Course details
Medical transcriptionists are vital members of health care offices everywhere whose contributions are essential in maintaining health records. Stratford's medical transcriptionist training can help you learn the skills and knowledge you need to work toward a new career.
This comprehensive course offers extensive instruction on medical terminology, body systems, records, reports, diagnostic procedures, style guidelines and much more.
Medical Transcriptionist Course Outline
Medical Transcriptionist Module 1
Medical Terminology
- Basic Word Structure
- Suffixes and Prefixes
- Organization of the Body
- Body Systems
- Diagnostic Tests and Procedures
- Common Abbreviations and Symbols
Medical Transcriptionist Module 2
Introduction to Medical Transcription
- Understanding Medical Transcription
- Ethical Considerations
- The Medical Record
- Medical Reports
- Proofreading and Editing in Medical Transcription
- Style Guidelines: Abbreviations, Acronyms, Measurements, Chemical Abbreviations, Briefs, Forms and Medical Slang, Eponyms, Symbols, Handwritten Chart Symbols, Numbers, Roman Numerals, Arabic Numerals, Rules for Transcribing Numbers, Dates, Time
- Understanding Pharmacology
Medical Transcriptionist Module 3
- You will be presented with the structure, function, terminology, disorders, laboratory tests, diagnostic procedures, treatments, pharmacology issues, and sample reports with regards to:
- Cardiology
- Dermatology
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- Hematology
- Neurology
Medical Transcriptionist Module 4
- You will be presented with the structure, function, terminology, disorders, laboratory tests, diagnostic procedures, treatments, pharmacology issues, and sample reports with regards to:
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedics
- Otorhinolaryngology
- Psychiatry
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Urology
- Pathology
About Stratford
Stratford Career Institute is a privately owned correspondence school established in 1991 that offers at-home vocational training programs to students in North America
Stratford’s founders saw a need to meet the emerging education needs of today’s busy adult. Understanding the value and convenience of distance learning, they set out to develop an innovative style of correspondence education that would allow individuals to get a quality education – at home.
With more than one million students enrolled, Stratford has earned its reputation in the delivery of quality at-home career training.
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