OAT 260 - Medical Transcription

Credits: 3
Instructional Contact Hours: 3

Introduces techniques for transcribing physicians' dictation of medical progress notes, operative reports, letters, and miscellaneous medical documents. Incorporates extensive practice and application of medical terminology, spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization. Uses various medical forms and covers editing techniques.

Prerequisite(s): OAT 172, HSC 105, and one of the following: BIO 101W, BIO 140W, BIO 152W, BIO 153W, or BIO 240; all with a minimum grade of “C” (2.0).
Corequisite(s): None
Lecture Hours: 45 Lab Hours: 0
Meets MTA Requirement: None
Pass/NoCredit: Yes

Outcomes and Objectives

Operate transcription equipment to produce legally acceptable medical documents in final form from physicians’ dictation.
1. Use and adjust transcription equipment effectively
2. Transcribe dictation from both American-born and foreign-born physicians in multiple medical specialties
3. Edit to correct terminology, grammar, spelling, punctuation, word division, and contextual errors in transcribed material
4. Identify and use legally acceptable closures in documents
Use multiple resources as problem solving tools when transcribing and editing medical dictation.
1. Use medical and English dictionaries.
2. Use software spell-checking features.
3. Use the Physician’s Desk Reference.
4. Demonstrate a resourceful approach to the search for new or problem words.
Demonstrate professionalism appropriate for the workplace.
1. Participate in class.
2. Follow written and oral directions.
3. Complete and submit assignments on time.
4. Participate constructively in activities.
5. Display civility toward other class members and the instructor.
6. Demonstrate academic integrity.