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Medical Transcription
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
Curriculum Code No. 3114 Department of Business
Studies
Penn 401 • Phone (215) 968-8227
Provides graduates with knowledge and skills needed for a
career in a paramedical profession that requires extensive
transcription with word processing. Graduates apply their medical specialty
in the following settings: medical care facilities, insurance
companies, medical office service, or in entrepreneurial settings at
home.
Graduates of this program are able to
- function as an entry-level transcriptionist in a medical environment;
- demonstrate a high level of competency in applying correct grammar, usage, and style when transcribing documents from dictated audio tapes that use medical terminology;
- provide word/information processing support by using software applications that require competency in basic to advanced functions;
- define the medical terms and abbreviations;
- define the prefixes, combining forms and suffixes presented and use them to build medical terms;
- demonstrate the proper use of reference material; and
- select the correct formats for dictated reports.
Certificate Requirements
Since the individual circumstances and backgrounds of students vary, all students
planning to complete this certificate program must meet with their assigned academic advisor
to develop a planned sequence of courses to meet their individual needs.
A Open to Credit By Examination
B Course requires prerequisite.
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