Medical Transcription Course

Medical Industry in our country is currently in requirement of a large number of talented human resources to cater to the various needs in the industry. These needs include many skilled and semi-skilled nurses, medical transcriptionists, X-ray equipment operators, and many other technicians. Even though the medical sector is in high need of this personnel, the courses related to these job roles are unknown to people. The subject of medical transcription is not a complete medical science field, but it requires a good understanding of medical terminology.

These courses are now being pushed massively into all the forums, and the government is rapidly trying to improve enrollment rates.

Key Highlights of Medical Transcription Course

Here are some of the key features of the Medical Transcription course:

Course Level	Undergraduate
Duration	6 months - 1 year
Average Fees	INR 48K- 1 Lacs
Salary	INR 2.8 - 7.5 LPA
Mode	Offline and Online
Exam Type	Semester-wise
Eligibilty Criteria	Minimum marks in 10+2
Job Profiles	Medical Records and Health Technician, Medical Summarizer, Medical Transcriptionist etc.

What is Medical Transcription Course?

The process of medical transcription involves converting a doctor's dictation regarding a patient's medical record into a written format. Medical transcriptionists are professionals who work with medical transcription. The job of a medical transcriptionist is to convert the dictated medical record by the doctor into a textual formal either on a computer or on a notepad. This requires excellent knowledge in English and also in medical terminology with accurate spellings.

Medical Transcription Course Eligibility

Eligibility criteria for the aspirants to get into the Medical Transcription course are as follows:-

• Aspirants must have completed the 10+2 examination or any equivalent qualification from a recognized board.
• It is strongly advised that the students have a strong background in biology, physiology, anatomy, basic life sciences, fundamental or applied math, basic application skills, basic research skills, solid technical reading, and writing skills.
• Candidates must have excellent communication skills, writing skills, computer skills, and good knowledge about medical abbreviations and terminologies.
• Other than this, candidates should have good critical thinking.

List of Entrance Exams in Medical Transcription 

• Annamalai University Entrance Exam
• Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Medical Transcription Entrance Exam
• BLDE University Post Graduate Entrance Test
• DNB-CET 2011 NAT BOARD DNB Common Entrance Test
• MGM Institute of Health Science Entrance Exam
• Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Entrance Exam
• University Of Mumbai Entrance Exam
• West Bengal University of Health Sciences Entrance Exam
• TNPPCA- Health Sciences Entrance Exam

Medical Transcription Course Admission Procedure

Institutes generally admit candidates based on their performance in the last qualifying examination.

Medical Transcription Course Fee

The course is of two types, and the candidates have to choose whether they want traditional medical transcription job roles or job roles that require special laboratory requirements. The fee for the standard medical transcription in a clinic alongside the doctor will have a lesser fee. For the job role involving laboratory exposure and operating techniques, the fee would be much higher. 

• The fee for the course of the clinical Job roles is INR 7-10K.
• The fee for the course of laboratory job roles is INR 10- 15K.

Medical Transcription Course Modules

The colleges include some of the premium institutions of the country. This job is a highly skillful job with considerably good knowledge of medical terminology and the English language. So all the premium colleges offer the best-structured courses to the candidates to make them as professional and skillful as possible. Let us now look at some of the essential details of the medical transcription course.

• Medical Transcription Course Module 1
• Medical Transcription Course Module 2

Medical Transcription Course Module 1

Medical Transcription Course Module 1

Section 1 (Language Origins and adaptations)	Section 2 (Dynamics of Medical Vocabulary and Word Structure)
Etymology	Words Dynamics
Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation	Body Dynamics
Medical words	Medical Instruments and Equipment
-	Medical Specialities and Specialists
-	Diagnostic medicine
-	Abbreviations
-	Anatomy and Physiology
	Pharmacology

Medical Transcription Course Module 2

Medical Transcription Course Module 2

Section 1(Introduction and orientation to report types)	Section 2 (Pharmacological Compendium)	Section 3 (Surgical Compendium)
Report types	A pharmacological compendium is the study of drugs and their interactions with living organisms.	Surgical Instruments
Out-Patient Reports	Drug Terminology	Suture and Dressings
In-Patient Reports	Dosages and Schedules	4 hours of dictation for pronunciation specifics
-	Terms, Symbols, Spelling, and Packaging	All types of surgery-related terms listing, dictation, and sample reports
-	Administration	Surgery Compendium includes General, Breast, Digestive, Intra-abdominal, colon, bowel, anal, and many other surgery-related terms listing with sample reports.
-	Classification (Brand, Generic, and Trade name)	-
-	Drug use/listings by medical specialty.	-

Medical Transcription Colleges

As mentioned above, the government has approved a lot of colleges to increase the enrolment numbers. This course in particular also depends on the college from which you pursue the course. After completing the system, the job and salary will be entirely dependent on the reputation the college has in the industry during placements. Let us now look at the top 10 colleges in our country for this medical transcription course. 

• Azimuth Academy (AA), Puducherry
• Arown Academy (AA), Kozhikode
• Medesun Healthcare Solutions (MHS), Hyderabad
• Nazareth Institute of Management and Technology (NIMT), Aizwal
• Cigma Healthcare Academy (CHA), Edapally
• AOP Training Institute (AOPTI), Gurgaon
• Transzone Solutions (TS), Thiruvananthapuram
• Ishwarya Techno Solutions (ITS), Vijayawada
• Medical Transcription Training (MTT), New Delhi
• Pristyn Research Institution (PRI), Aurangabad

Medical Transcription Companies

Due to the massive requirement of people in these job roles, some new organizations have come up with an idea to recruit medical transcriptionists and supply them for various large-scale hospital chains. Let us now look at some of such companies. 

• Spheris, Bangalore
• C-Bay-MedQuest
• Focus Infosys
• Acusis India 
• Mediscribe India Ltd 
• ScribeTech (E-Health) 
• SPI Technology
• Medwrite India
• World tech
• All Zone Management Solutions Pvt Ltd
• Transdoc.in

Medical Transcription Salary

As mentioned above, this job role does not have a medical degree dedicated to it. The available courses are also very new to the educational system and will take time to settle. The significant aspect that a medical transcriptionist has to do is to keep on updating with the latest medical terminologies, which come up very often every few months. The more the candidates get updates, the more will be his value in the industry. The candidates with the best current knowledge will be more appealing than those with colossal experience but outdated knowledge. Let us now look at the possible salaries for a medical transcriptionist. 

Role	Experience	Average Salary
Medical Summarizer	1- 3 years	INR 2.5 - 3.5 LPA
Medical Transcriptionist	0- 2 years	INR 2 - 6 LPA
Sr. Representative Medical Recs Coding and Transcriptionist	2- 7 years	INR 3 - 8 LPA