What about giving professional MTs a break? (sm)
Posted By: ?? on 2008-07-13
In Reply to: Give Her A Break - lb
I'm simply trying to save her money and anxiety by suggesting that perhaps in her life situation, MT is not a career she should be pursuing. I'm not negative in the least, I just think that anyone who thinks this is a easy money-making career is deluding themselves.
This is not tupperware ... this is a professional, mentally challenging career with severe implications to both patients and health providers if the job is not done with the utmost accuracy and attention to detail.
This is not a career that someone should get into just because they want to stay home with their children. I've seen too many errors because of distracted transcriptionists who were ill equipped for their jobs and trust me, if you were given the wrong medication and/or wrong dosage because the Transcriptionist transcribed mg instead of mcg or couldn't distinguish between Seldane and Feldene due to distractions, you'd probably be screaming bloody murder.
When people stop thinking of MT as a "stay at home, play with my kids and do it on the side" kind of career, them maybe the rest of us professionals who dedicate our time becoming the best MTs we can in spite of lousy pay, foreign outsourcing and the rest of the world thinking we're a bunch of slackers who make easy money for nothing, can finally gain the respect we should have had all along.
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I am not giving up
I am a mother of 6 whose husband is losing his job this year. I need to do something. I do daycare now but with all the new laws and restrictions it is not worth the hassel any more.
I am at Quiz 17 in the course. Where are you at?
Giving up
Well I have been searching for a job for over two months. I graduated from a local community college and hold a diploma in medical transcription. I have taken test upon test, and passed, but still no job offers. What a disappointment. I am throwing in the towel. Apparently there are very few places that will give somebody new a chance. How am I suppose to get experience if no one will give it to me. 
not giving up
Well, I guess I just continue to search. Due to finances, we had to sell one car and are really banking on something, ANYTHING from home.... :) Applying for jobs has become a full-time job. :) Too bad I can't get paid for it.
Professional at home MT course
I have a name of an excellent at-home MT course. That is The VLC. It is an excellent school with all of the latest technology to help you learn all of the things it takes to be an excellent MT. I know, I graduated from there and got my first job within 2 weeks of graduating, and have been working full time since then. Do yourself a favor and check it out.
Some of them just want the $ without giving anything in return
Most of us know which ones of the schools just take money and don't give much in return for it. They are businesses, but the best businesses make sure that the customer or student gets value in return for tuition. Some of them don't care.
'tis the season for giving!
Congratulations! I have been looking for months, but am not giving up.
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Professional MT's would be too busy working to
frequent this board themselves. I run a business, I have time. What's your excuse?
Gee, I was under the impression that this board WAS for professional MTs!
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Giving newbies a chance
Here's the problem--MTSOs want qualified MTs who can do any kind of hospital (acute care) dictation. They don't have time or the money to spend training newbies who signed up for programs that only teach entry-level, office dictation.
MTSOs know this already. They're not going to give you "a chance" because they don't believe you can do the work. They have experience with graduates from that school already.
Your school taught you that you need to put a marketing packet together to get a job. That's what you do if you want to get clients on your own. That's what your program prepared you to do-- entry-level office dictation.
Isn't that what you wanted? That's what you signed up for when you enrolled in that school.
Giving newbies a chance
With all due respect, those of us who are new to the industry and trying to learn can do without your condescending attitude. You do not know what my capabilities are. You are right about one thing, however. I would rather market myself and work on my own than suffer the apparent misery many of you "experienced" MTs are enduring working for the MTSOs. To those that have offered constructive advice- thank you, it is appreciated.
give yourself a break and...
hang in there. You just started last week? Oh... then plan to give it at least a month or so before you start being too hard on yourself. I remember having total meltdowns in the beginning and wondering why I was even trying. I spent all day and night trying to get the work done. I got a new account recently and had to learn my first ESL Dr... At first, I felt like giving up, but after a few weeks, it got so much better. I think anyone can relate to how you feel. Dont give up, at least not yet!
