Advanced Medical Transcription Module
Total Time - 8 months
The Advanced Medical Transcription Module introduces students to actual transcribing of medical reports.
Our extensive bank of reports ensures your success in the MT world.
13 medical specialty modules and a letter writing module are covered during this portion of the course
.Medical TranscriptionTechniques and Procedures
| Medical documents and records (using various document styles) | |
| Punctuation | |
| Capitalization | |
| Transcribing numbers, figures and abbreviations | |
| Letter transcription – types of letters and setup of forms | |
| Proofreading skills | |
| Reference guides and textbooks (use of a variety of online references and book reference material) | |
| Antonyms, eponyms and homonyms | |
| Transcription of reports from all major medical specialties. |
Pharmacology and Disease
| A basic reference to pharmacology | |
| Disease listings | |
| Drug listings | |
| Drug index information |
Other Valuable Information Learned
| Proficient use of a digital transcriber | |
| Increase typing speed | |
| How to use shortcuts in Word | |
| How to set up your home-based office | |
| Employment opportunities | |
| Ethics in the work world | |
| The medical transcriptionist's role | |
| How to compare line-rates | |
| What to look for in a job posting | |
| Knowledge of Internet search engine and how to query a company regarding work | |
| Formulating effective resumes |
The hospitals, clinics, physicians and medical transcription companies, requiring medical transcriptionists, know the value of a very well qualified transcriptionist. Our Advanced course offers inside information into the active world of medical transcription. We offer information as to how to increase your speed, how to use resources, where to find information on the internet, how to query a company regarding work, what type of equipment is needed for the home-based MT, how to set up your home-base office, drug index information, how to use shortcuts in Word, how to compare line rates, what to look for from job postings and how to formulate a very good resume, and of course how to ensure YOU get the job! That is our ultimate goal.
Your goal for the Advanced course is to successfully learn to pronounce terms, spell and give meanings to terms, suffixes, prefixes and combined forms, build medical terms, and transcribe them into written text, print ready. Various report types commonly used in hospitals, clinics and private practice will be learned. All major specialties will be transcribed using the terminology gained in the Basic Medical Terminology Module, as well as advanced terminology gained through the Advanced Medical Transcription Module.
You will receive regular testing, further feedback, as well as the much-needed relevant information that will make your job as an MT profitable and secure. We will do our best to work with those who are committed to the process of becoming top-quality transcriptionists, ready to work with confidence in their skills.
Maximum allowable time frame for completion of this module is 8 months. We recommend that you allow the full amount of time to complete, as you will be learning extensive medical terminology through this course as well.
Upon completion of your course, you will receive a Certificate of Completion from Medwrite-Tech Inc.