| 9a. Catalog Description: |
| Vocabulary building and transcription of medical reports in specialty areas of orthopedics, pediatrics, respiratory and pulmonary medicine, immunology and AIDS, plastic surgery, and urology. |
| 9b. Other Catalog information: |
| None |
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| 10. Student Performance Objectives: |
As a result of successful completion of this course, a student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a marketable competence in the use of a transcribing machine and a word processing program to produce accurate medical reports and records. Consideration given to both quantity and quality of work.
2. Correctly define, pronounce, and spell a broad range of medical terms, drugs, and instruments, as well as acceptable initials and abbreviations.
3. Transcribe dictation from a variety of difficult-to-understand sources, such as persons with heavy foreign or regional accents and poor dictators.
4. Recognize inconsistencies, discrepancies, and incorrect medical dictation.
5. Use standard medical references efficiently. |
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| 11. Methods of Evaluating Student Achievement: |
1. Transcribed reports judged for accuracy and proofreading skills.
2. Vocabulary tests to measure spelling and knowledge of definitions.
3. Production line count, measuring speed and correctness.
4. Extensive testing on abbreviations, symbols, and diagnostic procedures. |
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| 12. Student Assignments (Homework): |
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| a. Required Reading Assignments: |
| 20-30 pages per week |
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| b. Required Writing Assignments: |
| None |
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| c. Other (Terms projects, research papers, portfolios, etc.) |
| Vocabulary study, reading in manual, and proofreading. |
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| 13. Course Content Outline: |
The reports in this fourth level of medical machine transcription are drawn from original dictation, unchanged except for what is necessary for confidentiality. They represent a sampling of dictation that a practicing transcriptionist might encounter in an acute-care general hospital. The quality of the dictation varies, and the difficulty level of the content varies from average to complex. The range of diagnoses is wide; many medical specialty areas are included.
A MANUAL OF MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION is an integral part of the course. The reading offers both an overview and detailed information about the individual specialties that constitute the broad panorama of medicine. Each section offers insight into diagnosis and therapy and provides specific examples of medical reports with graphs, charts, tables, and illustrations.
Students will be required to demonstrate a marketable competence in producing accurate medical reports and records. As they correctly define, pronounce, and spell a broad range of medical terms, drugs, and instruments, they must also be able to recognize inconsistencies, discrepancies, and incorrect medical dictation.
I. Report formats will include
A. History and Physical
B. Radiology
C. Operations
D. Pathology
E. Discharge Summary
F. Autopsy
II. Physician dictation covering medical specialties
A. Orthopedics
B. Pediatrics
C. Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine
D. Immunology and AIDS
E. Plastic Surgery
F. Urology |
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| 14a. All textbooks, resources and other materials used in this course are: |
| College level
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| 14b. EXAMPLE texts, reading and resources:
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Linda Campbell. The Medical Transcription Workbook.
Health Professions Institute, 1999
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