Andrews School of Medical Transcription is located in Warr Acres, Oklahoma, just outside of Oklahoma City. Established in 1990, this school offers an 84 lesson medical-transcription program that will train students to accurately transcribe medical dictations. The program is broken down into three modules. Some of the concepts students will learn include medical terminology, pharmacology use in medical reports, anatomy and physiology, use of medical references, word-searching techniques, medical grammar, punctuation and proofreading. It takes about one year to complete this program. Graduates will have the necessary skills to take and pass the Registered Medical Transcriptionist (RMT) and Certified Medical Transcriptionist (CMT) exams to become certified, although certification is not needed to work as a medical transcriptionist. Students who are interested in this program must be able to type 45 words per minute with 80 percent accuracy.
Andrews School of Medical Transcription
5601 Northwest 72nd Street
Warr Acres, OK 73132-5923
405-721-3555
andrewsschool.com
Mt. Hood Community College is a public community college located in Gresham, Oregon, right outside of Portland, the biggest city in Oregon. MHCC offers a fully accredited medical transcriptionist program that will lead to an associate degree in medical transcription. This six semester program takes about two years to complete. Some of the classes in this program include medical terminology, introduction to medical transcription, keyboarding skill development/refinement, Microsoft Word training, medical editing, medical law and ethics, medical coding and introduction to business computing. There are also prerequisite and general-education requirements.
Mt. Hood Community College
26000 SE Stark St.
Gresham, OR 97030
503-491-6422
www.mhcc.edu
Ashworth College is a private college located just east of Atlanta, Georgia. AC offers a fully accredited medical transcriptionist diploma program. This 18-lesson program is a mix of in-class instruction and at-home practice sessions (through a school provided audio CD). Some of the concepts this program covers include basic medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, medical fundamentals, perspectives on medical transcription, style guides and transcribing for a wide range of specialities. The school provides an audio CD for practice (at home) with various voices, different language accents and situations for real-life simulation. For more information, contact:
Ashworth College
430 Technology Parkway
Norcross, GA 30092
800-957-5412
ashworthcollege.edu