It is very difficult w/o formal training!
Posted By: mt on 2008-09-09
In Reply to: Part time MT? - Ben
I know people that went to one of the top 3 schools and still have problems as a newbie getting work, without 2 years experience! I don't know about interships, especially without training. As far as the money, I am new and cannot tell you much about that. With a Master's degree, I would think that you would make more than any of us?! What do you plan on doing with your degree?
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The insinuation was that anyone without formal training was bumbling...
just wanted to show an example otherwise.
Plus paramedic work has a great deal to do with MT. Watch me rip through ER reports...
They should not be difficult...
The report is laid out, as you know, in a SOAP format, which is Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan. Are you having difficulty understanding which section to transcribe within? If you have any questions, feel free to E-mail me. I will try to help you. mtmentor@gmail.com
Difficult dictation.....
I was hoping that someone could give me some advise for difficult doctors that dictate with a very strong acient!! I need help!! Any advise would be great! 
Thank you!
Difficult dictators
Ask for one week of dictation of nothing but this one dictator. I guarantee you after a full week of listening and getting used to the "cadence" of this particular person, you will begin to know what is being said. ESLs oftentimes have limited vocabulary in English and you will find them using the same phrasing throughout the PE, for example, which they reel off very quickly and then will slow down for pertinent findings. We have a few difficult dictators and have found the only way for someone to train is to do that one dictator for at least one week and no one else. Once that occurs, you will be requesting that dictator (believe it or not) and will spin through the transcription. I have seen it happen with at least 6 MTs already. I hope this helps.
As a newbie, it is very difficult to
I am a radiology transcriptionist, and I like it...but...I could not transcribe for 8 hours straight. I like this job working part time; however, working in the fitness industrie, it is very difficult for me to sit at the computer all day. It was difficult to find a job, so I decided I go back to school to start a nursing career. I know many MTs have trouble finding work, but nurses are always wanted. Don't you enjoy your job?
If you want to work from home make sure you choose the right school!!
Good luck to you :)
Y would it make it MORE DIFFICULT?
Having NO school experience is worse than having school experience????? I find that very hard to believe.
Difficult but possible. Most companies want
FT people so that may add a little difficulty on top of the fact that you are a newbie. It depends on what school you went to how easy it will be for you to find a position. If you want to one of the 2 best recognized schools, M-Tec or Andrews, your chances are pretty good. It you went to PCDI or At-Home Professions it will be extremely difficult, though not impossible. Post your resumes on all the various free MT job boards. I would also suggest looking locally for a clinic or hospital position. If you didn't come from one of the better schools you're going to need a lot of mentoring and working on-site is a good way to get that.
That s/b difficult but not impossible. nm
You didn't say what was difficult about it to be
able to help you.
You are going to have a difficult time. At-Home
is not one of the better "schools." You can post your resume on all the free job boards as there are companies that will hire from resumes but don't post positions. You probably need to get a menitoring position. There are companies that will hire newbies, but there are some who aren't legit so you need to ask questions before jumping in with both feet.
If you read the job boards you will see the equipment varies per company, just as pay does. If you need to download a test you can just use hot keys for that. Some foot pedals are configured to only work with one particular program, so no since is buying something that you might not need. I'd start building a reference library first because you'll need that anywhere you go.
I think you can download a test at www.mttest.com so you can get an idea of what it is like to test. If you Google on-line transcription tests you might can find other sources. I would do this a few times, see where your strength and weaknesses are and work on those.
You would probably be better off trying to get an in-house position until you have some experience. Try your local hospital and clinics.
the difficult part is trying to understand what the
doctor is saying because the accents are ridiculous and sometimes it sounds like they are slurring words.
Hopefully you won't be crushed. It might be difficult, but hang in there. nm
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If the test file has such difficult ESLs, you don't want to work there anyway! It would be
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I always found the tests more difficult than actual work (sm)
I think they try you out on their most difficult to see how you do. It also may be the stress of taking a test too. I tested with anyone who would let me test, and I failed a lot of them, but just keep trying. Persistence does pay off. It sounds like you have a great start and you should probably stay where you are to get the experience. Yes, it will count. Best of luck to you!
Is your coding work done from home? I have heard it was very difficult sm
to get coding work at home, you have to go to work for a company somewhere. Has this changed? I know coders are always needed, but we don't have any openings locally for at-home coding. TIA.
If you got your training from one of the
schools recognized by employers to turn out job-ready MTs, in most cases, the two-year-experience requirement will be waived. Also, those schools will work with you to help you with job placement. In any event, your school. whichever one it was, should be helping you with job placement. If the course was designed to make you employable, your school should know for which employers you are prepared to work. Good luck to you.
