Faculty Profile: Kathleen Daugherty
“Lake Land College offers the best educational transition from High School to college. The faculty and staff at Lake Land are knowledgeable, caring, and willing to help students prepare to further their education and get ready for the world of work.”
Kathleen Daugherty, Office Technology-Medical Program Coordinator
Office: WH-011 | 217-234-5355 |
kdaugherty@lakeland.cc.il.us
Education Background
Kathleen Daugherty graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a BS Degree in Business Education/Administrative Office Management. While working in the business field Daugherty earned her MS Degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in Business Education. Daugherty has taught Business Education for eleven years in the Junior High and High School and has taught a variety of courses at Lake Land for the past sixteen years. Her diverse background working in business and teaching business brings a wide variety of experiences about different business climates and personality traits to the classroom. She is the coordinator of the Office Technology Medical Program and the Medical Coding Specialist Certificate Program and the Medical Transcription Program. She has lived in the Effingham area for 16 years and her hobbies include following her four children in all of their activities, golfing, snow skiing, water skiing, reading and traveling.
Classes I Teach
- CIS 058, Specialized Software Applications
- BUS 063, Medical Transcription
- BUS 082, Medical Transcript Internship
- BUS 083, Office Tech. Internship – Medical
- BUS 084, Advanced Medical Transcription
- BUS 114, Advanced Formatting
- BUS 115, Information Processing
- BUS-123, Notetaking
- BUS 132, Keyboarding
- MCS 075, Hospital-Medical Coding Internship
- MCS 080, Clinic-Medical Coding Internship