According to the current edition of the Occupational Outlook Handbook, Medical Transcription is among the ten fastest growing occupations in the U.S. A Medical Transcriptionist (MT) often works for hospitals, outpatient clinics, physician offices, national transcription services, or other medical offices. An MT listens to dictated recordings made by physicians and other healthcare professionals and transcribes them, creating medical reports that eventually become part of patients' permanent files.
Students seeking a career as a medical transcriptionist should have excellent editing and proofreading skills. Students should have a basic understanding of a word-processing program, to include being proficient at keyboarding, creating documents, e-mailing, and printing. (See prerequisites below.) Students in the Medical Transcription program gain the ability to transcribe medical reports, learning the skills they need to obtain an entry-level position as a medical transcriptionist.
This recently revised and revamped program has been designed to provide students with a beginning knowledge of the transcription of medical records. Included are ten inpatient case studies, ten inpatient reports that can be used as tests or as extra assignments, 25 outpatient reports, and ten outpatient reports that can be used as tests or as extra assignments. Each of these reports has been taken from hospital medical records. The reports utilized include history and physical examinations, radiology reports, operative procedures, pathology reports, consultations, discharge summaries, a death summary, an autopsy report, and correspondence. Reports are digitally recorded to be transcribed by the student. Different regional accents and background noises, which duplicate real-life situations, are used in the recorded dictation, the speed of which picks up as the student goes forward through the course. Transcription times will vary, depending on the length of the case study and the students' keyboarding skills, command of the English language, and knowledge of human anatomy and medical terminology.
The Medical Transcription online program has been updated to the latest industry standards, and we have added in various interactive elements to better engage students. In addition to these enhancements, we have also created over 50 interactive audio exercises that give the students extra hands-on transcribing practice. These audio activities give the students extra practice while learning to transcribe medical reports that simulate real-world cases with varying speed and dialects in the dictations. Students check their work immediately, which provides multiple opportunities to practice transcribing before they submit full reports for instructor grading.
Students registering for the Medical Transcription program should have a working knowledge of Medical Terminology. If you do not have a previous medical terminology course, please CLICK HERE for information on the Medical Transcription + Medical Terminology program.
Upon registering, you are given an initial six months to complete the program. Should you need more time, you may request a 6-month extension at no additional charge.
Medical Transcription
GES 113 -- 240 hours
Course Overview/Description
According to the current edition of the Occupational Outlook Handbook, Medical Transcription is among the ten fastest growing occupations in the U.S. A Medical Transcriptionist (MT) often works for hospitals, outpatient clinics, physician offices, national transcription services, or other medical offices. An MT listens to dictated recordings made by physicians and other healthcare professionals and transcribes them, creating medical reports that eventually become part of patients' permanent files.
Students seeking a career as a medical transcriptionist should have excellent editing and proofreading skills. Students should have a basic understanding of a word-processing program, to include being proficient at keyboarding, creating documents, e-mailing, and printing. (See prerequisites below.) Students in the Medical Transcription program gain the ability to transcribe medical reports, learning the skills they need to obtain an entry-level position as a medical transcriptionist.
This recently revised and revamped program has been designed to provide students with a beginning knowledge of the transcription of medical records. Included are ten inpatient case studies, ten inpatient reports that can be used as tests or as extra assignments, 25 outpatient reports, and ten outpatient reports that can be used as tests or as extra assignments. Each of these reports has been taken from hospital medical records. The reports utilized include history and physical examinations, radiology reports, operative procedures, pathology reports, consultations, discharge summaries, a death summary, an autopsy report, and correspondence. Reports are digitally recorded to be transcribed by the student. Different regional accents and background noises, which duplicate real-life situations, are used in the recorded dictation, the speed of which picks up as the student goes forward through the course. Transcription times will vary, depending on the length of the case study and the students' keyboarding skills, command of the English language, and knowledge of human anatomy and medical terminology.
The Medical Transcription online program has been updated to the latest industry standards, and we have added in various interactive elements to better engage students. In addition to these enhancements, we have also created over 50 interactive audio exercises that give the students extra hands-on transcribing practice. These audio activities give the students extra practice while learning to transcribe medical reports that simulate real-world cases with varying speed and dialects in the dictations. Students check their work immediately, which provides multiple opportunities to practice transcribing before they submit full reports for instructor grading.
Students registering for the Medical Transcription program should have a working knowledge of Medical Terminology. If you do not have a previous medical terminology course, please CLICK HERE for information on the Medical Transcription + Medical Terminology program.
Upon registering, you are given an initial six months to complete the program. Should you need more time, you may request a 6-month extension at no additional charge.
