There is proof in the statistics

• National Certification for MTs - Desparate
  • Skip it. No one cares. Either you're good on the test or you're not. - MTSO
    • Have you ever seen anyone get the certification - but not test well? nm
  • Forget the worthless AAMT certification - but do learn to spell
    • The rudeness is really unnecessary. Don't take your - MT
  • CMT - worth it to me
    • There is proof in the statistics - CMT proud
      • **snort** statistics, schmastics, what a bunch of bull - anon but laughin'
        • the magazine - I read Advance
  • Registered/Certified does not get you any more money - total waste of time/money for credential
  • There is something new - Registered MTs - but I don't know details - Anyone know about R.M.T.?
    • The RMT is just in beta now - Sandy
      • And watch it happen that companies prefer RMT over CMT! - what a joke
      • Well you know what? Maybe they should care! maybe we seasoned MTs actually need something to - Dancin Shoes
        • Big deal, all you get is book discounts - nm
          • You missed my point. My point wasn't perks but prestige...nm - Dancin Shoes
            • It has gotten me nothing - not a single thing. sm
              • Question for you - MT
      • Honestly, it seems absolutely meaningless to me since - JMHO
  • Might want to brush up on english too - "desperate" - :-)
    • As long as you're correcting people, think about "English." - nm
  • You don't need to be a CMT - Sandy
  • You cannot take the CMT test until you have a min. of 2 years exp. - nm - XXX
    • Yes, you can. However, it's recommended you have at least 2 years, preferably many more. nm - MT
  • Can one sit for the AAMT's CMT - without experience?
    • Exp. not required, but recommended. - Resalyn
      • Can you name some benefits for - ?
        • The only "benefit" is to AAMT from - Sandy

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I proof after, but would love to proof during.  I'm working on it.  I'm curious as to what percentage of MTs proof as they go or proof at the end?

Thx for responding.

Medical Transcriptionists

Well above 90% female with an average age of 49

Most were on-the-job trained for years prior to the development of formal transcription curricula

Majority of new entrants receiving too little education and/or training

Retiring faster than qualified transcriptionists are entering the market

The vast majority resides in the US; however, increasing quantities of entrants are from offshore including

India , Pakistan , Philippines , the Caribbean , etc.

 

I finish typing...every line of every single report that leaves my desktop.  I may find a typo (and, of, or, etc.) rarely, but I still proofread.  It's just something that I do .

Depending on the report/dictator I can proof during... but I find I catch things better when I proof after. One day I will have the proof during mastered.

There was a time when I really did have to proof each and every word.  Last time I had an audit, it was better than 99% which is quite good enough.

There is a way to learn to do this and I can't really tell you want it is I do or how I do it exactly.  I have pretty high production (1500 to 1800 lines a day) and few mistakes.  I think it is just finding a flow because I have my off days when I have a lot of difficulty.

When this happens to me, I go to several reliable sources and make sure that (1) I *am* spelling it correctly and there are not any alternative correct spellings and (2) that I have a source any doctor would not be able to argue about. I then type a polite note to the doctor and send it along with my proof. In my note, I include the comment that if he has found it spelled another way in a reliable reference, I'd be glad if he would let me know what reference that was, for my own information.  Once, for the name of a medical device, I went to the manufacturer's web page and printed the page describing the device and showing the spelling.  Along with my polite note, I faxed the web page to the doc.  The next dictation I got from him, he was very nice and apologetic and thanked me for being thorough! The worst that has happened is that I didn't hear anything back from a doc, but that's fine, too.  In the unlikely event that the doc STILL wants it spelled incorrectly (which has never happened to me, but it's possible) I would have him put it in writing that he wants it spelled that way. 

Unless I'm really tired, in which case I go back and proof, sometimes even listening to the dictation as I go.

But usually if I'm that tired, I stop transcribing and email the doc's office and tell them I will finish in the morning. Since I very, very rarely do that, they are pretty understanding about it.

If ever there was proof of how out of touch AAMT is with the everyday life of the average MT, the annual meeting in Honolulu is it.  First of all, the economy is pretty much in the toilet and airfare has gone up, as has everything else.  Well, every has gone up except our wages.  My employer, a hospital, has very little money in the budget to share with everyone in medical records for educational activities.  The hospital sure wouldn't pay the $3000 bucks, or whatever the total cost is, to send any of us to Honolulu.  If I were to pay out of pocket to go, why go to the tropics in September and spend the time in windowless hotel ballrooms, attending educational sessions?

How much farther out of the way for the average MT could the meeting be?  Bangalore or Bombay?