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Medical Clerical

The Medical Clerical Certificate of Completion prepares students to perform initial clerical duties in hospitals, medical clinics, and other medical facilities. The graduate will be prepared to schedule and receive patients, obtain patient data, maintain medical records, and assume general medical office responsibilities. Medical transcriptionists must have an excellent command of both the English language and medical terminology in order to proofread documents with accuracy. He or she must be a proficient typist and be familiar with hospital and office procedures. The medical transcriptionist uses word processing equipment to transcribe medical reports according to established guidelines for format, accuracy, and speed. These reports become part of the patient's medical record.

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List of Courses

Prerequisites (Prerequisites are courses or other educational requirement that must be completed prior to another course or before proceeding to more advance study; often listed in the Course Descriptions section of the Catalog)

Academic Catalog

"For more details about this certificate and this career pathway see the Academic Catalog pages for this certificate." (Note: Catalog file takes a while to download.)

Schedule of Classes

Courses may be on the main campus or a satellite campus and/or online.

Instructions for viewing class schedule in WebAdvisor

When in WebAdvisor, click on Prospective Students.
Under Admission Information click on Search for Classes.
Select the term that you plan to attend
Select the Subject and the course number from the above 'Required courses for this certificate.'
For example: If you are looking for ECE 154 Children's Literature and Literacy, select the Subject Early Childhood Education and the course number 154.
(If you want to see all of the Early Childhood Education classes scheduled during a specific term just select the term and the subject.)
Click on Submit

Note: Class schedule is subject to change without notice.

Estimated Cost

(Southwestern does not charge out-of-state tuition. Tuition for out-of-state students and Oregon resident students is the same.)

See current tuition and fees. (Cost subject to change without notice)
See financial aid options.
See payment options.

Steps to Starting School
Steps to Starting School will provide the information you need to begin your career pathway. You can also start your career pathway by contacting an advisor at advisingquestions@socc.edu.

Contact an advisor at:
advisingquestions@socc.edu
Phone: 1-800-962-2838 or 888-7405

or in Curry County contact:
mbenoit@socc.edu - Brookings
jpretti@socc.edu - Gold Beach and Port Orford
Phone: 541-469-5071

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