Medical Transcription Education Center’s Certificate program is designed for the novice with no prior medical training. This diploma-level program offers approximately 940 clock hours of optimum training in many specialties, for home-based and on-site positions. The program is an online home-study course that provides beginning, intermediate, and advanced training. M-TEC’s program is designed to be completed in 12 months; however, students are expected to commit a minimum of 25 hours per week toward their studies.
With the healthcare field growing because of the increasing and aging of the population, more and more medical practices and clinics are relying on the services of medical transcriptionists to accurately record and check for errors patients’ medical documentation.
Medical transcriptionists listen to recorded dictations made by physicians and other care givers and translate them onto the written page. These documents become part of correspondence or the patient’s medical records.
While seemingly simple, the medical transcriptionist’s job is vital to the operation of a clinic. The documents they produce provide vital information to other health care professionals, technologists, administrators, researchers and even law enforcement.
For this reason, it’s important that medical transcriptionists are properly trained. Experienced medical transcriptionists can work quickly but accurately, and edit their transcriptions for clarity while keeping all the vital information intact.
About the Program
Medical Transcription Education Center’s Certificate program is designed for the novice with no prior medical training. This diploma-level program offers approximately 940 clock hours of optimum training in many specialties, for home-based and on-site positions. The program is an online home-study course that provides beginning, intermediate, and advanced training. M-TEC’s program is designed to be completed in 12 months; however, students are expected to commit a minimum of 25 hours per week toward their studies.
Accreditation
In September, 2005, upon the recommendation of the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity Review Committee, M-TEC was the first school to be approved by the Approval Committee for Certificate Programs (ACCP), a joint committee established by AHDI and AHIMA for certifying and approving medical transcription education programs.
Admission Requirements
Admission requirements include a high school diploma or equivalent, the ability to work independently, antivirus software, along with the following competencies: (a) English comprehension, spelling, and usage competency (spoken and written) equivalent to that of a high school graduate. (b) Minimum keyboarding speed of 45 corrected words per minute. (c) Intermediate word processing skills, including ability to create, save, format, and copy and paste documents. (d) Intermediate computer skills including ability to troubleshoot basic computer problems, install software, manage files, send and receive emails with attachments, and utilize the Internet for research purposes. (e) Normal level of audiometric (hearing) acuity.
General Information
M-TEC’s® academic purpose is to prepare students for productive careers in the dynamic, ever-changing, and challenging medical transcription profession at an entry level. Upon graduation, students will have completed in-depth training in anatomy, medical terminology, medical science, lab medicine, pharmacology, human diseases, professional development, technology, researching skills, and critical thinking skills, accompanied by intensive practice in beginning, intermediate (surgical), and advanced transcription. Students will be prepared for a successful career as practicing medical transcriptionists with a sense of commitment, professional ethics, and attention to accurate, confidential, quality patient documentation. To achieve this goal, M-TEC provides an in-depth, comprehensive, cost-effective educational program with faculty dedicated to developing the framework for and stimulating the desire to pursue continual active learning.
Medical Transcription Education Center
Medical Transcription Education Center
Medical Transcription Education Center’s Certificate program is designed for the novice with no prior medical training. This diploma-level program offers approximately 940 clock hours of optimum training in many specialties, for home-based and on-site positions. The program is an online home-study course that provides beginning, intermediate, and advanced training. M-TEC’s program is designed to be completed in 12 months; however, students are expected to commit a minimum of 25 hours per week toward their studies.
With the healthcare field growing because of the increasing and aging of the population, more and more medical practices and clinics are relying on the services of medical transcriptionists to accurately record and check for errors patients’ medical documentation.
Medical transcriptionists listen to recorded dictations made by physicians and other care givers and translate them onto the written page. These documents become part of correspondence or the patient’s medical records.
While seemingly simple, the medical transcriptionist’s job is vital to the operation of a clinic. The documents they produce provide vital information to other health care professionals, technologists, administrators, researchers and even law enforcement.
For this reason, it’s important that medical transcriptionists are properly trained. Experienced medical transcriptionists can work quickly but accurately, and edit their transcriptions for clarity while keeping all the vital information intact.
About the Program
Medical Transcription Education Center’s Certificate program is designed for the novice with no prior medical training. This diploma-level program offers approximately 940 clock hours of optimum training in many specialties, for home-based and on-site positions. The program is an online home-study course that provides beginning, intermediate, and advanced training. M-TEC’s program is designed to be completed in 12 months; however, students are expected to commit a minimum of 25 hours per week toward their studies.
Accreditation
In September, 2005, upon the recommendation of the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity Review Committee, M-TEC was the first school to be approved by the Approval Committee for Certificate Programs (ACCP), a joint committee established by AHDI and AHIMA for certifying and approving medical transcription education programs.
Admission Requirements
Admission requirements include a high school diploma or equivalent, the ability to work independently, antivirus software, along with the following competencies: (a) English comprehension, spelling, and usage competency (spoken and written) equivalent to that of a high school graduate. (b) Minimum keyboarding speed of 45 corrected words per minute. (c) Intermediate word processing skills, including ability to create, save, format, and copy and paste documents. (d) Intermediate computer skills including ability to troubleshoot basic computer problems, install software, manage files, send and receive emails with attachments, and utilize the Internet for research purposes. (e) Normal level of audiometric (hearing) acuity.
General Information
M-TEC’s® academic purpose is to prepare students for productive careers in the dynamic, ever-changing, and challenging medical transcription profession at an entry level. Upon graduation, students will have completed in-depth training in anatomy, medical terminology, medical science, lab medicine, pharmacology, human diseases, professional development, technology, researching skills, and critical thinking skills, accompanied by intensive practice in beginning, intermediate (surgical), and advanced transcription. Students will be prepared for a successful career as practicing medical transcriptionists with a sense of commitment, professional ethics, and attention to accurate, confidential, quality patient documentation. To achieve this goal, M-TEC provides an in-depth, comprehensive, cost-effective educational program with faculty dedicated to developing the framework for and stimulating the desire to pursue continual active learning.