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Welcome to MRMT 1307 Medical Transcription I allows you and your professor a unique opportunity to take advantage of the latest technology and techniques in distance learning. MRMT 1307 offers interactive features that make your experience comparable to that of a traditional classroom student at Collin College, while providing flexibility and convenience for your learning experiences. MRMT 1307 Medical Transcription I is an electronic, interactive class with a professor, students, and assignments. You will access the course via the Internet from a computer at home, work, or on campus--anytime, day or night, that you have access to the Internet. Even the orientation information is presented via the Internet. How does this course differ from a traditional campus course? As soon as you enroll, access Orientation information through the MRMT 1307 course link on Professor Baird's homepage (http://iws.ccccd.edu/lbaird) and then monitor it frequently until classes begin. Updates will be posted there, so you can see them before classes begin. Because your course website is on Blackboard, you will not have access to your course until classes begin. It can take two or three days to upload all students into classes at the busy start of the semester. Your schedule allows for that time, so you will not be behind. Online students will all use this same Blackboard support site information for their course work. What you can and should do right away is to purchase the required course materials as follows: TEXTBOOK Medical Transcription (with dictation CD), 3rd edition - revised, Ettinger & Ettinger, 2003, ISBN 0‑7638-2329-5 (text bundle that includes dictation CD) EMC Paradigm Publishing Company. REFERENCE BOOKS The Gregg Reference Manual (spiral bound), William A. Sabin, Glencoe-McGraw Hill, 9th edition, 2001, ISBN 0-02-804046-5. OPTIONAL REFERENCE BOOKS Medical Abbreviations and Eponyms, Sheila B. Sloane, W. B. Saunders Company, 2nd edition, 1997, ISBN 0-7216-7088-1. Medical Language Instant Translator, Davi-Ellen Chabner, 2001, W. B. Saunders Co., ISBN 0-7216-8582-X. Dorland's Dermatology Word Book for Medical Transcriptioists, Sharon B. Rhodes, 2002, W.B. Saunders Co., ISBN 0-7216-9526-4. The AAMT Book of Style for Medical Transcription, Claudia Tessier, 3rd edition, 2002, American Association for Medical Transcription, ISBN 0-935229-38-8.** ** (THIS IS A REQUIRED BOOK FOR MRMT 2333, BUT IT IS A VERY GOOD REFERENCE TO HAVE NOW) SOFTWARE MS Word 2007 for Windows is the recommended software for transcribing and submitting assignments for this course. Do NOT use Works, WordPad, or Notepad. If you do not keyboard by touch (without looking at your fingers), then take POFT 1329 Beginning Keyboarding first, which will include MS Word software basics. If you keyboard by touch (perhaps had typing in high school) but want MS Word training before or while taking Medical Transcription I, then enroll in POFT 2301 Intermediate Keyboarding, which includes using MS Word instruction and a helpful handbook. SUPPLIES Disks of your choice for backing up assignments files. Do NOT delete any course assignments or files until the course is finished and the final grade has been posted. EQUIPMENT Foot Pedal: Select USB port connection The foot pedal replaces the need for a standard cassette transcription machine. It is recommended that you purchase the HPI foot pedal from Collin bookstores or from HPI (http://www.hpisum.com). It is also available at many online stores. Head Phones: You will also need comfortable headphones for use with your computer. Your online classroom includes medical record format guides for each medical specialty, lecture notes as needed, a wide variety of medical records to transcribe from physician dictation, chapter assessments to determine how much you learned from your study of the information, and midterm and final exams to test your understanding of important theory information. A weekly schedule will keep you on track for each chapter/specialty. A detailed list of documents required will guide you through assignments on a chapter-by-chapter basis. Instructions will include how to submit assignments as attachments to Blackboard and the required saved file name for each document. An important success objective of this course is your development of the personal self-discipline and work habits necessary to produce medical documents on a weekly basis, as you will likely do on a daily basis when managing your own home-based medical transcription career or when performing transcription in a medical office. Your professor will work with you one-on-one via email to evaluate your assignments and to help you with questions or problems. Your assignments will be scored electronically and returned to you in Blackboard. Grading will include comments, as appropriate and/or helpful. How do I access the MRMT 1307 Medical Transcription I class? First, you must be officially
enrolled.
Once classes begin, you should go to
http://cougarweb.ccccd.edu and follow login instructions there. Once
you have access, all email communications and submission of
assignments must be within Blackboard.
[Exception: If you have questions that
are not about course work, such as advising for enrollment, career
questions, etc., those questions should be emailed to Professor
Baird at
LBaird@ccccd.edu,
where an advising folder is maintained for guiding you over time
toward the completion of your educational goals. Please use an
email subject line that reflects the message content, such as
Enrollment Questions.] Please be patient with the process of adding all students to the many
Blackboard classes at the busy start of each semester! The
professor's homepage contains
a link to the Blackboard course site. What is the MRMT 1307 course like? After registering for the class and purchasing the course materials, you will:
YOU are responsible for scheduling your study time, completing your assignments, and taking tests. You are responsible for keeping up to date with the course schedule, marking the course weeks on your calendar, and keeping a record of the assignments you have submitted. Your professor is available to help you through the course via Blackboard email; please do not hesitate to contact your professor. Your professor acts as a facilitator to help you master the course goals. Realize that this course requires YOUR motivation, commitment, organization, and self-discipline. YOU must supply those success factors. Effective learning results only when students become active participants in control of their learning and take the initiative to do what is necessary. Learning the skills necessary to communicate in an online course format will be a valuable bonus to you in preparing for working in high-tech offices. MRMT 1307 Medical Transcription I is a competency-based course. To be evaluated, you must meet certain performance objectives, which are found in the course syllabus. Your final grade will be based upon your participation, your performance on the assignments, and your performance on the tests. Again, welcome to the class! |
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District.
All Rights Reserved. Page Updated August 2009.