CBT Direct's Course for Medical Transcription Certification
CBT Direct offers you the most effective way to become a Certified Medical Transcriptionist (CMT)* in the growing medical support services sector of the healthcare industry. CBT Direct’s course for Medical Transcriptionist provides self-paced, computer-based training to give you an effective, convenient, and affordable alternative to classroom training!
- Complete Training to prepare for the CMT
- Convenient Anytime, Anywhere Training
- Affordable, Easy Payments
- Money-back Certification Guarantee
- Includes:
- Fast-track, high-tech medical terminology training
- Complete online training for transcription training
- Hands-on interactive exercises from patient charts
- Dictation practicum with actual physician dictation (no actors)
- CertBlaster for AHDI Certification preparation software
- Surgical Compendium
- Required software and footswitch
- Everything you need to become fully trained and ready to work
*To be consistent with the CMT Candidate Guide, to be eligible to take the CMT exam, the candidate needs to possess at least two years of acute care-type setting or equivalent experience in a multi-specialty environment. If he/she does not have the requisite two years of acute care experience, he/she may want to consider taking the Registered Medical Transcriptionist (RMT) exam, instead.
Medical Transcriptionist Certification Means Success!
Certified Medical Transcriptionists are in high demand throughout the medical support services sector of the healthcare industry. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “With experience, medical transcriptionists can advance to supervisory positions, home-based work, editing, consulting, or teaching”, and “Employment of medical transcriptionists is projected to grow faster than average for all occupations through 2014”. Although generally paid by the word, or by the line, professional medical transcriptionists can earn a great deal of money, while often enjoying the benefits of working from home, as recent advances in computer and networking technologies have allowed medical transcriptionists to use the Internet for the uploading and downloading of information. As with any position, pay rates vary by region. In some areas, the median income for an experienced Medical Transcriptionist can be approximately $30,000.
In-Depth Training
With CBT Direct’s Medical Transcriptionist course, you’ll learn the essentials of being a Medical Transcriptionist, including understanding the language of medicine, anatomy and physiology, diagnostic, surgical, and laboratory procedures, and treatment. You will learn how to translate medical jargon and abbreviations into their expanded forms. You will translate a variety of medical reports in a prescribed format. You will learn about confidentiality, legalities, familiarity with medical records and ethics. Becoming certified also serves the public interest because it assures that you have met the accepted standards of practice. Many employers require the credential. For some, it can lead to a premium in pay and possible career advancement.
The course is 380 clock hours and requires anywhere from 3 to 6 months, depending upon the amount of time the student can devote to the program.
Candidates are required to have good English language skills, good hearing acuity and listening ability, good keyboarding skills and computer knowledge.
Course Content
I. Introduction & Orientation
- Typing rules
- The Rules on Style and Format
- Spellcheckers
- Report Types
- Anticipated Goals
- Questions and Answers
- Medical Records and Confidentiality
- Electronic Files
II. Outpatient Reports
- Understanding History – Physicals
- Understanding Chart Notes
- Understanding X-Rays and Pathology Reports (Standard, MRI, CT, CT-Guided, Ultrasound)
- Correspondence
III. Inpatient Reports Introduction
- Understanding Hospital History - Physical
- Understanding the Hospital Operative Report
- Understanding Discharge Summaries
- Understanding Autopsy Reports
- Understanding Consultations
- Challenging Dictation
Practical Dictation Set
- Necessary Equipment
- Installing your Pedal and Software
Introduction & Orientation
Dictation Challenges
- Artifactual noise
- Speed variations
- Dictator problems and peculiarities
- Doctor errors in dictation
- Grammar related problems
- Dictator quirks
Section I. General Surgery
- Breast Surgery
- Digestive and Intra-Abdominal Surgery
- Bowel, Colon, Rectum and Anus
- Biliary Tract
Section II. Surgical Specialties
- Endocrine Systems
- Herniae
- The Nails
- Incision and Drainage (I&D)
- Gynecology
- Neurosurgery
- Obstetrics
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopedic Surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
- Urology
- Cardiac and Vascular Surgery
List of Common Surgical Terms
Section III. Dictation Intermediate
- Session 1 Dictation Exercises (26 reports)
- Session 2 Dictation Exercises (23 reports)
- Session 3 Dictation Exercises (17 reports)
- Session 4 Dictation Exercises (18 reports)
- Session 5 Dictation Exercises (16 reports)
- Session 6 Dictation Exercises (23 reports)
Section IV. Advanced Dictation
- Session 1 Dictation Exercises (64 reports)
CertBlasters:
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Medical Transcription CMT CertBlaster
CBT Direct's CertBlaster Exam Simulations provide a realistic test environment and offer the most effective way to prepare for your Certified Medical Transcriptionist certification.
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Medical Transcription RMT CertBlaster
CBT Direct's CertBlaster Exam Simulations provide a realistic test environment and offer the most effective way to prepare for the Registered Medical Transcriptionist exam.
Recommended System Requirements
- Intel Pentium 600 MHz or greater
- VideoCard Resolution of 800x600
- Minimum of 128 MB RAM recommended
- Connection speed of 56 kbps or faster (DSL or higher recommended)
- Windows 98; NT; 2000; XP or 2003; Vista
- Browser versions: IE 4.01 including SP2 or higher – Netscape Communicator 4.7 or higher
- Macromedia Flash Player 7.0 or higher
- Screen resolution set at 800x600
- Cookies must be allowed
- Temporarily disable pop-up blockers
- Allow active content to run on your computer while running the class
- Valid email address
