Medical Transcription

Curriculum

Certificate Requirements

To earn a Medical Transcription certificate, you must complete 1 required course containing the following learning units:

Medical Terminology

• Intro to medical and anatomic terms
• Blood cells, cardiovascular and lymphatic systems
• Nervous system and tumors
• Digestive system
• Muscles, bones and joints
• Male reproductive and urinary systems
• Female reproductive system, obstetrics and neonatology
• Ear, nose, respiratory system and special senses
• Directions and regions of the body.
• Pathogenic organisms, endocrine system and medical specialties
  

Medical Transcription

• Ten inpatient cases involving the following systems of the body.
  • Reproductive system
  • Musculoskeletal system
  • Cardiopulmonary system
  • Integumentary system
  • Urinary system
  • Nervous system
  • Digestive system
  • Endocrine system
  • Lymphatic system
  • Respiratory system
• Ten inpatient reports utilizing a variety of body systems and formatting. These reports can be used as tests or as extra assignments. They do not test on a specific inpatient case.
• Twenty-five outpatient cases, as listed below.
  • Gynecology Operative Report
  • Pathology Report
  • Cytology Report
  • Oncology Consult
  • Infectious Disease SOAP Note
  • Pulmonology Procedure Note
  • Oncology Consult
  • Correspondence
  • Infectious Disease Consult
  • Pediatrics-Emergency Center Report
  • Internal Medicine History and Physical
  • Psychiatry Consult
  • Radiology-Echocardiogram Report
  • Radiology-Colonoscopy Procedure Note
  • Radiology-CT Scan of Abdomen
  • Infectious Disease HPIP Note
  • Radiology-Mammogram and CT scan of Abdomen
  • Oncology Consult
  • Correspondence
  • Pulmonology-Sleep Study
  • Psychiatry Consult
  • Radiology-MRI
  • Pediatrics-Emergency Center Report
  • Hematology Consult
  • Correspondence
• Ten outpatient reports using a variety of body systems and formatting. These reports can be used as tests or as extra assignments. They do not test on specific outpatient reports.
  

Skill-Building

• Medical Terminology Made Easy includes in the appendices
  • List of weights and measures
  • List of chemical symbols
  • Sample history and physical exam report
  • Ten crossword puzzles
• Hillcrest Medical Center skill-builders include
  • Six crossword puzzles
  • Ten proofreading exercises
  • Proofreaders' marks as used by professional editors
  • List of challenging medical words and phrases.
  • CMTips
  • How to build a reference library for the medical transcriptionist
• GES Web site skill-builders include an
  • Audio icon on which medical terms are pronounced
  • Atlas icon with medical illustrations of human anatomy

Program Format

The Medical Transcription certificate courses are conveniently offered online. GES will provide each student with all required textbooks and digital transcription equipment. This equipment is not compatible with Mac computers. You must take this course on a PC. In order to use the digital equipment you must have:

• Windows 98 or later
• 32 MB RAM
• 25 MB hard disk space (additional space required to store voice files)
• Display mode set to 800x600 pixels with 256 colors or higher
• Double-speed CD-ROM
• USB port

Required Courses