You need to break more often than every 2 hours
straight. That won't be good for your body and you'll burn out easy.
Again, most places will allow you the time to get comfortable with your dictators. Don't try to be too fast and make mistakes because that won't be worth it at all to either you or your new employer. That shows sloppiness. JMO.
Give Her A Break
All she asked for was a good school that is affordable. For you to imply that she cannot go to school and raise a family is uncalled for.
The negativity on this board is so disappointing. I thought this was a board to help out prospective/new students, not a board to that discourages someone from a new career.
Lisa - I currently attend Career Step and I am fully enjoying it. Good luck.
This is why Forums break down......
Hah, I love it. Slam bam!! Whew, I knew an attack would come from some unhappy soul. Around the Back, I got into this thread because I read the silliness about the "Big 3" which I know is not true from our own hiring practices.
Here we have a poster who offers nothing but negatives. Nothing helpful, only destruction. Why are there people like this?
Unfortunately, I have too many MTs with similar negative attitudes. The world is too short to dwell in such a bleak world. Next you'll look for typos. :)
Come out and share. Offer insights. Take some risks by trying to look into the future and offer some of your long term wisdom. You probably have a lot. Share. Almost all of us want to learn. Brighten our lives a little.
And I'm not here to promote any school or MT Company. I could care less as long as students and graduates don't have their dreams crushed by scammers.
Your comments on this school's curriculum points to the fact that you really don't know what you are talking about. I could go into why, but that is tedious for me and the readers. The school can defend itself if it wants.
No that's not fair to the school, the curriculum is mostly HPI, one class at Career Step private publications, followed by their internship. I know because we hired from them. The key was their mentors.
A positive attitude is both free and priceless at the same time.
It's really tough to get a break
which one of the reasons why I quit teaching MT after 10- years. It was impossible for me to find an on-site internship program (no one wanted students on-site asking questions and slowing the productivity of regular MT's). I found a couple of IC's that would let my students transcribe the reports after they had already been transcribed and would verify work experience for them for doing that. I just hated seeing so many students putting all the effort into a class and then being unable to find a job with no experience. My advice was always to go to work on-site vs. trying to go it alone at home with no support. Keep applying until you have no other option. Good Luck
AND for professional MTSO's! But post above states otherwise. nm
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Could someone please tell me if it matters whether I have Windows XP Home Edition or Professional to do transcription? If it does not matter, I have been thinking of getting the Professional edition. A job doing data entry part-time requires that I have the Professional edition. If I change to the Professional edition, does it matter as long as I have Word to do medical transcription? Sorry, if this is a dumb question. I figure that I can't have both installed on my computer at the same time.
Keep an open mind when looking for your first break.
For a first break into the business, you really need to welcome an in-office position. Not only is it a job doing what you say you want to do, but you may actually get guidance from an experienced MT and learn more than you could ever learn alone.
oh lordy......give it a break already...nobody...sm
believes you.....ROFL...
It takes a while to break into the field
and start making a decent living. There are huge differences in companies. You might get paid the same cpl but make much better money with one company over the other. If you keep your eyes open, sometimes you find a really good one. Also be sure you have a good Expander program and keep finding ways to speed up your own typing.
I have the right person and you are too quick to reply to posts. A professional
You don't see the big guns worrying about anything posted on this board. Sheesh.
The HPI workbook set, The Language of Medicine, and the M-Tec Professional Skillbuilding Wizard, but
IMO (especially since having an excellent mentor and great QA) all the books in the world cannot replace a well-designed course with feedback and advice from knowledgeable instructors. Hindsight is 20/20 and all that...
bwahahahha...bwahahahahhha..oh my sides..bwaahahahal.yes ma'am you sure are professional....bwaha
  
Or if you're interested in investing 2 years to break into a field that won't be around...
but if you are wanting to get into a field where you can invest some time and money and actually have a job, you better look elsewhere. Seriously. I don't like it either but that's the way it is.
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