Students will work at a supervised job training station. They will be trained to prepare for the transition from school to the world of work. Theory and skills will be integrated for maximum student job success. Semester Offered-On Demand. Beginning Medical Transcription is a course designed to prepare the student in the skills required to transcribe medical dictation into a computer system.
Special emphasis is placed on medical format, spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Combined with the transcription of actual hospital and clinic medical reports is the continued study of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots to increase the student's knowledge of medical terminology. This course will utilize all the knowledge gained in medical, English, and word processing courses. Minimum typing speed of 40wpm. Intermediate Medical Transcription 3 cr. Intermediate Medical Transcription is the second course in a series of three required transcription courses.