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Courses Offered by American Correspondence
Institute - (ACI)
ACI Offers different courses in the transcription
industry. Medical Transcription, Legal Transcription,
How to start your own Medical Transcription Business,
Corporate Transcription, Medical Coding and Billing are a few of
the courses offered.
A Demand for other courses related to IT has been raised, ACI will be coming up with IT Courses soon...
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Medical Transcription Course - The Course is composed of 14 modules and 9 CDs.
The module titles are:
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Computing and Keyboarding Skills for Medical Transcription
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English for Medical Transcription
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Basic Transcription Guidelines and Styles (recently reformatted and now bears a new title,
Style Guide for Medical Transcription)
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Medical Terminology
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Anatomy for Medical Transcriptionists.
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HIPAA for Medical Transciptionists.
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Laboratory Medicine and Pharmacology for Medical Transcription.
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Obstetrics and Gynecology for Medical Transcriptionists.
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Cardiology for Medical Transcriptionists
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Gastroenterology for Medical Transcriptionists
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Neurology for Medical Transcriptionists
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Orthopedics for Medical Transcriptionists
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Genito-Urinary for Medical Transcriptionists
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Pathology for Medical Transcriptionists
- Medical Transcription (Hard Copy Modular version with 14 Modules and 9 CDs) -
Price: US$ 965.00
- For the on line version - Price: US$ 925.00
Legal Transcription Course - The course is composed of 5 modules and 3 CDs.
The module titles are:
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Module 1: Covers the English language (grammar basics,
punctuation, etc.), and Latin words and phrases as
used in transcription of legal documents. This module
also introduces the student to citations and legal
transcription tips.Computing and Keyboarding Skills for Medical Transcription
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Module 2: This module introduces the student to
computers and keyboarding. It teaches the student how
to operate the computer (from power on to power off),
while at the same time trains the student on proper
keyboarding skills. After finishing this module, the
student will be able to adeptly manipulate his/her PC,
use the MS Word, the Internet, audio players, do
simple troubleshooting, and type at a reasonable
speed. This module comes with a CD for a practice
audio file and typing software to install, which means
after finishing this module the student is expected to
also have already known how install a program.
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Module 3: This module introduces the student to
medical terminology. A legal transcriptionist
needs to be exposed to medical terminology because at some time
in their career, he/she may be faced with
a medico-legal case.
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Module 4: This module deals with anatomy and
physiology. As with module 3, this module is needed to
prepare the student for the possibility of being faced
with medico-legal cases, where a lot of body parts
will be mentioned in the dictation (such cases like
motor-vehicular accident(s), medical malpractice
suits, health insurance claims, etc.) This module also
comes with a CD which contains audio files for the
pronunciation of various medical terms.
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Module 5: This is a module on paralegal training. It
introduces the student to the US justice system -
business law, family law, real estate law, bankruptcy
law, torts and litigation, wills, contracts, legal
forms, etc. By understanding the law, the
transcriptionist will be able to execute the job
intelligently and effectively. It comes with a CD
which contains practice audio files (46 reports which
will further enhance the skills of the student, and
exposes the student to more legal forms and various
legal documents.
- Legal Transcription (Hard Copy Modular version with 5 Modules and 3 CDs) -
Price: US$ 850.00
Other Courses - These are the up and coming courses related to Information Technology and
Computer Programming and Developement.
- How to Start a Medical Transcription Business -
Price: US$ 1,250.00
- Medical Coding and Billings -
Price: US$ 900.00
- General Corporate, Business Transcription -
Price: US$ 750.00
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Local Area Networking (LAN): This course is for beginners. It covers basic networking terms and concepts, including protocols and cabling, and the different ways that you can connect a PC to a network. It also covers how to tell whether a PC is networked and the process that is used to swap and configure network interface cards (NICs) or network adapters.
Java Script: This course shows you how to use JavaScript for work with Dynamic HTML. It is for Web page developers who want to learn more about Dynamic HTML for Web site design.
Customer Service: This course presents strategies for understanding customer problems, resolving conflict, and writing effective correspondence, instructions, and manuals. It is for anyone who wants to learn about creating and maintaining good customer service.
HTML: This course presents the basic skills needed to use HTML and CSS style sheets for building a Web page. It is for anyone who needs to understand how HTML is used to develop pages for the World Wide Web.
Negotiating: This course explains how to get past emotional blocks into the final stages of offers and counteroffers to close a negotiation. It is for anyone who wants to get the most out of using smart negotiating skills in business or daily situations.
UNIX (Shell Programming): This course presents the basics of shell programming using the Bourne shell, then covers additional features of the Korn and C shells. This is for anyone who is new to UNIX or wants to expand what they already know about UNIX.
Windows 2000 Server: This course shows you how to configure network services that provide interoperability for Novell, Windows, and Macintosh, how to create and manage local users and groups, how to share folders, how to implement shared and local security, how to create and manage Distributed File System (DFS) structures, and how to share and secure folders using Web services.
Microsoft Excel 2000: In this course, you will look at the Excel 2000 features used when working with cells, including entering data into cells, editing cells, moving cells, and creating hyperlinks in a spreadsheet.
All courses come with grades/rating and certificate of completion. We also provide letter of referrals and recommendations to those with good academic records.
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