The healthcare industry presents unique scenarios so all course examples and homework assignments will use healthcare-based datasets, including patient arrival rates, infection rates, etc.

DURATION

5 Days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Anyone in the Health Care field.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce the Excel user to several of Excel's key features, including data organization, formulas, and pivot tables.

At the end of this course you will be able to:

Introduce the new Excel user to the program's features.
Expand on basic Excel skills by setting up a worksheet for a point-source outbreak investigation. The scenario is that there is an outbreak of a food-borne illness that has been tracked down to a single banquet event. The objective is to set up a spreadsheet so that an outbreak investigation can be conducted in real time.
Introduce the use of basic mathematical formulas by filling in a budget worksheet.
Utilize the worksheet that we constructed in Objective 2 to complete the mock outbreak investigation.
Learn the basic use of PivotTables in MS Excel
Demonstrate how Excel can be used for writing form letters.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

Formatting: Adjusting fonts, text alignment; inserting rows, columns and adjusting cell dimensions, borders and background colors; merging cells and sorting data.
Formulas and Functions: Use of cell references in formulas (including absolute references and naming cells); copying formulas; built in functions (some include: SUM, MIN, MAX, COUNT, IF).
Charts and Graphs: Inserting, labeling and formatting various types of charts and graphs.
Templates: Use of both built-in templates as well as online templates.
Charts and Graphs: Reiteration of charting and graphing skills from Course 1, as well as sparklines.
Functions, Pivot Tables, and Macros: Use of built in functions (some include: SUMIF, COUNTIF, VLOOKUP) and pivot tables; checking worksheets for errors in formulas; introduction to basic macro use.
Formatting: Inserting and linking worksheets; applications of conditional formatting options.
Protecting Worksheets: Prevention of worksheets getting altered without consent.
Functions: Introduction to Visual Basic and Macro skills; concatenate and text to columns functions; Tracking changes; Goal seek function; and use of the watch window.
Data: Accessing data from external sources.
Other: Customizing the toolbars.

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PAYMENT

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