PCDI

Posted By: My2Cents on 2006-05-10
In Reply to: PCDI - AH

I took the course through PCDI and I landed a job in medical transcription 7 years ago and counting. Don't give up. I was a little naive about how hard it is to actually get a job as a newbie but regardless there are companies that WILL HIRE NEWBIES!!!! All I can say is apply, apply, apply. I landed a job through a friend and then the company was bought and so on and so on. I eventually quit the big national and am now working for a small company where I am much happier.

I wish you the best of luck. It may be frustrating to see all the companies wanting experience but don't quit!!! Like I said, just apply, apply, apply.

GOOD LUCK!!!!

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  - I beg to differ! - My2Cents
    - To My2Cents - Another PCDI grad
  - To MTSO - please sm
- Another PCDI grad - sm
  - Determination is worthless if noboby will let her test though. - an MTSO
    - I am quite surprised to see an MTSO state that determination is worthless. - nm
      - I took her to mean... - see inside
        RE: PCDI - See message
        I am sure that is what was meant. - sm
        Would I tell my child - See message
    - testing - Another PCDI grad
      - Determination/PCDI Grad - PCDI Grad 2
        Excellent post! Congrats to you! - nm
      - Less than average school - See message
        please sm - Aother PCDI grad
        Determination - sm
      - testing - AH
        There are a zillion MT companies out there...and many of them do not - require *permission* to test. They have links on
        Permission to test - sm
        testing - AH
        Go to - sm
        I sent you an email. - nm

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PCDI

I've only recently found this forum, after getting 3/4 of the way through PCDI's MT course. Now I realize that it it is probably the worst thing that I could have done. Do I just give up? Is there any chance that I will find a job? I thought I was learning the skills that I needed, but now I'm not sure. Nobody has even given me the opportunity to test. Any feedback would be appreciated.

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I as well took it to mean that determination is not enough. I might have the determination to be a cardiac surgeon but if I do not have the medical education and residency, it will not happen. The acid test for the PCDRs is not whether they can do clinic notes. I would suggest that they might want to call any of the big respected nationals: MQ, Spheris, etc. the really big players who do acute care and ask if they will allow a PCDI grad to even test, much less hire them. I have been in this business for many years and have never yet seen a PCDI grad cut it on national level acute care. Maybe there is one out there who can and if so, they would be the exception to the rule.

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Thank You to everybody who replied. I would just like to add for the person who implied that I was less than intelligent for choosing a below average school- When I chose PCDI, I did not have access to all these schools on the internet. I was taking courses at my community college, but I couldn't continue because with gas at $3 gallon, the 70 mile round trip twice a week was too much for me.

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No, don't give up. While I will say that PCDI does not really give a good insight to the real world of MT, I feel pretty good about my abilities, and have 2 jobs. If you really want to do this, you can. If you can find a different school and want to, then by all means go for it. I don't believe at all that just because you go to PCDI you will be hurting for jobs. Once you test for companies, and if you have the determination to succeed, you will be fine.

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