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Texas Medical Transcription Institute
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Are you ready to start an exciting education in Medical Transcription? Please click on "Entrance Examination" to fill out the application and take the entrance exam to qualify for our online program. We will contact you within 2 weeks after submission of your application and passing your entrance exam to set up your interview.

Available Courses

Entrance Examination

This is the Entrance Examination for Applicants to MTS

Introduction to Medical Transcription

An overview your course materials, study and test taking techniques, specific use of the Dorland’s dictionary, information on medical specialties, and what constitutes a healthcare record.

Medicolegal Aspects of the Healthcare Record

The study of medicolegal issues surrounding the medical industry including the Privacy Rule of HIPAA, regulatory requirements of JCAHO, risk management, and release of information. 

Medical Style & Grammar

An overview of grammar and punctuation to include the parts of speech, parts of a sentence, phrases, clauses, classification of sentences as well as subject-verb agreement. The study of industry style guidelines on certain aspects of written language, such as abbreviations, capitalization, and the use of numerals and units of measure. 

Medical Terminology with Human Anatomy
An introduction to prefixes, suffixes, root words, combining forms, Latin and Greek forms, spelling, and pronunciation with emphasis on building a working medical vocabulary in all the body systems and medical specialties, in laboratory medicine and imaging and in pharmacology.  The study of the structure and function of the human body; body organization, chemical and cellular structure and function as well as the sense organs, integumentary, urinary, digestive, musculoskeletal, respiratory, endocrine, reproductive, neuropsychiatric, and immune systems.
Laboratory & Diagnostic Procedures

An introduction to the six principal types of diagnostic procedure: physical measurements, electrodiagnostics, endoscopy, medical imaging, anatomical pathology, and clinical pathology.  For each test or procedure, the methodology, indications  or purposes, and range of results is covered to enable the student to recognize pertinent terminology and to grasp the general sense of a report.

Pharmacology
An introduction to the principles of pharmacology and a comprehensive study of drug action, routes of administration, classes of drugs by body system, as well as antibiotics, antiviral drugs, IV fluids, blood products, anesthetics, emergency drugs, vaccines and immunizations, and chemotherapy agents.
Transcription Technology
This course is designed to introduce the student to computers, word processing applications, dictation and transcription equipment and related technologies, and to develop computer skills and proficiency. It is designed to study, synthesize, and apply technologies used in healthcare documentation, as well as to stimulate an awareness of related emerging technologies.