Certificate Course in Medical Transcriptionist (MT)

Overview

There is an urgent need to introduce standards for training and quality certification in transcription units. There is a huge shortfall of qualified medical transcriptionists. Therefore, we have decided to address the gap in the industry by training selected candidates in the field of medical transcription

On successful completion of the course, the student will be competent to: 

• Accurately transcribe original medical dictation;
• Use correct English by sourcing appropriate resources in order to apply the rules of proper grammar, punctuation, spelling, and sentence structure;
• Operate dictation, transcription, and word processing equipment;
• Use medical terminology including prefixes, suffixes, combining forms, roots, plurals, abbreviations, acronyms, eponyms, homonyms, foreign words/phrases, and colloquialisms
• Use the correct spelling of medical terminology related to human anatomy, physiology, laboratory tests, drugs, clinical medicine, surgery, pathology, and radiology;
• apply knowledge of human anatomy and physiology including body systems, structures and functions;
• use knowledge of clinical medicine including diagnosis and treatment of common medical conditions to ensure accurate transcription of records;
• apply knowledge of common laboratory tests including diagnostic indications, administration, values and significance of results in preparing records
• use knowledge of drugs, their classifications, indications, actions, dosages and administration in preparing records;
• apply knowledge of surgery including diagnosis, techniques, findings, equipment, instruments, and accessories in preparing records;
• illustrate an ability to use medical references and other resources for reference purposes;
• adapt to progressively more demanding medical transcription production and accuracy standards;
• recognize, evaluate, and interpret inconsistencies, discrepancies, and inaccuracies in medical dictation;
• appropriately edit, revise and clarify transcripts without altering meaning, or changing dictators' style;
• accurately proofread and correct transcribed medical reports;
• Illustrate an understanding of the ethical and legal aspects of medical transcription practice, particularly confidentiality of medical records, release of information, patients' rights, etc.

Eligibility

Applicant should have passed 12th std. with any of the stream.

Minimum Education