The Medical Transcriptionist program prepares you to transcribe medical records. Courses cover medical terminology, human anatomy, physiology and skills in information processing. Medical transcriptionists are employed in hospitals, Admission into this program requires proof of high school graduation (or GED) and qualifying scores on SAT, ACT or the TTC placement test.
clinics, nursing homes and physicians’ offices.
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Medical Vocabulary/Anatomy |
3 |
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Fundamentals of Disease |
3 |
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Office Communications |
3 |
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Information Processing |
3 |
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Total 12 |
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Basic Pharmacology |
2 |
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Basic Anatomy and Physiology |
4 |
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Medical Machine Transcription I |
3 |
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Document Production |
3 |
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Total 12 |
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Medical Ethics and Law |
2 |
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Medical Machine Transcription II |
3 |
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Office Simulation |
3 |
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Total 8 |
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*Prerequisite of OST 105 or equivalent
**Must be taken last semester