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January 1st, 2009 
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Many people think they can get into the medical transcription industry easily, make good money and live happily ever after. Surely you’ve seen this type of message before with people selling correspondence courses. Can you really make a good living with medical transcription? In this article, we’ll go into the good and the bad of the medical transcription industry and see if itz’s for you or not.
Medical transcription is a challenging and rewarding career and the demand for it just keeps growing. there are more than enough jobs out there for anyone willing to make a career in medical transcription.
But many people come into this line of work and think they can make a career out of it just because the demand is high. Then they start going through the process and find that it’s a lot harder than they anticipated.
They thought it would be an easy way to make good money . It is a way to make money, but with anything worth something, it’s not always easy.
One of the drawbacks of medical transcription is that it takes training and continuing education. This alone scares many would-be medical transcriptionists away from the field. It takes dedication and a willingness to learn and keep learning. At some point you have to ask yourself “If the demand is high and the supply of medical transcriptionists are low, why isn’t everyone getting into this?”.
This is the very reason. It’s not easy. It’s rewarding, but it’s not easy.
Usually, it takes six months to get a handle on the medical terminology and the different medical conditions, drugs, procedures, tests, and treatments that are required by the field.
Another hurdle is the fact that the medical industry is constantly advancing and constantly changing. Being able to adapt to new medical treatments, drugs and terminology is imperative to your success with medical transcription.
There are mail order medical transcription courses out there and many professionals indorse them, but it’s best to go the “hands on ” route while learning medical transcription. On the job training or a college teaching it in your area would be the best way to learn. You can get the much needed hands on experience that you can’t get with a correspondence course.
While a mail order course may be helpful, it doesn’t take the place of a live human being helping you learn the basics and beyond.
Medical transcription clearly isn’t for everybody. If you’re serious about earning a good living with a high income career, you should take a close look at it.
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Larry Ford writes for On Medical Transcription , a website providing resources for medical transcriptionists. You can find it at www.onmedicaltranscription.com
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I completed my pharmacy technician career diploma with penn foster a month ago. They are legit and very well accredited. They are accredited by American Association of Medical Assistants. Here is the site so you can check it out: ttp://pennfoster.edu/accreditation.html There are online schools that are not exactly accredited in the right areas but penn foster is not one of them. Believe me!!! You are not wasting your time or money with them. I will be getting my certificate and license in a few weeks.
Do not be fooled by companies that say they will train you for free. They actually charge nearly $500 for their software and FEW people ever actually get hired. I'm surprised the company linked on this thread is still in business to be honest w/ you.
You can train either w/ an online school, be wise, and choose a good one. You can also train through a community college. I trained with http://www.meditec.com. They have an awesome internship program to help you get started with your first job.
You do not have to be certified to work. However, the AHDI does have two levels of certification testing for MTs, IF you want it. Graduating from a good school should train you well enough to pass the RMT exam, if you want to take it. You can work w/o it. Then, after you have a few years of acute care transcription experience, you can test for the CMT.
I went through an MT school online and was working when I graduated. I love it and am so glad I made this choice.
I went with a similar course, Meditec, and was very happy. Meditec has an internship w/ the program that nearly guarantees success. Career Step has been around awhile and has stood the test of time. Meditec has also been around for nearly 40 years. Both are good programs. Meditec would be a bit faster to get through, and has the internship w/ it and is less expensive with lower down payment and monthly payment plans. Good luck w/ either.
I've been a home-based MT for about 4 years. The course I took was also done completely from home. Whatever you do, just make sure you choose a respected school or else you'll have a very difficult time finding a job. I would recommend Andrews, M-Tech or Career Step. Stay away from the schools advertised on TV and in magazines; you'll just be wasting your money. Depending on how dedicated you are, you can usually complete your course in 6 months to 1-1/2 years. You need to have strong grammar and research skills and be detail-oriented. You should really check out http://www.mtchat.com. There's a ton of information on that site and it's a good place to network. It helped me out a lot when I was first starting out, and I still visit almost daily. Good luck to you!
You do not need to have a diploma to do medical transcription from your home.
There are legit schools: Andrews and careerstep courses are ones that are at the top of the list. They will also help you get a job. These are legit schools and do cost to take these courses. They are at your own pace courses.
MT work is done from home on a production basis. You can make money if you work you butt off. Can you type fast? You can probably also take a Health information management course at a community college to get some ideas. You will need to take a terminology class, anatomy and physiology class, typing classes, computer program classes like word, excel, access.
People that have never done MT work have no idea what it is you have to put into it. It is not "just a stay at home job". It is a real job. It takes hours a day to put in your 1000 lines or whatever your line count is you need per day. LIne counts are counted by 65-character lines either with or without spaces. Yes, you are paid by how much you time.
If you see these places that say work at home seminar and such, these couple of hour seminars will get you no where. Not one legit transcription company will pay you to work there. Your pay rate starting off can be anywhere from 4 cents to 8 cents per line. Very rarely is there a company that will pay you more than that especially starting off.
My suggestion is to go to the CareerStep website. Read the information. (Say careerstep because I took some of this course). They are friendly, have support sites, forums, and on and on. They also have a billing course if you prefer that.
Good luck.
A lot of people start out in a medical office or facility. Check into your school's placement policy, and read the online guide to choosing a MT course of study on the website below.
Good luck!
hi bluez, why dont you try http://www.mtuniversity.com? I think you Careerstepis more expensive.