Program Options

• Associate of Science Degree
• Certificate of Achievement

Program Information

Medical transcription has become a growing and challenging career in the labor market. Medical transcriptionists can choose to work in hospitals, doctors' offices, or at home. A computerized machine shorthand writer, writing accurately at 140 words per minute, perform medical transcription of medical reports much faster than standard keyboarding. Combining course work in medical transcription with stenographic machine theory and speed building, a transcriptionist is prepared for a rewarding and flexible career.

The Court Reporting Program at West Valley College offers access to an array of high-paying, top-skilled career opportunities in computerized reporting. West Valley College is the only community college in the South Bay that offers court reporting, and in the last twenty years, the California Certified Reporters' Board has licensed hundreds of West Valley College court reporting students who now earn high incomes working in courtrooms and deposition chambers throughout the world. All students in the program are trained by innovative techniques and on state-of-the-art equipment, so that each student can meet and champion the challenges in he legal, medical, and educational world leading to rewarding careers today and tomorrow. Students in the program can acquire an A.S. degree or a Certificate of Achievement.

Program Opportunities

• Computer-Aided Medical Transcriptionist
• Television Closed Captionist
• Legal Transcription Technologist
• Certified Shorthand Reporter
• Computer-Aided Medical Transcriptionist
• Office Assistant Transcription Technologist and Minute Taker
• Scopist/Transcriber
• Legal Secretary