Medical Transcription and Billing

A well-trained medical transcriptionist is an important member of the health care team. Properly transcribed medical records are of critical importance to health care providers. Medical transcriptionists transcribe physician dictation, resulting in documents that can be easily read and shared among providers, third-party payers, regulators, consumers, and health information systems. An increasing demand for electronic and standardized medical records could result in rapid employment growth for well-trained medical transcriptionists.*

Devoted to online career training, Kaplan Continuing Education’s (KCE) Medical Transcription Certificate program is designed to help prepare students to pursue entry-level positions as a medical transcriptionist and navigate future changes in the field of medical transcription.† Students will review relevant grammar and punctuation skills and study the proper way to format and proofread medical records.

Is This Program Right For Your Employees and Your Company?

This program is designed for individuals who possess a high school diploma or GED and wish to pursue entry-level medical transcription career opportunities. Entry-level medical transcriptionists may work in diverse health care environments, including physicians’ offices and acute and long-term care settings.

For those seeking to be a medical transcriptionist, continuing medical education and training online could lead to a variety of career opportunities. This online transcription program offers students the convenience and flexibility to continue working while obtaining vital education.

Prior to enrollment, students in the Medical Transcription Certificate program must:

Complete a typing assessment examination and achieve a typing speed of 45 cwpm (correct words per minute)
Achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on a grammar and punctuation examination
Achieve a minimum score of 70 percent on a spelling examination

Students enrolling in the Medical Transcription Certificate program must demonstrate basic computer skills through successful completion of a challenge exam or submission of a transcript reflecting completion of a college-level computer course. Students unable to satisfy this requirement must complete the Medical Transcription Certificate program's Introduction to Computer Skills course. There will be no charge to the student for either the challenge exam or the Introduction to Computer Skills course.

Courses Include

Medical Language
Anatomy and Physiology
Pharmacology
Beginning Medical Transcription
Intermediate Medical Transcription
Advanced Medical Transcription and Professional Development

Take the First Step
In six months or less, your employees could be on their way to more rewarding careers. Take the first step by calling 866.721.7480 (Toll Free) or click here for more information.


For Complete Course Descriptions

*Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008–2009 Edition, Medical Transcriptionists, http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos271.htm (accessed September 2000). These employment projections are provided for informational purposes only. Long-term projections are not intended to predict short-term changes in employment demand due to the current economy.

†Kaplan Continuing Education’s (KCE) programs are designed to prepare graduates to pursue employment in their field of study, or in related fields. However, KCE does not guarantee that graduates will be placed in any particular job or employed at all.

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