Parkland College

Medical Transcriptionist

Program Code: TOCT CER

Certificate
Minimum graduation requirement — 29.5 semester hours

The Medical Transcriptionist Certificate Program prepares students in the skills needed for work in a clinic or hospital as a transcriptionist of medical dictation.

Program Notes*
• CTC substitution may be accepted for CIS 135 — see department chair.

Suggested Full-time Sequence
 

FALL 1st Semester
CIS 135
CIS 157
CIS 171
CIS 173
CTC 135
ENG 115

SPRING 2nd Semester
BIO 111
CIS 170
CIS 272
HCS 151
HCS 155
HCS 174

 

Required Program Courses (27 hours)

Credit Hours

BIO 111 Basic Anatomy and Physiology

4

CIS 135* Word Processing I (MS Word)

3

CIS 157 Keyboarding II

3

CIS 170 Office Professional Topics

3

CIS 171 Machine Transcription I

3

CIS 272 Transcribing Medical Documents

3

CTC 135 Keyboarding Skill Building

2

ENG 115 English Grammar and Punctuation

2

HCS 151 Health Care Records Management

2

HCS 154 Medical Terminology

3

HCS 155 Pharmacology for Allied Health

.5

HCS 174 Law for Health Professionals

         1

Total Semester Credit Hours

29.5

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