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GTCC program earns recognition
JAMESTOWN, Feb 13, 2010 (High Point Enterprise - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
An online health care and office administration medical transcription program at Guilford Technical Community College has been approved by a joint committee of two national organizations.
The GTCC program, which consists of 16 classes, is the first medical transcription program among the state's community colleges to gain the designation, said Deborah Fondow, chair for GTCC's health care and office administration department.
Medical transcription was approved for the GTCC curriculum several years ago by the N.C. Community College System, but became a completely online program in the fall of 2009.
The program consists of 48 credit hours, and the completion of a 160-hour required internship during the summer semester. It is a one-year diploma course that can be completed in three semesters.
The curriculum prepares students to become medical language specialists who interpret and transcribe dictation by health care professionals. Graduates can qualify for employment in hospitals, medical clinics, doctors' offices and transcription service companies.
The approval committee for Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity and the American Health Information Management Association in Modesto, Calif., determined that graduates of the GTCC "comprehensive medical transcription program possess the necessary job skills to attain success in entry-level transcription positions."
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