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Basics of Medical Transcription

Online
1.5-3 hours
Free

Course Content

This free online course will teach you vital skills for understanding the processes involved in medical transcription. An individual who supports doctors by transcribing, formatting, and proofreading dictated medically-oriented reports is known as a medical transcriptionist, or "MT." The primary responsibility of a medical transcriptionist is to produce the uncomplicated and most accurate healthcare documentation possible – and do it fast. This course will provide all the information needed to understand the various aspects of the medical transcriptionist job.

Course Details

CollegeAlison
Course ID188185
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathIn This Free Course, You Will Learn How To
• Explain the role of a medical transcriptionist
• Summarise the official and unofficial parts of a medical transcriptionist's job
• Identify the necessary traits for medical transcriptionists
• Describe the different types of medical reports
• State the anatomy of a medical word
• Define the commonly confused medical words
• Discuss the importance of formatting in healthcare documents
• Recognise data protection regulations
Course Code6619

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