I havent finished getting my certificate for medical transcription yet...stupid MS keeps acting up everytime I want to go back to school, or my mom will have some sort of medical problem that makes it inconvenient for her for me to go to school.

I'm guessing understanding the terminology is important, especially if you work for a transcription company that works for a lot of different doctors. Those kinds of places, you would transcribe all sorts of stuff from different medical specialties.

If you're going to be working for one doctor, or one group of doctors and doing it privately, you'd probably mostly just need whatever terms would be used mostly in their particular specialty.

As soon as I can get my certificate completed, I'm hoping to work for an orthopedic doctor. I've always liked stuff that has to do with the different bones of the body. I figure I'll try to work for a doctor who does a specialty that interests me.

I wouldnt mind neurology too, but I'm a bit afraid that I'd start self-diagnosing myself with all the different neurological stuff that I'd probably be transcribing.

Hey GJ, just thought of this as I was being cognitively challenged (LOL) grammar is extremely important as well. Knowing where to put commas and not where the doc puts them or pauses is important. Punctuation can certainly change the context of the sentence.

tkrik,
Thanks, seems that is one of the most important functions of the job. I think I'll do well in that area. I have been a little comma happy...had to work on that in the beginning....only had a few in the wrong place in this test

I find myself questioning it all the time. I have a grammar book that I keep by my computer. On bad cognitive days it is rough to remember all the little rules. Heck, I sometimes forget how to spell simple words. LOL.

I do need to go for a refresher course. I'm thinking of doing it this summer as I already missed registration.

Congrats on the test!!! That's fantastic. More proof that you should be so proud of yourself for what you are doing.

Jeannie I was already a registered Nurse went I went to University to get myself an Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Nursing, but it had been a long while, and I was a lot older.

As I said on another post, I was about 35 when I started. I was a wife, a mother, and I also worked full time, so it was not easy.....not in any way.

What worked for me was repetition like Gazelle said. There were times I'd pace the floor repeating things over and over out loud to myself, until I got it right. I even invented little sayings using key words to help me remember better.

I was another one of those who didn't get much from lectures. I took notes, but I'd never really done that before, so mine were a bit hodge potch. I found I did better by reading things over and over again, writing it down and saying it aloud again and again.

With the cell stuff, and any other anatomy or physiology things that you can .... put them onto a diagram.......draw yourself diagrams/pictures! I had them on every door in my whole house.....bones and their names.....blood vessels and their names.....parts of the brain.....etc, etc! If it was in the human body, I had a picture drawn for it and it was on the back of some door.....even the toilet!

Every time I went in or out of a room I looked at these diagrams that I'd drawn......

It had been at least 15 years since I'd attempted to do any study of any kind when I stated at Uni. I got a High Distinction for my Anatomy exam (95%) and I assure you it was entirely due to my pictures on the walls, and repetition....

I must add quite quickly here, that this was the highest score I got on any exam, but I did get my degree.