Medical Transcription

Program Description

Moraine Park’s Medical Transcription program provides students with the foundational knowledge and hands-on experience to translate dictated and speech-recognized medical reports into accurate 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

$21,630 $31,842

Approximate Costs

• $111.85 per credit (resident)
• $167.80 per credit (out-of-state resident)
• *Online students are not charged out-of-state fees.

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.

Career Opportunities

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

Additional Career Opportunities for the Medical Transcription and Medical Coding Specialist Option

• Clinical Coding Specialist
• Biller/Coder
• Insurance Claims Clerk
• Acute Care Coder
• Ambulatory Coder
• Physician Specialty Coder
• Coder
• Charge Master Auditor
• Other positions with an emphasis on coding/data analysis

Entrance Scores

Please visit the Admissions page for general information.

Admission Process

• Applications are not currently being accepted to this program. Please check our Application Deadlines for periodic updates on the next application opportunity.

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