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Purpose:
This program is designed for persons who wish to acquire the training appropriate
for employment in the automated medical office. Instruction covers the principles
of business communications and medical terminology. Training is provided
in machine transcription and in the latest technologies associated with
word processing and microcomputers.
Occupational Objectives:
The majority of these workers are employed in hospitals, physicians’
offices, transcription service offices, clinics, laboratories, medical libraries,
government medical facilities, or at home. Many medical transcriptionists
telecommute from home-based offices as employees or subcontractors for hospitals
and transcription services or as self-employed, independent contractors.
They may also serve as medical office administrative assistants and document
processors.
Admission Requirements:
General college curricular admission
Program Notes: Two
of the required courses in the program, AST 201, Keyboarding III, and AST
245, Medical Machine Transcription, require a keyboarding prerequisite skill
of 50 words per minute. Students not meeting this keyboarding skill
may take
AST 101 and
AST 102,
Keyboarding I and II.
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