Experience

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I am currently looking into some courses to become an MT. By doing some research I have found that everyone wants about 2 yrs of experience. Any ideas on places that hire MT's just out of training? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I want to make sure if I go through the training that I can find employment.

Donna

How is a new grad to get experience when there don't seem to be any companies that will hire us?  I'm more than a bit annoyed at this.  I keep getting told that I test well, but the company isn't hiring entry-level MTs.  How the heck am I to ever NOT be entry-level if no one will give me the chance to work? 

If anyone has any tips on what companies are hiring new grads I'd be forever greatful!  I need to find a job soon.  I'm pretty disappointed that this is what things are looking like for me, I worked my butt off to get this education and now I can't find work. 

using it.  EScription/EditScript is a platform for MT.  It's pretty simple and I love it.

Type it in Google and you'll find info about it.

Amanda

Just about every listing I have found for a Transcriptionist has a minimum of 2 years experience. Well how the heck am I suppose to get experience if nobody in my area needs a transcriptionist and nobody online will give me a chance?! I'm starting to become very frustrated by the situation as well as discouraged. I know I shouldn't give up, but everyone has a breaking point, right? Any advice would be welcome because I'm at a loss.

Thanks.

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

Last year I went to work for an MTSO where the transcription was put into documents by VR.  I had to edit all the reports and the ones that were totally messed up had to be deleted and retyped.  I was paid $8/hr although the benefits were outstanding (company paid for continued education without a waiting period so from day #1 you could go to college and they would pay for it, so most of the MTs were people in nursing college).

They had a daily minimum of 1600 lines a day.  After 4 months I only hit it twice and quit to work from home again to make more money.  I'm averaging $20/hr with good benefits.  When I worked as an IC and paid by the page, my hourly average was $40 and I only had to work 6 hours a day.  Those days are gone!

My point here is that you should probably stay where you are a full year and take advantage of the opportunity to learn how to increase your productivity.  You will be much more marketable with 1 year's experience and can get a better line rate.    Many MTSOs do pay based on productivity with benefits so try to work towards doing what you need to do to increase your productivity and overall skill and knowledge.

Good luck.

How are newbies supposed to get experience?

Does anyone know of companies who hire newbies?

All I know is that when the clinic had their docs do their own EMR's, patient load went down, their hours went up.  Also, of the three clinics that have contacted me regarding the EMR's, all were on three different programs.  One was even a large hospital  with clinics that were not happy with their EMR's.  They like the access but not the input.   Also with billing with certain modifiers, the insurance companies would either question or pay at a lesser rate and so they had to print many chart notes to explain some of the charges.    And, when I went to Kaiser a few years back I did not appreciate the docs back to me and clicking away and told her.  Again, there are many docs that do not like doing it after hours.   The docs in this clinic actually leave at 5, dictate on their way home and are done with it.  Whereas they said when they had been doing the charts they were at the clinic until 6 or 7 or working on them at home and thus they never got done.  Anyway, agree with you to some extent but this has just been my experience in the past 18 months and if they want to pay me $18 to put dictation into the chart why should I complain.   Again, there were were two other clinics that contacted me and all three had different programs.  

Patti

I am a recent MT graduate and I am a little nervous about the school I trained through, which was U.S. Career Institute and it was originally At-Home Professions.  I have been trying to fill out applications for MT jobs and I am not sure what to check for experience in subspecialties? Any advice will be appreciated as how to fill out applications.

Thank You!

Roxie

I just finished a home study medical transcription course that did not have any radiology reports in the practice dictation, but it did have all acute care.  I am just wondering if this course did not give me enough of everything, or are others like this also?   

Excuse me while I take a little of your time to vent.  I am a new MT who is trying to get into this business.  I took a at home medical Transcriptionist coarse.  After completing this coarse, this company told me to send them $25.00 to take their test.  I said to myself this is strange, why should I send money to take a test?  So I explained to her that I didn't have any money.  She said ok I will send you the test.  After taking the test, which consisted of at least 50 pages of transcribing in SOAP/letter format, she said she needed $45.00 to check my test.  Again, I explained to her I didn't have any money.  She sent my test back and failed me, she said I had to many errors.  So I decided to test with this company to see if I was wasting my time in this profession.  Well, I aced the test.  When I started transcribing for this company, I could only hear three or four words a sentence from the dictator.  I hated leaving blanks.  This company had no time for me, and no one would answer my questions.  In two weeks time, my check was $33.00.  I know I transcribed more than $33.00 worth.  Being a new MT with no questions answered, I felt helpless.  The QA told me I needed to be able to hit the ground running.  They need me to be at 98% accuracy.  (After the fact).  So I say, how do you become 98% accurate if you don't keep going?  When you started out were you 98% accurate?  Needless to say, I am no longer working with this company.  Am I missing something?  How do you hear every word?  How do I make the money that I read other MT's are making?  I have a passion for medical transcription.  If I could only hear all the word the dictators are saying.  I want to learn everything there is to know and be the top notch of MT's...  You see, I am a victim of a doctor mistake.  Working ouside of my home is sometimes impossible.  Should I stay in this business?   Are there legitimate MT companies out there that are not looking to steal and cheat?  Are there legitimate MT companies out there that are willing to steer new MT's in the right direction?  Why can't dictators be held accountable to their dictations?  I realize the world has become a dog eat dog world and every man/woman is to defend for themselves, So I say, IT IS NOT A QUESTIOIN OF IF YOU DIE, IT'S WHEN YOU DIE, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE ANY OF THIS WITH YOU.  FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHERE IS THE LOVE, COMPASSION, TO DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WANT THEM TO DO UNTO YOU?  ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO GOD WHY?