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This insistence on Andrews or M-Tec makes me very uneasy.  I've been responsible for hiring and training thousands of MTs and even I don't know these two schools that well and I rarely see graduates from there.  I know they have good student support.  I do see lots of graduates from Career Step.  BTW, the Career Step grads are not well prepared for employment- not at all.  Not like you'd think from reading current posts.  Most of my past hires from Career Step failed to stick with it.  Only a small percentage could hold up- bad typing skills- but good on terminology.

Most of our employees (MTs) are either graduates of community colleges or staffing schools that we contract with.  If Andrews and M-Tec were as dominant as you read here, I'd expect the only good MTs to have come from those schools and I don't.  I didn't go there.  I've done fine.  I've never had a problem being hired in my early days as an MT.  I went to a community college and they used HPI publications.

I think this insistence on a "big three" is very misleading.  As a person who hires and trains, I know you don't need to attend one of these 3 schools to get a job.  Attitude has far more to do with it than book training anyway.  We'd much rather have a graduate with a poorer education who has a great attitude than the reverse.  The education can be improved quickly while the attitude is impossible to change.

I will just take your word for it that these 2 schools have great classes, but why all this drum beating when there are untold numbers of excellent community college programs and also staffing schools.  How about Mentoring Internships too?  There are lots of resources that my MTs have used to become well educated.

However, there are "schools" that are nothing but internet marketing machines.  It is obvious who they are.  They are the ones who sell diplomas for almost anything.  New students should definitely beware of those.  Medical Transcription is too difficult to learn from a mail order house.  You can't sit in isolation at home and learn medical transcription very easily and that is the big trap, IMO.  This is not like getting your real estate license and only needing to pass 1 test to get a job.

That's my view from my corner of the world.

Where I live the local votech school has a very high placement rate and if I wanted to work in house, I would start by taking their MT course. My local school's course is far from complete though, and there is no way a national company would hire me with just that course and no experience. 

I have no idea what the local employers would think about an online program.  We're kind of in the sticks and they really rely on the local tech school to pump out grads that can do the work the local companies need them to do.  Its practically tailored to the needs of the local economy.

I'm going with an online program because I want to be sure I can gain employment, and I want thorough training.

Not sure how much this helps.

Hello everyone,

Just thought the information on my website will be helpful and/or interesting to anyone who is thinking of trying medical transcription cource.

it's here

http://www.volkovs.com/family/julia/default.aspx?p=mt

Career Step, M-Tech, Andrews - I have a family member who is interested in getting her daughter directed on a career path (she's 18).  I'm not so sure MT is for her, but I'd like to at least give her some basic info.  So, how much do these programs cost and how long do they take? 

  Thanks!

It's important to keep studying and practicing right up until you land the job you studied and worked so hard for. Time away from your studies will nevertheless, leave some cobwebs in your mental attic.

I've started to assemble some online quizzes (free) so students can keep learning. It's so new in fact, I have one done.  lol  But I intend to put some more out there if the response is good. I need a beginner and one who will test this out with me and for me. It would be nice for the others if we can get this in the right direction.

visit: www.gotranscribe.com  and click on MT Learning Studio for instructions.

I'd appreciate it and so would some of the others if it works as I think it could.

Kim

Hi.

I just signed up for Allied MT School.  Have any of you graduated from there, and did you like it?  Also, did you have any problem getting a job after graduating?  I am a bit discouraged with some of the negative reviews. 

Thank you.

I am looking for good online training MT schools that offer good quality education along with practise sessions and also job assistance. I am new to MT field and have gone through some of the discussions about top online schools (Mtec, CareerStep and Andrew).
For those who have taken courses from this schools (and have got jobs), can you tell me what makes it to take this online courses and why.
also which would come first interms of payling less and getting most of it?
which other online training institutes can NE considered?

Any kind of help, assistance would be greatly appreciated.

thanks

Anyone have any opinions, hear anything about these two online MT training programs?

I already have an Associate's so it would be nice to get a BA from U of Phoenix. I haven't received their info pkt yet.

Thanks for any info.                     -MKJ

I can ace the objective parts of online tests, but when I get to the transcription part, I'm never sure whether they want you to just type everything verbatim--even if the dictator stumbles over words, corrects himself/herself mid-sentence, or really needs some punctuation for clarity's sake--or if they do, in fact, want you to edit "on the fly." Any advice is appreciated. Thanks very much!

I am seeking an at home MT training couse that would ultimately allow me to work from home once completed.  I was hoping to hear from anyone who has taken the Career Step online training course, and if so, how would you rate the program?  Did you find it somewhat easy or difficult in securing at-home employment? Or, Is there another online training course that you would recommend over Career Step? Any info you could share would be greatly appreciated! 

...that offer it, is it acceptable to use reference materials.  I didn't see anywhere on the page that I couldn't.  Just askin'.

Do you know of any legit online medical transcription school that I can consider ?  I really want to do this but seems like all of the schools out there cost an arm and a leg and can not afford to take out so much loan and be in such debt espcially it's not even paying much after I graduate.

Please help me if anyone know of a good, reasonable school I can apply to.  Thank you so much.

it is not a bad thing at all, just means someone is new is all...........it's actually an endearing term...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newbie

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/newbie

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci212649,00.html

I just finished school this summer and passed all my requirements for MT...I applied to these online companies and wasn't real sure if they were reputable.  I've heard from previous students about companies that don't pay on time and are a little shady.  How can I know if I apply to online MT work at home companies if they are OK?  Better Business Bureau?

I was going to post my resume on Monster.com.  Can anyone tell me if that would be a good decision?

I would appreciate any and all feedback.