Medical Keyboarding
Course Information
This course is designed to familiarize the user with medical keyboarding, medical terminology in medical documentation, and medical office skills. It includes case histories for timed writings, medical terminology, medical letters, and a variety of medical reports. These exercises will help the learner increase their knowledge of terms they will encounter on the job, and will improve their keyboarding speed and accuracy. A very brief introduction to Medical Transcription is included. This course is a prerequisite for the Beginning Medical Transcription course.
Intake F25 SEM
Start Date Sep 09 / 2025
End Date Dec 16 / 2025
Prerequisite(s):
Students need minimum keyboarding skills of 30 net words per minute with 5 or less errors. Students with keyboarding skills less than this need to improve their skills prior to registering for this course. Medical Terminology course can be taken concurrently.
Computer Software Requirements:
A fee for course software for timings (Windows compatible) and the manual will be required when the instructor gives the link to access the required manual and software for the course. This fee is no longer included in the registering colleges invoices. It will be an added cost for the student directly. Cost is $170.00. Students must have a laptop or desktop computer- course cannot be completed with chromebook or tablet.
Chats:
No
Group Work:
No
Registering college code:
SE-HNU103
Host college code:
LA-KEY1033
How to register
You can register in-person, online or by phone. For details visit https://www.senecapolytechnic.ca/ce/info/registration/index.html .
Contact
Seneca Polytechnic: Centre for Flexible Learning
Centre for Flexible Learning, room D2375
Email : online@senecapolytechnic.ca
Faculty of Continuing EducationNewnham campus, Room D22001750 Finch Avenue EastToronto, ON
M2J 2X5