MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION

Mission of the Medical Transcription Program:

The medical transcription program is designed to prepare students for employment as medical transcriptionists in a variety of medical settings as well as to prepare them for home employment.

Program Objectives:

The objectives of the medical transcription program are to provide students with the skills and knowledge required for entry-level employment as medical transcriptionists and to prepare students to take the national examination for certification.

Long-range Goals:

The long-range goals of the medical transcription program are to:

• Reach local students and those students located in rural or remote areas who are otherwise unable to complete courses in the traditional campus setting.

• Offer the medical transcription program and its courses via Distance Education.

Program Goals:

• Training in medical office and medical transcription courses that will lead to the completion of a certificate or Associate in Applied Science Degree in medical transcription.

• Training in medical office and medical transcription courses for job advancement and independence.

• Training in medical transcription skills to enable the student to take the national certification exam.

• Focusing on the necessity and developing the desire for lifelong learning.

Student Goals:

Students are expected to:

• Develop the medical knowledge and transcription skills to obtain employment in the healthcare field.

• Achieve the institutional general education goals.

• Develop the skills necessary to take the national certification test for transcriptionists.

• Develop skills to be productive members of society.

• Gain the motivation and skills to continue learning throughout life.

Certificate or Associate in Applied Science:

Medical transcriptionists are men and women who transcribe physician-dictated material that becomes a permanent part of the patient’s medical record. The medical transcriptionist is an important part of the allied health team. Medical transcriptionists must be trained in a variety of areas such as medical terminology, pharmacology, anatomy, laboratory procedures; as well as grammar, keyboarding, and transcribing. Important skills required in medical transcription include listening, hand-eye coordination, hand-ear coordination, keyboarding, and patience.

Students in the medical transcription program must have a keyboarding speed of 45 correct words per minute on a five-minute timing and must maintain an 83% in all required program courses except Applied Medical Transcription I and II which require a 90%.

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION

Certificate Program

Certificate Requirements:

16 credits completed in residence

2.00 (C) grade point average

34 total credits

General Education Requirements:

5 General Education Credits

Program Course Requirements: Credits

BIOL 115 Human Structure and Function ................................... 3

BOTE 121 Business English ..................................................... 3

BOTE 152 Keyboarding II .......................................................... 2

AH 171 Medical Terminology ..................................................... 3

AH 172 Medical Terminology ..................................................... 2

AH 220 Fundamentals of Medical Transcription .......................... 2

AH 266 Laboratory Procedures ................................................. 2

AH 267 Human Diseases and Surgical Procedures ..................... 2

AH 268 Applied Medical Transcription I ...................................... 5

AH 269 Applied Medical Transcription II ..................................... 5

AH 282 Medical Law & Ethics ................................................... 2

PHRM 137 Pharmacology for Business ..................................... 3

Associate in Applied Science (AAS)

Degree Requirements:

16 credits completed in residence

2.00 (C) grade point average

62 total credits

General Education Requirements:

15 General Education Credits including:

1. 1 class from each of the following 2 areas:

a. Communications

b. Math or Science

2. 1 class from 3 of the following 4 areas:

a. Humanities

b. Social Science

c. Computer Technology

d. Wellness

Program Course Requirements: Credits

Completion of Medical Transcription Certificate Program ...... 35

AH 138 Medical Coding I ............................................................... 3

BOTE 210 Business Communications ..................................... 3

BOTE 217 Records Management ............................................... 2

BOTE 275 Administrative Office Procedures ............................ 3

CSCI 101 Introduction to Computers ......................................... 3

ENGL 125 Introduction to Professional Writing ....................... 3

HPER 100 Concepts of Fitness and Wellness ........................ 2