MT Training
I would be glad to talk with you.
If you get the right training ...
i.e. from one of the schools that turn out job-ready MTs, you should have no trouble working from home from the start. If you decide to skimp on your training and go for a cheap, inferior school, it is unlikely that you would be able to work from home for a long time since you would need so much supervision and hand-holding. Get the right edcuation and you can write your own ticket.
right training?
Is Career Step considered the " right training " that would allow me to work from home from the start?
CS training
Anne, I 'm with you. I want to work PT from home. I'm seriously considering Career Step also. Please feel free to e-mail me if you'd like to toss this around some more. I'm wondering about the sitting aspect of the job also but I think it would probably go quickly when you're transcribing. Hoping to learn more while visiting this site. Good luck!
Training
Hi, thinking seriously of becoming a MT. Background has been in med field many years ago. Now cannot work in old job due to physical disability of permanent nature -no cure. Not mobile anymore. Work at computer would be limited in sessions - is there anyone out there with same type of dilema and going thru and has been thru training?
Training
Okay, I have been looking into the field of MT for some time now and I am a bit frustrated and confused. After viewing so many messages posted It seems almost futile to even consider becoming an MT. Today, right now, is it worth my money and time to become an MT? Is there still a future for MT's (maybe not in the tradtional since)??!! Thanks for responding!!! JSanders
training
I did recently receive a great gift. A friend introduced me to a 28 year Transcriptionist who is willing to let me work with her!!
Training? Are you in a training
program? When will you graduate?
training
I have been working on a course through Trans Am Associates. My resume does not have any jobs in the transcription field. I need someone to give me a chance. I tested for a hospital where I used to live and the head Transcriptionist said that it was one of the best tests she has seen. Any more ?? let me know.
You might want to look into training
available in your own country, wherever in South Asia it happens to be. It would surely be cheaper.
I did on the job training. sm
When I started 10 years ago I had no schooling in this profession and I did complete on the job training. Now I own my own service and have for 6 years. It is possible. I am sorry you feel the way you do.
MT Training ...what's best?
I'm looking to do MT training, preferrably online. Can any of you offer opinions/suggestions regarding the online courses you may have taken for training? The one I've thoroughly checked out is CareerStep. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
mt training
career step so far has been on the up and up lp
I'm an LPN/MT and KNOW you need MT training.
One of the biggest problems I had in my MT training was getting rid of the nursing mindset, especially with respect to abbreviations. The same abbreviations I knew and used for years as caps without periods suddenly had to be lower case with periods, etc. Old habits were hard to break. When it comes to the MT world, there is a lot more to it than typing and knowing medical terminology. I was very surprised about that myself! You will also have to develop an ear for listening, hearing and understanding each dictator. You may be able to understand Dr. Jones (for example) on the phone or in person, but he might sound like Elmer Fudd when he dictates! Possibly worse.
Please do your homework, pick the very best school you can afford and work hard to get your money's worth out of that school. Don't expect to make the same money starting out as you can walking into any nursing position. Unless you are extraordinarily lucky and gifted, you are well advised to take some MT training.
I do wish you luck in whatever you decide to do.
training
I need additional training in this field! How or where should I go to get the help I need?! I went to school and graduated with my certificate in MT but am having no luck on tests and feel that I need more time to learn and build my skills up. Any suggestions as to what I should do? please contact me!
Do you have training?
I would recommend sending a resume anyway IF you have some formal training which might be considered in lieu of experience. I was hired for an opening asking for 5 years experience and I only have 18 months. It's worth trying! Good luck!!!
Do you have any training?
Your grammar and spelling are terrible.
new training
Thanks so much
Training
Good luck Lisa. You sound like you have a good head on your shoulders. The top schools ensure entry into this profession and choices of decent job ofers with good starting rates. When we stop learning - we are dead. Hee! Hee!
I sincerely wish you well.
Lilly
Training
I am a current student with M-TEC. They offer a basic and an advanced course. I would highly recommend them and the directors are always more than willing to talk with you and answer any questions you might have. I think you will find it extremely difficult just getting your foot in the door without the training. I'm sure with the background you have, you should be able to breeze through the program. I worked for over 10 years in the field but took time off to raise my kids. When I was ready to return to the field, I found it hard to even test. No one wanted to give me a chance so I enrolled with M-TEC. It's really been the best experience and my ultimate goal is to get certified so I really need to learn other specialties. If your goal is to work from home then definitely check into one of the top schools. My guess though is you will definitely not be making the kind of money you are used to for quite some time. Good luck though.
I had no training but
had enough medical terminology knowledge and speed to try out for an acute care position and got it!
