less expensive way
Posted By: mtstudent on 2007-06-27
In Reply to: Google 'practice medical transcription' - D
The first edition SUM tapes are available through interlibrary loan. Most of the textbooks that go with it are available through interlibrary loan too. The Language of Medicine 6th (not current) edition workbook can be bought off amazon for under $10 used. Make sure you buy a "like new" used copy.
Career Step tapes/keys are also available on ebay or on MT boards.
HTH :)
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Yes, it is expensive, but you do not need certification (sm)
You do not need to be certified in MT in order to work. It's a help, but that alone does not guarantee a job.
At any rate, you cannot sit for the certification exam until you have two years of experience.
There is one thing, and one thing only, that will enable you to work. Employers will consider you and hire you if you have no difficulty scoring about a 98% on their employment transcription test.
If you can transcribe WELL straight out of school, then you will get a job straight out of school.
It is not easy to prepare a student for a job. The difference between doing well is very slight. Employers aren't looking for someone who can pass a test like you passed tests in high school. Then, 70% was fine. Now, you might think, 80-85% should be fine.
It's not. With some employers, a 96% is unacceptable.
So, yes, tuition is always a lot of money, but if you choose your school wisely so that you end up with a straight, sure route to a job, then the expense becomes an investment that you can earn back in a few weeks of working in your new job.
Unfortunately, if it's not expensive, it's probably also not good enough. nm
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Well, I took CAI.. It WAS less expensive, but would not say "cheap"
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Just a head up - these are also the most expensive schools
why do you think living is Belgium is that expensive?
(disregarding their fame to being the diamond wholesale capital of Europe?) Shoot, if my family can make a living there, why not you or I? Euros are worth more than US dollars anymore.
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