associate degree program - Instituto de Banca y Comercio

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTIONThis program offers the opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills, and capabilities required to perform the tasksand duties of a “Transcriptionist and Medical Language Specialists” at the entry level. It includes the specifictechniques to interpret and transcribe the medical dictation by physicians and other healthcare professionals indigital form using Transcription Manager Software and creating medical reports that eventually become part ofpatients' permanent files. The program includes the following topics: medical terminology for the majority ofmedical specialties, chart formatting, office procedure notes, letter diagramming, pharmaceutical and laboratoryterminology, audio files with the different specialty areas, the use of the technology and computer applicationprograms (Word, Power Point, and Outlook) for designing presentations, processing information, and producingdiverse documents generated in medical offices. The graduates from this program will be able to fill position as:Medical Transcriptionist and other similar positions in hospitals, healthcare offices, laboratories, or they can workfrom home (independent transcriptionist).TERM CODE TITLE CREDITSI TMED 1000ESPA 1005ADDO 1001The Profession: Medical TranscriptionistBasic SpanishDocument Administration333II EMME 1020MASJ 1019MADO 1001III PRCO 1000INGL 1106TMED 1010IV PRME 1000TMED 1011INGL 1107V TMED 1012INGL 2103COMP 2013VI TMED 1013GEOF 1000OFIC 3000Total CreditsAnatomy and Physiology PrinciplesPrinciples of Medical Terminology / ClinicPathologyKeyboard Skills ITotal CreditsProduction of Business Documents (Basic)Basic English IMedical Transcription ITotal CreditsProduction of Medical DocumentsMedical Transcription IIBasic English IITotal CreditsMedical Transcription IIIConversational EnglishComputer Application Programs (Power Point,Outlook, Internet)Total CreditsMedical Transcription IVOffice ManagementOffice Simulation93339333933393339333Total Credits9Total Credits 54[99]