Medical Transcription Syllabus

Program Clock Hours:  500

Semester Credit Hours:  33

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY I – LANGUAGE ORIGINS AND ADAPTATIONS

• Etymology
• Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation
• Medical Words

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY II – DYNAMICS OF MEDICAL VOCABULARY AND WORD STRUCTURE

• Word Dynamics
• Body Dynamics
• Medical Instruments & Equipment
• Medical Specialties & Specialists
• Diagnostic Medicine
• Abbreviations
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Diagnostic Medicine
• Abbreviations
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Pharmacology
• Drug listing – generic alpha, name brand cross-reference, plus 200 of the most commonly prescribed drugs.

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION THEORY

• Report Types
• Outpatient Reports
• Inpatient Reports
• 16 hours (1,000 minutes) of dictation – all physician dictation, 85% hospital, 15% clinical. Answer keys included

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION PRACTICUM – over 100 hours of transcription practice

• More than 20 hours of physician dictation
• Keys (actual transcribed reports) to the dictation
• 20 hours of specialty dictation

PHARMACOLOGICAL COMPENDIUM

• Drug terminology
• Dosages, schedules
• Terms, symbols, spelling, packaging
• Administration
• Classification (brand, generic, and trade name)
• Drug use/listings by medical specialty

SURGICAL COMPENDIUM

• Includes General, Breast, Digestive, Intra-abdominal, Bowel, Colon, Rectal, Anal, Biliary, Ear, Nose and Throat, Endocrine, Herniae, Nail, I&D, Gynecology, Neurosurgery, Obstetrics, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic, Otolaryngology, Reconstructive, Thoracic, Urologic, Cardiovascular Surgery – with all related terms listings, dictation and sample reports.
•  4 hours of dictation for pronunciation specifics

REFERENCE MATERIAL INCLUDED (ONLINE ONLY)

• AHDI Book of Style
• Stedman’s Medical Terms and Phrases
• Stedman’s Medical Dictionary
• Stedman’s Laboratory Values
• Physician’s Finder
• Abbreviations
• Medical and Surgical Equipment Words
• Quick Look Drug book
• Stedman’s Medical Speller, plus all the online references in the course itself

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