I disagree. You can teach yourself to be a great MT. I am so tired of all the CMT snobs out there. Anyone with medical terminology, speed and a good knowledge of grammar and language can do it. I have seen too many do so to understand that this is true.
The certificate does not by itself make a good medical transcription. Too many variables come into play.
MT Training
I have just completed the MT training through Everett Community College Online where they utilize the Career Step Course Ware. They MT program is online and is offered nation wide. The great thing for me is that my financial aid paid for my training, where in a lot of cases the training program is not offering financial aid. You can go to EVCC website and check it out. Another great website for informational and EVCC training stuff is http://www.workathometranscription.blogspot.com/
Hope this helps
Has anyone used VLC for training?
I was considering VLC, Virtual Leaning Center for training. Their website seems like they'd be good, but I don't personally know anyone who has used their training. I am not sure I trust their website testimonials, all online schools have "testimonials." Does anyone have any real experience with VLC to share? I'd appreciate anything. Thank you in advance.
Re-Training
This is going to be long, so please bear with me. I have graduated with my certificate and went to a junior college to complete it; however, the program was new and I do not think I received the schooling I should have. I do work for a national company and doing okay with it, but feel I am just "not with it." I feel I should know more than I do.
So my question is-how do I retrain myself? I still have all my books and have the new AAMT Book of Style along with the workbook. My school did not teach me of the BOS, but my empolyer requires to know it. I would love to get my CMT, but feel I need to get my line count up. So, should I extensively work on my expansions (since I was not taught about them). I do own Saving Keystrokes and have read about the ABCZ style form. So, should I work on my expansions first to get my line count up? Or go through my transcription books? My goal is to be the best, but at this point I am a little overwhelmed. My anal personality is getting the best of me:)
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Do you have any MT training?
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MT training
I too am considering Career Step's traning and would like to hear from students who took thier training and how successful they were in finding employment.
your training
Donna: Where did you go to school? I am just curious because I am trying to decide where I want to go.
Your first test experience was horrible.......
TRAINING
I need some suggestions for training since I am new to this.
Training
Hi,
You might want to try Career Step. They have a great program, and it is more affordable than most. (Plus it is approved by AHDI).
MT training
Any feedback regarding online MT courses? I've done ortho for years, but would like to learn to do it all. Any input appreciated. 
MT Training
You asked if, since you were a general transcriptionist, you could just take continuing education courses rather than a full MT program.
I think you may be asking if your training and/or experience in transcription of general material can qualify you to skip over part of an MT program. In other words, since you're a general transcriptionist, you feel you know enough to just learn the details that differentiate general from medical.
While it will help you somewhat since you already have the ability to process voice and key it, it's not going to enable you to skip much, if anything, in an MT program.
You might be thinking that much of what is taught in an MT program is the PROCESS of transcribing or, possibly, that it teaches general, plain English transcription as a prelude to medical. This isn't the case.
With few exceptions, MT programs do not teach general transcription, nor do they focus much at all on the process of transcribing. They do not, for instance, feature practice drills in keyboarding plain phrases, etc., from voice. Very few, except those at the community college level where any high school graduate must be allowed to register, even teach keyboarding.
If you took a course to learn general transcription, I can say with some certainty that whatever it was is NOT going to be part of an MT course.
MT education typically begins with instruction that consists of medical language, anatomy, and such, possibly grammar and style as it pertains to medical writing, and leaps right into transcription of medical material.
So, it's not that you could skip over the parts of the course that you'd already be able to do, because there aren't likely to be any parts of the course that consist of what you can already do. Medical transcription is far different from general. That isn't to say that there is no value in general transcription, because there is. It is just that an MT student doesn't "go through" general transcription on the way to learning MT. Most programs consist entirely of MT-related training. There isn't anything to skip.
This shouldn't discourage you. You WILL be able to utilize your background in MT. It will enable you to make faster progress, particularly early on in the course. You'll still have to learn to understand medical dictation, which is nothing like anything you will have heard before.
There is no advantage to skipping things, anyway. If you're that proficient in the subject, then you won't have to spend much time on it.
You might find MT to be just what you were looking for. I'd encourage you to get the best grounding in it by doing an entire, good course rather than trying to get by with less just because of your background.
Are you truly self-training or
are you doing this in addition to an actual MT course?
training
does that include career step?
Hours / MT training
Has anyone here done at home professions MT course? Is it legit?
Also why do the job posting have set days and hours MT's have to work. I thought if you worked at home you could pick your own hours? Can someone clarify this for me
Thanks
MT Training from Gladys
Thinking of taking the MT course offered by At-Home Professions. Can anyone tell me if this is a guality school. And how do you ge "certified"?
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