NHST Transcription Certificate Program

Prerequisites: High school graduate/GED, 35 w.p.m. keyboarding speed and entrance exam

• English Essentials for Medical Transcription
• MS Word for Medical Transcription
• Medical Terminology
• Initial Transcription
• Production (goal setting, productivity, etc.)
• General Documentation (overview of specific types of documents, etc.)
• Pharmacology/Laboratory
• Hematology/Lymphatics
• Respiratory System
• Cardiovascular System
• Neurology
• Female Reproductive/OB/GYN
• Genitourinary/Male Reproductive
• Gastroenterology
• Senses (ENT, ophthalmology, etc.)
• Endocrinology
• Dermatology
• Geriatrics/Pediatrics
• Psychiatry
• Oncology/Pathology
• Genetics
• Infectious Disease
• Emergency Medicine
• Radiology/Nuclear Medicine
• Orthopedics
• General Surgery
• Professionalism
• Transcription (Internship - 30 hours dictation covering all report types and body systems)