Professional Practice Experience I: Technical is a genuinely hands-on course — using an actual electronic health record platform to experience the technical side of HIM work directly.
What D255 covers
The course allows you to use EHRGo, an electronic health record (EHR) platform, to complete 42 structured activities experiencing how an HIM professional uses an EHR.
The selected activities meet AHIMA's Baccalaureate-level competencies, and completing them earns 40 PPE (Professional Practice Experience) hours.
The D255 performance assessment
Expect a deliverable requiring completion and documentation of the 42 structured EHRGo activities, demonstrating the specific AHIMA competencies each activity addresses.
Key topics in D255
- Hands-on EHR platform experience (EHRGo)
- AHIMA Baccalaureate-level competencies
- Technical HIM professional practice
Writing tips for D255
Follow the task instructions and rubric line by line
WGU performance assessments for D255 are graded against a fixed rubric — every rubric line has to be visibly addressed, usually with a labeled heading that mirrors the rubric language. Skipping a rubric point because it seems minor is the single most common reason a competent submission comes back "Not Yet Competent" for revision.
Ground your analysis in a specific healthcare organization, not generalities
WGU evaluators are trained to distinguish genuine HIM analysis from a paraphrased textbook summary. Anchor your submission in the specific organization or scenario the task provides, and show the reasoning connecting your recommendation to that organization's actual systems and data.
Because WGU is self-paced, don't let "no deadline pressure" become no submission
There's no weekly due date forcing progress, which means procrastination costs more at WGU than at a traditional term-based school — a stalled task can quietly eat weeks of a term. Treat your own target date for each D255 assessment as a real deadline.
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Students sometimes complete the activities without clearly documenting which specific AHIMA competency each one demonstrates — the course likely expects that mapping made explicit for credit.
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D255 has no listed prerequisites and is shared between the Healthcare Administration and HIM bachelor's degrees.
- Bachelor of Science, Healthcare Administration
- Bachelor of Science, Health Information Management