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Show UNIVERSITY PREVIEW• SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY• FALL 1 996 5 Medical transcription is new short-term course South e rn Uta h University's rech no logy departmen t is plann ing an ex pansion to T yp ing k il ls are necessary, bur even swde nrs wirh min imal typ ing skills ca n rhc courses offered by th e Sho rt Term lnten ivc Training program (S.T.I.T. ). ;1pply, explained Cowan. She added that 3:1 word:- per minu te i sugges ted. A year lo ng course in medi cal trnnscription is slated to begi n this fa ll. Proficiency will increase throughou t t he duration of the year, she 'a id. Barbara Cowan, instru ctor of the ne w progra m, said the course is designe d to According tO Cowan srudcnrs shou ld be a high school graduate or have obtained he lp st udents enter into the field of me dical tra nscription. their G ED. Cowan also said th~1t they ask t ha t student. to have previous experience It a l o provides an opportunity for wHh Word Perteet. ea rly entry into rh e work force for Snme of the e ta ·-c:, stutknts will s tudents who do no t wish to attend rnke inc lude: Medica l Term inology, fo ur yea rs of college, sa id Cowan . Medical Repo rt , Word Processing A medica l transc riptionist Fundamenrals, Letter Pre paration, interpre ts messages and reports, Arn1tom y and Physiology, usually in ve rbal fo rm , said C owan, Labnrntory Proct:du 1es, Surgica l and converts th ose messages into a Procl'dures, Professiona lis m and typed docum ent. Ethics and Medi cal Trnnscription According to Co wan, the de mand with actual dictat io n . fo r trained me di cal transcriprionists In ordl'r to receive a cert ificate of ha s risen in the past few years. graduation in me dic,il transc ript ion This is largely due to t he fact tha t a stude n t must hl' ahle to type I 00 most ins urance companies n o lo nger lines pl'r hour wit h only three accept handwritten reports from mistakes on ,1 sustain l'd b,1s is. hospitals and medical cl inics, said M istakes include mnlical a nd Cowa n . grnmnrn tical l'rrors. Studl'nts A m edical transcriptionist has become CMTs !Ce rti fied Medic.ii ma ny different work option s, Cowan Transc riptioni s ts ) when they ha ve said. Students ca n beco me employed com pleted th rl'l' to iive years in the hy hospita ls, m edica l clini cs, work at workforcl'. home, and even contract ou t work. After a student has completed t he Cowan a lso said sh e beli eves that classroom t ra ini ng the next step is to the future iob outloo k is great. com plete a 100 hour ex te rn ship, ~he She said th at students interested in said. becoming a medical transc riptionis t C lasses w ill he hl'l d from 9 .1. 111 . to sho ul d be self motiva ted, interested 3 p.m. Monda y- Friday. Cowan said in word m ea nings, ab le to work that interested students sho uld alone, interested in m edicine a nd a pply ea rl y since space is limited. science, and have a good bac kgrou nd Ph nnc .S86- 7988 ior more in EngIi h a nd gra rn rnar. 111format io n. Studen ts can now land jobs as m edical trnnscriptionists a(l cr only o year 11f ,wdy. WANT TO CHANGE PEOPLES· LIVES? BE A TEACHEit! Peregrine Place W. Across from the P.E. Building 212 5. 700 • 2 bedroom •1 bath • S160 per month per person SOU IS THE BlitTHPl.flCE OF •Large Living Area UTAH S TEflCHEitS. •Washer, Dryer and Microwave in each unit CALL 586-7800 FOit •Completely furnished INFOitMATION ABOUT THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION. 1 586-7133 I |