Course Shift is a course brand company located in Salt Lake City, Utah. Principals in Career Shift have been doing non-institutional career training since 1994. In fact, we were the first organization on Earth to develop a fully automated online course platform by 1996 for our curriculum of courses relating to the business of medicine, such as Medical Transcription, Terminology, Medical Coding & Billing, which also remain as steadfast avenues for career change and training at home. Those courses withstood the test of time for 20 years. We showed the world that quality training could be done anywhere, and not just on a campus.
Throughout, we have championed the concept of comprehensive, top-level training for those who have neither the time nor money to pursue high-paying careers in the legal and medical business fields. Our entire philosophy revolved around the idea that prospective students could get such an education without having to pay $20,000 for it. We’ve proven the concept thousands of times over the years.
We have top notch student support, real humans you can talk to on the phone, but the courses are so good very little support is needed.
Feel free to continue reading down through our extensive series’ of accomplishments, and thanks so very much for taking a look at us.
-- Team Course Shift
Jari Davis – Course Author
Background: Coder-abstracter and administrator for the World Health Organization. Set up the standards for data generation and collection for WHO and various NIH federal government grants to various medical departments.
Established Meditech. Initiated ongoing training programs for Meditech employees. Established the accounts receivable, patient information system for the Utah State Department of Family Health Services, TRIAGE, 1989 to 1996. Provided consultant services to many hospitals/clinics in medical transcription, coding training and billing functions. Formalized the training programs in early 1990s for on-line education – competency-based learning. Feature writer for various medical/legal publications in magazines, journals and textbooks. Major contributor to medical/legal online dictionaries.
Recognition/Awards:
1953 – worked as a paralegal in the offices of the AFL, CIO unions for Utah and Idaho.
1958-1969 - Coder abstractor, reviewer/data processing coordinator for World Health Organization in departments of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pathology and Medical Records. Trained staff for chart abstraction for medical data; set up the complete program for abstracting, amalgamating, processing and reporting the medical information for both the World Health Organization and various NIH (federal) grants to the medical center.
1969 - started Meditech, Inc., a medical transcription, data processing service; served as its President and Chief Executive Officer to the present time. Responsibilities include: management, sales, and developing a course for training medical transcriptionists. Several hundred transcriptionists have been through the program, a fair share of whom were subsequently employed by Meditech to serve its clients.
As a paralegal, represented Meditech in business related legal matters and appeared in court representing the company, as well as pro bono for clients unable to afford attorneys in justice and civil courts. Provided estate preparation at large including business planning, estate planning, wills, real estate and testamentary needs.
1994 - developed a full syllabus for training transcriptionists which program is marketed independently of Meditech's original purpose to train primarily for its own staffing needs. Course is sold through seminars and on the Internet as well as many schools which offer that course and related medical career vocational training courses. See www.med-certification.com for details.
1996 – added Paralegal Training and Legal Transcription to online courses, and many schools and universities use this course in their curriculum. Many graduates who completed the training are working in the legal field.
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AND SERVICE
1977 - named Utah Businesswoman of the year by Utah Business Women's organization.
1983 - chaired the Utah Chapter of the American Association for Medical Transcription (AAMT) and served as the President for two years thereafter.
1990 - named "Boss of the Year" by the Utah Businesswomen's Association (nominated by staff and employees of Meditech).
Guardian ad litem in children’s program through Juvenile Court System, CASA Volunteer, working with children in various stressful homes, exploring potential programs to enhance child development, and recommending to the Juvenile Court authorities a course of action specifically designed to assist and benefit the affected children.