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| Medical Transcription | |||
| Certificate Program | |||
| Medical Transcriptionists understand and use medical terms, appropriate reference materials, word processing equipment and software to transcribe medical reports dictated by physicians and other health care professionals. Medical transcriptionists work in a variety of settings, including Medical Record Departments and ancillary professional departments of hospitals (e.g. radiology, pathology, etc.), clinics, doctors' offices, private transcription businesses and other health care facilities. |
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| COURSES | |||
| First Semester | HOURS/WEEK | CREDITS/SEMESTER | |
| First Semester | Class | Lab/Clinical | Total |
| BIO 131 Human Biology I | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| HIT 1062 Medical Terminology | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| HIT 1072 Medical Transcription and Correspondence | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| ENG 110 College Writing I | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| BIT 100 Keyboarding | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| OR MDA 104 Keyboarding & Medical Word Processing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 15/16 | 2/5 | 17 | |
| Second Semester | Class | Lab/Clinical | Total |
| BIO 132 Human Biology II | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| HIT 2082 Advanced Medical Transcription | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| HIT 222 Medical Legal Aspects | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| OR MDA 208 Medical Ethics, Law & Economics | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| MDA 210 Pharmacology | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 2 | 13 | |
| Additional Courses | |||
| BIO 140 Pathophysiology | |||
| CST Any computer course dealing with word processing | |||
| NOTES: | |||
| 1Students who have achieved 35 words/min with less than 5 errors on placement test may waive this requirement. 2Students wishing to receive a profiency award from the College may elect to take minimum core courses. |
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| 3Students planning to pursue a degree program in the Health Sciences should substitute BIO 131 and 132 for BIO 101. | |||
| After BCC… then what? | |||
| Graduates of BCC's Medical Transcription program work
in a variety of health care settings, especially Medical Records Departments,
transcribing medical reports dictated by physicians and other health care
professionals. |
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| Contact Information | |||
| Health Information Technology Department |
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