What Does Medical Transcription Training Consist of?

Medical transcription training basically involves equipping you with improving your listening skills, improving language, throwing some light into human anatomy and physiology, disease process, medical terminologies, drugs for various diseases, normal lab values, medical report style and formatting, confidentiality, legalities, familiarity with medical records and ethics, learning typing and improving to speedy typing, exposure to computers, internet etc., apart from practicing dictations specifically made for this purpose.

In-depth medical transcription courses should essentially consist of the following structure.

Medical Terminology

Study of the meaning, derivation, and usage of medical terminology and help understand the medical terminology essentials used in health fields and in medical records.

Anatomy and Physiology

• Study of structure and function of the human body and its various systems viz., the sense organs; integumentary, urinary, digestive, musculoskeletal, respiratory, endocrine, reproductive, neuropsychiatric, and immune systems.
• Study of chemical and cellular structure and function.

Review of Systems

An in-depth study of the history and physical examination.

Human Diseases

A comprehensive study of disease processes (causes, symptoms, diagnoses, and treatments), organized by body systems.

Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures

An introduction to the principal types of diagnostic procedure – Physical measurements, electrodiagnostics, endoscopy, medical imaging, and clinical pathology.

Grammar and Punctuation for Medical Transcriptionists

English grammar usage, clarity, punctuation and proofreading skills.

Medical Transcription Practice

• Transcription of authentic, physician-dictated reports organized according to body systems.
• Use of reference materials and other resources efficiently.
• Editing and proofreading techniques.
• Understanding professional issues in medical transcription.
• Grammar and punctuation review.

Professional Issues:

• Review of independent contractor status.
• HIPAA issues, confidentiality, contracts.
• Technology such as FTP sites and digital transmission modes.
• Marketing your skills and your professional image.

Medical Transcription Equipment and Software

• Exposure to medical transcription equipment and speech recognition software.
• Basic functions of Microsoft Word.

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