I too have been thinking about this my question is do they give you jobs or do you have to search and find doctors who need help and or want a medical transcription person? or whuh?

good luck weavie

I'm looking at AHDI approved schools and it seems like a lot of them help you find a job after graduation.

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DS found my learn to type CD-ROM. This is going to be extra hard to learn since I use a computer at work. The going back and forth between real typing and hunt/peck will be a real challenge. Like I need any more of those in my life.

Weave, just a thought... you might want to check with your local school district if they have an adult learning program. Some city and county systems have evening adult classes and might offer a beginning class in medical transcribing.

Many years ago I did medical transcription for an insurance company. I had a wonderful boss who could really say everything as it should be. I also was a health claims adjuster at the same time. I really enjoyed it all and learned so much when it came to all kinds of health issues. I still would enjoy it. And I am still into learning about health issues whatever they may be. That, of course, is so easy now with the Internet. At one time I wanted to be an LPN and then perhaps an RN. My life went in another direction after those years of working for the insurance company.

You do have to be a fast, expert typist with little to no errors to do this. And you must be good at English. At any rate, that was my experience.

I do medical transcription from home. I don't do a lot of it because I can't sit for that long. If you are a good typer, accurate, and can sit for long periods of time it can be a lucrative career. One of my friends earns up to $4,000 a month doing it. However, she spends HOURS typing from home.

If typing is an issue for you, you may want to consider medical billing and coding. That is a huge field with lots of possibilities. The lady that I work for gets calls all the time asking if she does billing/coding. There are lots of facilities including veterinarians that need people to do this and it can be done at home now thanks to the internet. Check out the aacp website for information.

TKTC- I think my local community college has MT classes. I'm looking at AAMT "approved" schools since they seems to have an employment edge. That may come in handy later.

Kitt- Thanks for your insight.

tkrik- I thought about just coding before. I don't remember why I decided against it. Maybe I should reconsider. I'm in the process of teaching myself to type. I'm pretty accurate but very slow. Speed will come in time with lots of practice I'm told.

The other day I was thinking through the transcription process when a concept stopped me in my tracks. So tell me if my slow brain figured this out right.

While Doc drones on in a language I don't fully understand, I have to listen to what he says, quickly type it with correct spelling while Doc says it, and continue to hear what he says while I'm typing prior said info? My last remaining brain cell is gasping for air after reading that.

I would probably be okay if I was fed two or three words at a time, then stopped the tape to type, then a few words, stop and type, ect. Somthing tells me if anyone hired me like that they would soon fire me too. Typing speed would not matter as the constant stop and start of the tape would slow me down too much. I'm looking for 10-15 hours a week of work not 60.

Do I have this figured out right?

Weave - You use a foot pedal to start and stop the dictation. It really isn't as bad as it sounds and you get used to the drs dictating, their style, their language usage, the eating while dictating, flushing toilets, etc. LOL