Medical Transcription

Program Description

Moraine Park’s Medical Transcription program provides students with the foundational knowledge and hands-on experience to translate dictated medical reports into printed formats. Coursework focuses on the skills needed to work with physicians and other healthcare professionals to transcribe and edit healthcare records in an accurate and timely manner, including history and physicals, consultations, operative reports, discharge summaries, pathology reports, radiology reports, chart notes and correspondence. Prepares students to take the RMT (Registered Medical Transcriptionist) exam offered by AHDI (Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity). Good hearing, strong keyboarding skills and excellent grammar/spelling skills are important to a successful transcription career.

Program can be completed on a full-time or part-time basis.

Statewide Salary Range for Recent Graduates

$16,640 $36,397

Approximate Costs

• $106 per credit (resident)
• $159 per credit (out-of-state resident)
• *Online students are not charged out-of-state fees.

Career Opportunities

• Medical Transcriptionist or Speech Recognition Medical Transcription Editor at a Hospital, Clinic or Medical Transcription Service

Program Outcomes

• Adhere to legal and ethical responsibilities of medical transcriptionists.
• Apply knowledge of basic physiologic functions of the human body when transcribing and editing medical reports.
• Apply knowledge of common drugs and diagnostic tests when transcribing and editing medical reports.
• Apply knowledge of disease processes in the human body when transcribing and editing medical reports.
• Operate word processing and medical transcription equipment.
• Transcribe and edit medical dictation.
• Utilize medical transcription references and software.

Entrance Scores

Admission Process

• Submit the college admission application.
• Submit the $30 one-time fee.
• Submit high school and other official college transcripts.
• Take the college assessment test (Accuplacer, ACT or other). The Accuplacer assessment can be taken at MPTC.
• Meet with Admissions to discuss order of courses and prerequisites (required for this program).
• Health Requirements need to be met and a Criminal Background Check is required.
• Check with Admissions if any additional steps are required.