Included with Course
Employers often tell us our graduates have excellent reference books. We knew that if we had a very long list of books included with our program, we would enroll more students. Many potential students would be impressed with a long list. Instead, we researched, experimented and selected reference books that are greater in value. You'll greatly appreciate these books later on the job when they save you hours of research time. The employers also want medical transcriptionists to know how to use them properly. Our students get extensive practice in using these references.
A list of books we provide:AHDI Book of Style 3rd Ed.
Dorland's Medical Dictionary
Mosby's Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference
Saunders' Pharmaceutical Word Book
Tessier's The Surgical Word Book
Davis's Medical Abbreviations
Turley's Medical Language
Rolland's Saving Keystrokes
Studies in medical terminology, health care records, anatomy & physiology, disease processes, English grammar, punctuation, transcription technology, pharmacology, confidentiality and ethics are interspersed throughout the course. These topics are an integrated part of the medical transcription experience itself rather than being studied from individual textbooks.
Our students receive valuable training in the use and benefits of medical transcription macros or expander programs. These programs can almost double the amount of work a medical transcriptionist is able to do. This results in a higher salary over time, since most transcriptionists are paid on production. Employers tell us they are very glad our graduates know about medical transcription macros and/or expander programs and how to use them.
The Transcription Experience:The Andrews School provides all training units available from the SUM program, not just the beginning unit, which is meant for an "Introduction To Medical Transcription." The beginning unit alone will not prepare one for this demanding and challenging field.
Medical transcription reports dictated by actual physicians: Our self-paced course, which takes an average of one year, includes 3,412 minutes of physician-dictated medical reports. This includes 1,048 reports focusing on both general medicine and the specialties. Students are required to transcribe 2,122 minutes of dictated material. In addition, we have over 1,500 optional minutes of dictated material available for our students who want even more transcription experience or want to do additional work in a particular specialty.
A foot pedal is included.
*As we make modifications and improvements to our program, we may substitute equipment, books, or materials that will better serve the needs of our students.