Medical Transcription
Diploma
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Contact Information:
(336) 334-4822, ext. 2412 - from Greensboro • (336) 454-1126, ext. 2412 - from High Point

The Medical Transcription Program at Guilford Technical Community College is offered completely online. It consists of 48 credit hours (16 classes), which includes completing a 160-hour required internship during the summer semester.

It is a 1-year diploma that can be completed over the course of a fall, spring, and summer semester.

The MT curriculum prepares individuals to become medical language specialists who interpret and transcribe dictation by physicians and other healthcare professionals in order to document patient care and facilitate delivery of healthcare services.

Students will gain extensive knowledge of medical terminology, pharmacology, human diseases, diagnostic studies, surgical procedures, and laboratory procedures. In addition to word processing skills, students must master English grammar, spelling, and proofreading.

Graduates should qualify for employment in a variety of settings such as hospitals, medical clinics, doctor’s offices, and transcription service companies. After acquiring work experience, individuals can apply to AHDI to become Certified Medical Transcriptionists.

The GTCC comprehensive medical transcription program is approved by the Approval Committee for Certificate Programs (ACCP), a joint committee established by AHIMA and AHDI to approve medical transcription education certificate programs.  AHIMA and AHDI acknowledge the ACCP approval committee as the process to identify quality medical transcription education programs that have been evaluated by a peer review process against a minimum set of standards for entry-level medical transcription  professionals.  This process allows academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and private companies to be acknowledged as offering an AHDI Approved  Medical Transcription Program. 

AHDI Approval

• Identifies for the public specialized programs that meet established medical transcription educational standards.
  
  
• Stimulates improvement of educational standards by involving faculty and staff in program evaluation and planning and faculty development opportunities.
  
  
• Promotes a better understanding of the goals of professional medical transcription education.
  
  
• Provides reasonable assurance that practitioners possess the necessary job skills upon entry into the profession.