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OT 213 Medical Terminology/Medical Transcription I Course Objectives:  

Students in OT 213 should be able to:

1. Pronounce, spell, and define medical terms consisting of prefixes, suffixes, combining forms, and root words.
2. Correctly form plurals of medical terms.
3. Recognize the abbreviations used in medical terminology.
4. Pronounce and spell medical terms related to anatomy, physiology, laboratory tests, drug names, clinical medicine, surgery, pathology, and radiology.
5. Correctly use a medical dictionary, physician’s desk reference, and other medical resources necessary in transcribing medical documents.
6. Become skilled in operating transcribers, word processing software, and computers.
7. Using medical software, reinforce spelling and definition of medical terms through various exercises correlating with student text.
8. Transcribe letters of a medical nature, chart notes, histories and physicals, operative reports, and miscellaneous medical reports from audiocassettes correlating with student text.
9. Proofread and correct transcribed medical documents.
10. Use correct, current and competent language skills, both orally and in writing, pertaining to the language of medicine.