriving at the emergency department: assign the Emergency Severity Index level, screen for infection risk, document vital signs and placement, and notify the physician.
Emergency Department Triage NurseGeorge M. EllisonEHR: ClinicalEHR: Chart
Surgical Case Scheduling
Book an elective surgical case into the surgeon's block and complete the pre-operative checklist, identifying items that must be resolved before surgery.
Operating Room SchedulerDaniel P. KerrEHR: Clinical
Infection Control Alert
Act on a positive MRSA screen: add the infection alert, start contact precautions, arrange a safe room, notify the care team and document an infection prevention note.
Infection PreventionistGeorge M. EllisonEHR: ClinicalEHR: Chart
Transitions of care
Discharge, referrals, health information exchange and patient portal messages.
Discharge Summary and Follow-Up
Reconcile discharge medications, write and sign the discharge summary, and schedule follow-up care before the patient leaves.
Physician / Discharge CoordinatorGeorge M. EllisonEHR: ChartEHR: Calendar
Health Information Exchange (HIE)
Match patient identifiers on documents received from a health information exchange, review the external clinical information and reconcile it into the patient's record.
HIE CoordinatorGeorge M. EllisonEHR: In Basket
Referral Management
Create and track referrals at discharge with the correct urgency, receiving provider and authorization status so that every referral loop is closed.
Referral CoordinatorGeorge M. EllisonEHR: Patient
Patient Portal Secure Messaging
Triage patient portal messages: recognize urgent symptoms, route requests to the right team, reply professionally and protect privacy.
Clinic NurseMariam N. SalehEHR: In Basket
Fees & Records
Coding, claims, chart completion, release of information and privacy audits.
Diagnosis and ICD-10-CM Coding
Review the physician's signed documentation and assign ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes for the outpatient visit in the correct sequence.
Medical CoderMariam N. SalehEHR: Records
Insurance Verification and Claims
Verify insurance coverage, review the charges for a visit, build the claim and correct the errors the claim scrubber found.
Insurance / Billing OfficerMariam N. SalehEHR: Fees
EHR Privacy, Security and Audit Logs
Review an EHR access log for a public figure's record, identify unauthorized access, and apply role-based access controls to prevent it from happening again.
Health Information ManagerLeila H. MansourEHR: Records
Chart Completion and Deficiency Tracking
Analyze a discharged inpatient record for documentation deficiencies and assign each one to the responsible person with a due date.
HIM AnalystGeorge M. EllisonEHR: Records
Release of Information
Process requests for patient information: decide whether each can be released, what may be released, and whether it must be listed in the accounting of disclosures.
Release of Information SpecialistGeorge M. EllisonEHR: Records
Reports & Analytics
Registry data, SQL and clinical quality indicators.
Clinical Quality Reporting and Data Analytics
Extract data from the EHR diabetes registry with SQL, calculate four clinical quality indicators, compare them with targets and prepare a performance report.
Quality Officer / Health Data AnalystData setEHR: Reports
Two connected patient stories
One record that grows, lab after lab
Instead of thirty unrelated exercises, most labs continue the same two patients, so students see how every entry affects what comes next.
Mariam N. Saleh · Central Clinic
An outpatient journey: registration with look-alike records in the master patient index, scheduling, check-in, triage, history, a physician visit, coding, orders, results, prescriptions and portal messages.
George M. Ellison · General Hospital
An acute care journey: emergency triage, inpatient admission, the medication administration record, a care plan, an infection control alert, discharge, referrals, chart completion and release of information.
Make it yours
Adapt every lab to your syllabus
The built-in labs are a starting point, not a limit. Your faculty can change anything, and their changes are kept safe when ChartLab’s own content is updated.
- Edit instructions, tasks, points and due dates
- Replace lab sheets and answer keys with your own documents
- Change any patient record, or build a new one
- Write entirely new activities with the activity builder
- Assign the same lab to different sections at different times
- Use individual or group work for any lab
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