Specialized Operative Reports

Course code MEDC 1246

Credit 2.0

Length 40.0 hours

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Students will learn to accurately transcribe operative reports of various specialties using industry standard transcription guidelines, medical abbreviations, drug names, medical terminology and reference materials. Medical transcription guidelines are emphasized as well as familiarization with eponyms and homonyms, nouns and adjectives, and singular and plural endings.

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

Prerequisites

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What you will learn

  • Transcription and editing of reports on Dentistry
  • Transcription and editing of reports on Cardiology
  • Transcription and editing of reports on Neurology
  • Transcription and editing of reports on ENT
  • Transcription and editing of reports on Ophthalmology
  • Transcription and editing of reports on Psychiatry

How to register

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

Course schedules

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Contact us

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

† 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.