With expectations like that, you are sure to be disappointed...
Posted By: sm on 2006-08-25
In Reply to: Brand New. Just finished school. - Lisa
you are right when you say "getting a Medical Transcription service up and running from your home is nearly impossible?!?!" From your exact words, it sounds like to me that you are wanting to start your own medical transcription service from home? Nearly impossible is a good choice of words. It seems to require a combination of perserverance, skill, intense networking and just plain luck. And there is a reason why "Everyone wants someone with "EXPERIENCE" only." I can't imagine a doctor's office saying, "sure, we would love to send you our voice files and depend on your untested skills for our patients' medical records...not to mention keeping our office running." Physicians work very hard to take care of their patients. They can't take an integral part like medical records and just hand it out to any ol' body. They need someone who is VERY GOOD at their job, not only getting the records transcribed, but finding a file transfer method, troubleshooting, fair pricing, etc. Certainly fresh out of school you would not have those skills and it would be as completely unreasonable to expect any doctor's office to contract with you as their service, as it would be to ask the office nurse to do your appendectomy (on her kitchen table LOL).
You say, quite emphatically that "Working from home is my ONLY option right now." Working from home may not be an option at all. You can't DEMAND a job from any one. You can only see what's out there, beat the competition and prove you can meet the requirements. If you can supply what the market demands, you can get a job. But if the market is glutted with MT's with 2 years' experience, well, you are in a tight spot then. So your choices are: either spend months applying, try to get an inhouse job, spend months on an internship, or go into another job market.
While I understand your feelings ("just paid alot of money to train for this, etc"), sometimes it's just not that simple. I am not trying to be discouraging, just honest-- and honestly, it's a very discouraging time right now in the MT field.
What I don't understand is how come so many newbies post here, saying they just finished their program and NOW they are finding out how hard it is to break into the field? Seems like communication between all of us is failing somewhere
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Disappointed
First finish your course and then see what is out there. If you do not find anything, then go back to school.
Expectations for a new MT
A graduate of an adequate program should be able to understand and transcribe even acute-care dictation (hospital) with 98% accuracy without any additional training, should be able to identify unknown material and use standard references to find them, should be able to ask for help from an Editor when necessary, and should not require "checking" and "supervision." A new graduate should be working in a satisfactory, but slow, manner within a day or two, and should be nearly up to speed in a few months.
If you are not able to do this, your training was not adequate.
A sure clue that your training was not adequate is an inability to spell correctly and use correct grammar and punctuation in a simple board post.
Expectations
Who was your last message to?
All of you guys have way to much time on your hands. Get a job!
Disappointed Newbie
Nothing new with that confession, I'm betting. From the looks of some of the posts on this board, the money I paid to get trained as an MT was a waste. I began my studies so I could work from home. I have a job already, my position is MOM. Doesn't pay monetarily though, so I need a second income so DAD can take a break! But everything I read says 2-5 years experience a MUST. Well, I can't offer my services for free to the hospitals or doctors because I can't work "in-house"...I must work from MY HOUSE! I posted here before and I had a few people give me a try....one, a woman, I unfortunately did not save her email address and did not send my "test" back to her. My mistake. The other, a man, was great training. I trained with him for a few weeks, but it became apparent that he needed almost IMMEDIATE turn around AND I could not set my own hours, they had to be HIS hours. I understand where he's coming from...but, I have children....2 toddlers and 2 teens...so setting my OWN hours is necessary. Ok...I've rambled on long enough. Can someone PLEASE give me some hope for this! Thanks! LISA
You won't be disappointed with Andrews!
I made a career change. I use to be a technical training instructor (lasers, scanners, etc.), and I use to write courses for a living. I retired from that field and wanted something else that I could do that I could handle with my physical handicap.
I chose Andrews because of its curriculum. Yes, M-Tec has a pretty good thing going and it's a superior choice to CS.
But, I chose Andrews because I wanted the best for my money. I didn't care for some of the philosophies of the other school. I want to learn transcription--I didn't want to learn OneNote or other unnecessary software applications.
I have not regretted my choice in selecting Andrews. The curriculum is sound, high-quality, and their grads are getting hired just as much as (if not more) than any other school.
You won't go wrong with either school. However, I did choose the best--and that's the name I wanted on my resume.
Good luck with your studies!
application expectations
When a new graduate or inexperienced MT applies for an online position and takes the transcription portion of the application, what are the companies expectations? Are we supposed to be 100% accurate, or do they allow you to leave 1 or 2 blanks where the dictator mumbles to the point of just not being able to understand them?
Do all companies have QA that will review the reports before submission? If so, as an applicant would leaving blanks count against me. Surely the most experienced MT leaves mumbled words blank. Just wondering.
I was extremely disappointed in the 2nd one you mentioned in your post. nm
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What are their expectations of an MT with 4 months of experience?? What company?
Geez
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