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A Flexible, Mobile Career Choice
The medical transcription field is flexible, portable, and in demand. Many experienced medical transcriptionists (MTs) work from their homes as independent contractors, subcontractors, or home-based employees. Because a large amount of the work is received and submitted over the Internet, an MT can live in Texas, work for a company based in Philadelphia, and transcribe for a hospital in California. Also, if you need to relocate, your job can go with you! Simply put, medical transcription is anywhere and everywhere you want to be. When you graduate from our program with a certificate in medical transcription, you will have gained knowledge in medical record content, speech recognition and general transcription skills. This knowledge designates you as a medical content specialist. This will enable you to seek entry-level employment not only in medical transcription, but also in related fields such as medical record abstracting, speech recognition editing and office/government transcription. Once you have gained experience, you may have the opportunity to work at home. Your first step toward a successful career as a medical transcriptionist is to enroll in our online Medical Transcription Certificate Program.

High Quality Online Instruction from a Leader in Distance Education
Central Texas College consistently ranks in the top twenty online programs. CTC is accredited by the Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges & Schools, is a member of the Servicemembers Opportunity College (SOC), is an original educational partner in both eArmyU and GoArmyEd, and is a member of SLOAN-C Distance Education Consortium.

We work with top educators and professionals in the field to ensure that you receive the very best quality instruction.

Important Information for Prospective Students

For more information about the Medical Transcription program at Central Texas College, please read letters from the Office Technology Department Coordinator and a member of the Medical Transcription faculty.

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AHDI Approval

The Central Texas College Medical Transcription Program is approved by the Approval Committee for Certificate Programs (ACCP), a joint committee established by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) and the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) to approve medical transcription education certificate programs. AHIMA and AHDI acknowledge the ACCP approval committee as the process to identify quality medical transcription education programs that have been evaluated by a peer review process against a minimum set of standards for entry-level medical transcription professionals. This process allows academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and private companies to be acknowledged as offering an AHDI Approved Medical Transcription Certificate Program.

The current approval is valid September 17, 2010 through September 16, 2013.

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