Everything You Wanted To Know About Medical Transcription Career

By Raj | Apr 6, 2009

I get a couple of emails in my email inbox daily requesting information on right from the basic questions like “What is medical transcription?” “How to become a medical transcriptionist?” “Which medical transcription school should I join?” “Which medical transcription course should I enroll?” “What is the scope for medical transcription job?” “What is the future of medical transcription?” “How much a medical transcriptionist earn?” “Can I work straightaway from home immediately after completing a medical transcription course?” to advanced questions like “Will speech recognition technology replace the job of a medical transcriptionist?”

There are already quite a few posts spread on MT Herald where I tried to cover and be as elaborate as possible to contain the information for all those questions, a few of which are:

Furthermore, by getting yourself enrolled in any of the AHDI approved medical transcription education programs for the training part (AAMT accredited medical transcription training programs), you’re safeguarded from medical transcription scams.

Everything You Wanted To Know About Medical Transcription Career

So instead of answering each and every mail or redirecting the querist to every single post mentioned above, if I could redirect all those queries to a single video post like this with all the pertinent points on medical transcription explained by veterans in the industry, it will be informative to those medical transcription career seekers, a picture says 1000 times better than words. I have tried to collect all the informative videos available on the web on medical transcription in this post. Let those medical transcription aspirants hear from experts about their opinions on each and every doubt.

However, I do not endorse any commercials, if any, appear on the videos. These videos are just for informational purpose only.

The first video we have is the one on medical transcriptionists’ job description.

Source: YouTube Video on medical transcriptionists’ job description.

It’s obvious for anyone new to the medical transcription industry to have a doubt in mind about the scope and future of medical transcription industry. The video below answers all those doubts.

Source: YouTube Video about the Future of Medical Transcription.

This video answers the curriculum of the medical transcription training program that anyone needs to be completed before becoming a medical transcriptionist.

Source: YouTube video on What do I need to learn to be a home medical transcriptionist?

The next video answers the million dollar question about the impact of voice recognition technology on the medical transcription industry and the possibilities of automation taking over the role of medical transcriptionists.

Source: YouTube video on the Impact of Speech Recognition Software on Medical Transcription Industry.

Have you come across any such informative videos on medical transcription profession? Feel free to share the links in the comments section below.

2 Responses to “Everything You Wanted To Know About Medical Transcription Career”

Mark on April 8th, 2009, at 5:01 pm said:

Wow, I must admit that I didn’t know so much information about medical Medical Transcription until now. Sound very interesting. Thanks a lot for so much information.
Mark

Joseph Kim, MD, MPH on April 12th, 2009, at 8:48 pm said:

These are some great stories. Nice job.