This is a two-year program designed to provide students with skills necessary for employment as a medical language specialist (transcriptionist). Students may take the Certified Medical Transcriptionist (CMT) test to become nationally certified as a medical transcriptionist after gaining experience in the field.

Upon completion of this program, graduates will be able to:

• Transcribe medical documents—chart notes, history, physicals, etc.
• Retrieve and file medical records using terminal digit filing
• Release medical information following confidentiality rules
• Set up and run a medical transcription business from home
• Transcribe for a hospital, clinic, etc. or do home-based medical transcription
• Manipulate medical office software for billing, appointments, etc.

NOTE: This program has specific entrance requirements. Please contact the Admissions Office. The program course requirements are presented in sequence. Part-time students and others who cannot follow this sequence should check course descriptions in this Catalog to determine prerequisites and, in addition, should consult their academic advisor regarding the order in which they take courses.