12/27/2024 12:54:35 AM	MA 170C Course Outline as of Spring 2006	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  MA 170C	Title:  ADV MED TRANSCRPTN
Full Title:  Advanced Medical Transcription
Last Reviewed:9/19/2005

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		9 max.	Lecture Scheduled	18.00
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	4.00		9 min.	Lab Scheduled	36.00
		Contact DHR	7.00			Contact DHR	63.00
		Contact Total	13.00			Contact Total	117.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  36.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 153.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  MA 71

Catalog Description:

Designed to introduce the student to the demands of acute hospital transcription. Students keyboard actual physician dictation of graduated difficulty from a variety of medical specialties. Application of medical terminology in the medical specialties.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion or Current Enrollment in MA 170B ( or MA 70B or MSR 70B)

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Typing physicians' dictation of graduated difficulty from a variety of medical specialties using cassette tapes, transcribing machines & computers.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion or Current Enrollment in MA 170B ( or MA 70B or MSR 70B)
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1.  Utilize various formats to prepare history and physical reports,

   operative reports, pathology reports, discharge summaries,

   consultation reports, and radiology reports used by physicians in

   preparing patients' hospital records.

2.  Identify, spell and accurately incorporate medical terminology

   distinctive to specific specialties when producing medical

   reports from physician dictation.

3.  Write the meanings, medical abbreviations and/or spellings from a

   given list of medical terms distinctive to medical specialties.

4.  Utilize an increasingly diverse array of reference sources available

   to hospital transcriptionists.

5.  Develop a transcriptionist's notebook for medical terminology

   analysis.

6.  Analyze and deal with increasingly difficult dictations; e.g., fast,

   slow, accents, omissions and errors.

7.  Identify and utilize terminology for common procedures, instruments,

   and anesthetics related to the various specialties.

8.  Improve proofreading skills and analyze personal errors and problems

   in transcribing.

9.  Use problem-solving techniques to identify ethical and legal issues

   pertaining to transcribing medical reports.

10. Demonstrate listening skills and medical terminology vocabulary

   development by producing increasingly complex transcription copy.

11. Identify drug classifications and correctly spell commonly used

   medications within a broad range of specialties.

12. Based on subsequent repeats, student will:

       a. Analyze and deal with increasingly difficult dictation

       b. Improve proofreading skills

       c. Produce increasingly complex transcription copy with decreasing

          errors

Topics and Scope

I.  Transcriptionist's Legal and Ethical Responsibilities when Dealing

   with Medical Records

     A. Differentiation of ethical from legal behaviors

     B. Problem-solving - ethical issues

     C. Problem-solving - legal issues

II.  Terminology Specific to Major Medical Specialties

III.  Terminology Specific to Surgery

     A. General surgery and other surgical specialties

     B. Common procedures, instruments, and anesthetics

IV.  Formats of Major Hospital Reports: consultation, operative report,

   discharge summary, radiology and pathology report

V.  Transcription Listening Skill Development

     A. Transciption of increasingly complex dictation

     B. Dealing with difficult dictation; fast, slow, language accents,

        omissions, errors

     C. Identification of report format from miscellaneous dictations.

VI.  Transcription Typing Skill Development

     A. Timed typing of medical terminology and reports to improve

        typing speed and accuracy

     B. Repetition of familiar terminology and report formats to improve

        accuracy and typing speed

     C. Proofreading and analysis of transcription by student to

        analyze and reduce errors

VII.  Reference Source Identification and Utilization

     A. New references and websites for transcriptionists

     B. Student transcriptionist's notebook

VIII.  Pharmacology Terms and Classifications in Transcription

     A. Names

     B. Classifications

     C. Dosages

     D. Common uses

Assignments:

1.  Transcription of 80-100 physician-dictated medical reports within

   a variety of medical specialties. Dictations will include medical

   terminology of increasing complexity within the medical specialties;

   dictators will include slow, fast, accented, and other problematic

   challenges of transcription.

2.  Completion of written assignments including:

     a. Problem-solving several ethical and legal issues, 5-20 questions

        relating to 8-10 medical specialties.

     b. 5-10 word lists: study meaning, spelling and pronunciation.

3.  Skill demonstration of transcription, proofreading and error analysis,

   utilizing timed writings and transcription analysis checklists.

4.  Student-kept transcription notebook of terms difficult to spell,

   use or capitalize, including abbreviations.

5.  Reference source utilization, documented by answering 5-20 questions

   and completing 4-6 web site access assignments.

6.  Reading: 5-10 pages weekly of pharmacology with 2-6 pages of

   written homework.

7. Quizzes (3-8); final exam.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 10 - 20%
Written homework, Notebook.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 5 - 15%
Ethical issues.
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 60 - 70%
Medical transcription.
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 15 - 20%
Multiple choice, Matching items, Transcription from dictation.
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION. By Ettinger & Ettinger. Emc Pub, 2003

ADVANCED MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION. By Destafano & Federman, Saunders. 2003

AAMT MODULES FOR GENERAL MEDICINE, GENERAL SURGERY. American Association

of Medical Transcription. 1990

PHARMACEUTICAL WORD BOOK. By Drake & Drake, Saunders. 2004

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