10795NAT Diploma of Healthcare Documentation
Medical transcription is primarily an online occupation, giving you a real opportunity to have a professional career from the comfort of your own home. A Medical Transcriptionist is responsible for the conversion of doctor-patient interactions into written documents that form part of the patient’s medical record. With most healthcare providers now outsourcing these services, there’s never been a higher demand for well-trained medical transcription professionals.
Choose TalentMed for the quality education and industry expertise you need to succeed in Medical Transcription.
Everything you need to succeed
TalentMed is committed to providing you with high quality and affordable training solutions. This nationally accredited course in medical transcription is designed to help make you work-ready with everything you need to succeed including –
- Personal support from qualified trainers and our technical support team
- Delivered entirely online through a fun and interactive learning portal
- 12 months access to expert-created curriculum
- 12 months access to TalentHub (your virtual campus)
- Access to hundreds of authentic transcription reports in 32+ medical specialities
- Excellent job placement assistance to help turn your education into a dream career
- 3-month free subscription to award-winning Keyboard automation software
Everything you need to succeed is included in your tuition fees. For more information regarding our fees and charges, please check out the Payment Options tab.
Expert-Created Curriculum
TalentMed’s nationally accredited training package includes both healthcare theory and real-world medical transcription training. This expert-designed curriculum will best prepare you for a smooth and successful transition to the medical transcription workforce as soon as you graduate.
- Flexible online learning
- Nationally recognised training
- Industry approved curriculum
- Theory and practicum sections
- Personal student support
- Resources included
Unit Code | Unit Title | Nominal Hours |
---|---|---|
FSKWTG10 | Write complex workplace texts | 20 |
HCDEPP504 | Maintain and enhance professional practice in healthcare documentation | 100 |
HCDPRE502 | Prepare to transcribe and edit healthcare documentation | 150 |
HCDTER501 | Apply advanced knowledge of healthcare terminology | 250 |
HCDTED503 | Transcribe and edit complex healthcare documentation | 450 |
Total nominal hours | 970 |
Flexible Tuition Options
TalentMed offers flexible and affordable payment options which allow you to choose how and when you would like to pay for your course. With most diplomas priced between $10,000-$15,000, TalentMed’s quality diploma level qualifications rank among Australia’s most affordable.
Payment Upfront
- Enrol and save when paying upfront
- Lowest overall tuition fee
- Resources included
- Nationally recognised training, personal one-on-one support and job placement assistance included.
Student Loan
- Choose to borrow all or part of your tuition fees
- Fortnightly or monthly repayments
- Flexible terms of up to 4 years
- Drawdowns are released in instalments as you progress through your course.
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* Prices listed are for single Diploma courses only. Job placement assistance provided upon course graduation. Total cost of TalentMed’s single diploma courses is $6300 (unless paying in full at the time of enrolment). For more information about Study Loans please click here and to view a full list of fees and charges, please access the Statement of Tuition Fees listed below.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Average cost of Diploma in Australia
With TalentMed’s premier Diploma of Healthcare Documentation, you can undertake the course with all resources, student support and job placement assistance for a fraction of the cost of most Diplomas.
In addition, TalentMed offers a variety of flexible payment options to help balance your tuition fees.
- Qualified Trainers and Assessors with decades of experience in the Healthcare industry. These trainers have professional experience in both vocational education and healthcare documentation, making them uniquely qualified to answer questions about both the curriculum and the industry.
- Student Support Advisers who provide valuable information and assistance with any issues during your coursework. The course may be delivered online, but you’re never in it alone!
- Technical Support Advisers who are knowledgeable, experienced, and available five days a week to help you work through any technical or computer issues encountered within the course.
- Graduate Advisers who help you develop your career plans in an individual consultation and assist you in your job search after you graduate. Our Graduate Advisers offer training, tips, and personalised advice on your job hunt.
The Dual Diploma of Healthcare Documentation and Practice Management includes five electives from TalentMed’s nationally accredited Diploma of Healthcare Documentation, and combines them with the industry-endorsed curriculum of the Diploma of Practice Management.
The Dual Diploma of Healthcare Documentation and Practice Management has been designed to meet the growing demand of the Australian healthcare sector, and to help you acquire multiple skills as a healthcare professional, as you transition into the competitive workforce after completing the course.
Being the number one RTO in medical transcription, TalentMed is the first place that top companies look to recruit. A TalentMed education gives employers confidence that you have the practical experience and industry skills to easily transition to the medical transcription workplace. Because of this, TalentMed graduates have a high success rate in finding work soon after completing the course.
HIMAA is the premier professional body for health information management in Australia and has been serving the professional healthcare industry since 1949.
Minimum academic entry requirements
To be assessed as academically suited for this course, you must provide either:
- a copy of your Australian Senior Secondary Certificate of Education (year 12 Certificate), or
- evidence of successful completion of an Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) Certificate IV or higher qualification (where the language of instruction is English).
If you do not have an Australian year 12 Certificate or have not successfully completed an AQF Certificate IV or higher qualification, we will send you login details to complete a quick Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) pre-assessment to confirm your suitability for the course. Students must demonstrate Exit Level 3 (or higher) competency in both reading and numeracy.
Minimum online learning competency
This course is delivered online. As such, entry to the course requires you to be proficient with operating a personal computer. You will be specifically asked about your online learning competency as part of your pre-training review to evaluate your suitability for the course.
Minimum age
Minimum age of 18 years.
English language requirements
This course requires applicants to read, write and understand the English language. As such, entry to the course requires English proficiency at a year 12 level or equivalency such as an NRT qualification at the Certificate IV level or higher, or two years industry experience in a role that requires the use of both written and verbal communication. Alternatively, applicants can undertake an appropriate Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) assessment tool to determine course suitability prior to enrolment.
Alignment with personal and/or professional needs
Applicants must also be able to demonstrate that their course of interest aligns to their personal or professional needs.
Government funding
Applicants seeking enrolment under any Government funding contract will be assessed against the requirements set out in the relevant funding contract and guidelines to ensure they are eligible for the enrolment under the Government funding.
Students with disabilities
Medical Transcription often provides a unique and fulfilling career for individuals with disabilities. Please contact us on 1300 737 781 to find out more about ways that we can assist you.
As per normal VET assessment procedures, especially with regard to pre-training assessments, the assessment should only be initially administered once. In order for the learner and TalentMed to implement any targeted LLN support and to have sufficient time for the learner to improve their LLN skills to the required level, a minimum period of no less than three months is required between undertaking further assessments using the approved tool. It may take longer than this, but at least three months should provide enough time for progress to be made and improvement to be able to be demonstrated.
TalentMed believes that this is not about ‘passing the test’, as can be the practice in some situations, and re-sitting the test a number of times until the learner eventually passes. This is not the purpose of undertaking this assessment for course suitability purposes. The purpose of the LLN test is to assess whether the learner has sufficient skills to potentially succeed in undertaking a Diploma level qualification or higher. Allowing learners to keep re-sitting until they pass would not be a fair or valid process. It is TalentMed’s goal to provide targeted LLN support and to allow the learner to have sufficient time to improve their LLN skills to the required level.
At the end of the day, this requirement is aimed at protecting your learning needs and ensuring the course is suitable for your success.
Operating System
Microsoft Windows
MacOS
Chrome OS
Browser
Google Chrome (recommended)
Firefox
Safari
Microsoft Edge
Hardware
Earphones/headphones recommended
Active internet connection
Software
Word Processor such as Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Mac Pages or Open/Libre Office
PDF reader
Most computers do come with these specifications. However, if you’re unsure about any of the requirements, please do not hesitate to call us on 1300 737 781.
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