Medical Speed & Accuracy 3

Course code MEDC 1241

Credit 2.0

Length 50.0 hours

Course outline View

This course provides students with the opportunity to enhance their keyboarding speed and accuracy. Students develop keyboarding speed and accuracy by means of selected timed writings and drills on a microcomputer. Students identify areas for improvement and develop corrective practices.

This course is part of the full-time Medical Transcriptionist Program.

Prerequisites

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What you will learn

  • Five-minute Timings (Speed)
  • Five-Minute Timings (Accuracy)
  • Skill Development Paragraphs
  • Corrective Drills & Cortez Prescriptions

How to register

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Course schedules

Select your program to see the available course schedules.

Contact us

If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.

Additional information

Successfully complete a keyboarding speed test – 60 net words per minute on a five minute test with five or less errors.

† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, and we acknowledge our privilege to be here.