Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Medical Transcription Schools - How To Choose The Right One

There are a lot of medical transcription schools out there, so how do you know which one to choose, which one has the best program, which one will help you get a job when you graduate?

Some of the things you want to look for in choosing a school are:

1. Do they have a good support staff?

2. Do they have a good program for medical terminology?

3. Do they focus on medical specialties?

4. Do they teach style and grammer essentials?

5. Do they offer good training on human anatomy, physiology and disease processes?

6. Do they offer good training on abbreviations, plurals, and word differentiating?

Do thorough researching before you sign up for a medical transcription course.

Ask about schools on MT forums. You will get pros and cons on the schools.

If you find the top schools too expensive you could take your course through a school such as Career Step . They have several different payment plans and are one of the top medical transcription schools.

Take your time and consider all of the different programs out there. This is going to be your career so you want to get it started right.

Marilyn Roberts
Medical Transcriptionist

2 comments:

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Unknown said...

There are indeed a lot of medical transcription scams out there and one thing that I would suggest more is to see if their chosen providers are accredited and approved to sell courses by the right governing body. It is one of the ways to avoid getting scams too.