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Medical Transcription
Certificate of Completion - CEUs
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- 640 Hours (76.8 CEUs)
- 12 Months to Complete
- Online
- Independent Study
- Work at Your Own Pace
- $2395.00
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About the Course
A medical transcriptionist 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. Since these are legal documents subject to subpoena, it is important that the transcriptionist conform to a high standard of accuracy. It is also important for medical transcriptionists to maintain the highest standards of confidentiality in regard to their work.
A medical transcriptionist often works for:
- hospitals
- outpatient clinics
- physician offices
- national transcription services
- or other medical offices
View the step-by-step process of medical transcription.
The Medical Transcription Certificate Program has been designed to provide you with a beginning knowledge of the transcription of medical records. Course subjects will include medical terminology and language, basic human anatomy, and the common diseases that can affect the body. You will gain a working knowledge of medical terminology and the ability to transcribe medical reports, learning the skills needed to obtain an entry-level position as a medical transcriptionist.
The medical reports used in this course have been taken from hospital medical records. The reports utilized include:
- history and physical examinations
- specialty clinic reports (i.e. dermatology, pediatrics, OB/GYN)
- Emergency Room (ER)
- radiology reports
- operative procedures
- consultations
- discharge summaries
Reports are digitally recorded to be transcribed by you. Different regional accents and background noises, which duplicate real-life situations, are used in the recorded dictation, the speed of which picks up as you go forward through the course.
As a student, you must have excellent editing and proofreading skills. You should have a basic understanding of a word-processing program, including being proficient at keyboarding, creating documents, e-mailing, and printing. Transcription times will vary, depending on the length of the case study and your keyboarding skills, command of the English language, and knowledge of human anatomy and medical terminology.
