Medical Transcription Certificate

Comments about Medical Transcription Certificate - At the institution - Santa Monica - California

• Course description
  Medical Transcription (15 units)
  
  The Medical transcription certificate program prepares students
  to listen to dictated recordings made by physicians and
  other healthcare professionals and transcribe them into medical
  reports, correspondences, and other administrative material.
  Medical transcription is a particularly flexible career that easily
  lends itself to many different work styles. Medical transcriptionists
  work in hospitals, physicians’ offices, transcription service
  offices, clinics, laboratories, and at home. According to the US
  Department of Labor, employment of medical transcriptionists
  is projected to grow 21-35 per cent through 2012. With experience,
  medical transcriptionists can advance to supervisory positions,
  home-based work, editing, or consulting.
  Required Courses: (12 units)
  OFTECH 5, English Skills for the Office (3) or OFTECH
  5A, Grammar and Punctuation (1) and OFTECH
  5B, Spelling and Vocabulary (1) and OFTECH 5C,
  Proofreading (1)
  OFTECH 20, Medical Vocabulary (3)
  OFTECH 21, Medical Terms & Transcription I (3)
  OFTECH 22, Medical Terms & Transcription II (3)
  Select 3 units of the following keyboarding courses:
  OFTECH 1, Keyboarding 1 (3)
  OFTECH 1A, Keyboarding 1A (1)
  OFTECH 1B, Keyboarding 1B (1)
  OFTECH 1C, Keyboarding 1C (1)
  OFTECH 9, Keyboarding Improvement (1,1,1)
  OFTECH 10, Skill Building on the Keyboard (3)

Other programs related to medical secretary