Maricopa Community Colleges  MTR280   20012-20036 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 11/28/00
MTR280 20012-20036 LEC 2 Credit(s) 2 Period(s)
Certified Medical Transcription Exam Review: Part I
Medical terminology review, including prefixes, suffixes, combining forms, word roots, plural forms, medical abbreviations, acronyms, eponyms, antonyms, and homonyms. Review of punctuation and grammar rules, common homonyms, synonyms and antonyms. Anatomy and physiology review including structure and function of body organs and systems. Common disease processes. Purpose and content of the healthcare records. Prerequisites: Completion of a recognized medical transcription program or a minimum of one-year work experience as a medical transcriptionist.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
MTR280   20012-20036 Certified Medical Transcription Exam Review: Part I
1. Define medical terms including word roots, prefixes and suffixes in oral and written presentations. (I)
2. Analyze diagnostic, symptomatic, clinical and surgical terms including common abbreviations, acronyms, eponyms and homonyms. (I)
3. Name, locate and spell medical terms and abbreviations used to describe general structures and functions of the human body. (I)
4. Define parts of speech. (II)
5. Recognize sentence elements, patterns, and types. (II)
6. Identify simple, compound, and complex sentences. (II)
7. Punctuate sentences using the correct grammatical symbols. (II)
8. Describe the structural organization of the body. (III)
9. Describe the structure and function of the integumentary, musculoskeletal, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. (III)
10. Describe structural, functional, and normal variants in the body that may produce disease. (IV)
11. Describe the common physiologic effects of disease on the body. (IV)
12. Describe the treatment and therapy for specific disease processes. (IV)
13. Describe the origin, uses, content and format of specific types of health records. (V)
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MTR280   20012-20036 Certified Medical Transcription Exam Review: Part I
    I. Medical Terminology
        A. prefixes
        B. suffixes
        C. combining forms
        D. word roots
        E. plural forms
        F. abbreviations
        G. acronyms
        H. eponyms
        I. antonyms
        J. homonyms
      II. Elements of Language
          A. Punctuation including periods, commas, semicolons, colons, hyphens
          B. Grammar rules
          C. Sentence structure
          D. Paragraph structure
        III. Anatomy and Physiology
            A. System structure and function of cells and tissues
              1. circulatory
              2. digestive
              3. endocrine
              4. integumentary
              5. lymphatic
              6. muscular
              7. nervous
              8. reproductive
              9. respiratory
              10. sense organs
              11. skeletal
              12. urinary
            B. Structure and function of organs and systems
              1. circulatory
              2. digestive
              3. endocrine
              4. integumentary
              5. lymphatic
              6. muscular
              7. nervous
              8. reproductive
              9. respiratory
              10. sense organs
              11. skeletal
              12. urinary
          IV. Disease Processes
              A. Signs and symptoms of common diseases
                1. dermatologic medicine
                2. musculoskeletal medicine
                3. neurologic medicine
                4. psychiatric medicine
                5. ophthalmologic medicine
                6. otorhinolaryngologic medicine
                7. cardiovascular medicine
                8. hematologic medicine
                9. pulmonary medicine
                10. gastrointestinal medicine
                11. hepatic and biliary medicine
                12. renal and urologic medicine
                13. gynecologic and obstretical medicine
                14. endocrine medicine
                15. infectious disease medicine
                16. immunlogic medicine
                17. dental and oral medicine
                18. nutritional and metabolic medicine
              B. Treatment modalities of disease common diseases
                1. dermatologic medicine
                2. musculoskeletal medicine
                3. neurologic medicine
                4. psychiatric medicine
                5. ophthalmologic medicine
                6. otorhinolaryngologic medicine
                7. cardiovascular medicine
                8. hematologic medicine
                9. pulmonary medicine
                10. gastrointestinal medicine
                11. hepatic and biliary medicine
                12. renal and urologic medicine
                13. gynecologic and obstretical medicine
                14. endocrine medicine
                15. infectious disease medicine
                16. immunlogic medicine
                17. dental and oral medicine
                18. nutritional and metabolic medicine
            V. Healthcare Record
                A. Definition
                B. Purpose and content
                C. Medicolegal concepts
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