The training duration of this module is 20 hours and it should be taken within a period of one month. On completion of this module, a candidate will gain knowledge about American English and the US lifestyle.
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Complete MT Training Course – 450 hours (Recommended choice for best MT Training experience)
One can take a complete MT Training course of 450 hours within a period of 6 months at their convenient timings and pace of learning. At the end of training, the candidate will acquire knowledge of American grammar, American lifestyle, Medical Transcription rules (theory), Language of Medicine (Anatomy and Physiology of human system) and an elaborate training of about 300 hours on various American doctors’ dictation as transcription practice.
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Monday, April 6, 2009
So, do MTs just type what they hear?
Not if they want to stay employed for any length of time. It is an MTs job, even on the most verbatim of accounts, to be able to understand the terminology, correctly spell the terminology, fix glaring grammatical errors (verb tenses, etc.), correctly punctuate, spot any inconsistencies (to include anything from male/female, left/right to incorrect or impossible medication dosages).
If you are not asked to transcribe verbatim, it then becomes your job to perform all the tasks listed above in addition to rephrasing difficult sentences, moving text around to fit under the correct headings, deleting redundancies, expanding acronyms (you must know what those acronyms stand for), and any other thing that is requested of you on that particular account.
An MT may also be required to find the correct spelling of doctors' names, ensure a carbon copy of the report goes to whomever the dictator requests, spell the names of cities (which you may have never heard of) as well as local schools, stores, etc. All of this may require an extensive amount of research.
As well as all this, an MT is required to know how to format this legal medical document correctly, as per the doctor's, clinic's, or hospital's instructions. You will have to use proper headings, subheadings, numbering, etc.
If you are not asked to transcribe verbatim, it then becomes your job to perform all the tasks listed above in addition to rephrasing difficult sentences, moving text around to fit under the correct headings, deleting redundancies, expanding acronyms (you must know what those acronyms stand for), and any other thing that is requested of you on that particular account.
An MT may also be required to find the correct spelling of doctors' names, ensure a carbon copy of the report goes to whomever the dictator requests, spell the names of cities (which you may have never heard of) as well as local schools, stores, etc. All of this may require an extensive amount of research.
As well as all this, an MT is required to know how to format this legal medical document correctly, as per the doctor's, clinic's, or hospital's instructions. You will have to use proper headings, subheadings, numbering, etc.
What do doctors dictate?
Doctors dictate about anything from runny noses to highly specialized and technical surgical procedures, as well as letters to other doctors, letters to patients, notes to schools to get students out of PE or other activities. Radiologists and pathologists dictate test results and imaging results. You may have to transcribe echocardiograms, pulmonary function tests, sleep studies, physical therapy progress notes, and even expiration (death) summaries.
What does a medical transcriptionist do exactly?
A medical transcriptionist's job, in basic language, is to turn a doctor's dictated speech into a properly formatted and properly spelled text document. There are many ways of going about that task which depend on the method the doctor uses to dictate, the method used to get the audio to the transcriptionist, and the method used to get the completed document back to the doctor.
Work@home
With several transcription companies setting up their base in India, medical transcription has become a lucrative and feasible option for those looking for home-based careers
Until recently home-based medical transcription was popular only among US based home transcriptionist's. Now it's slowly gaining a foothold in India. That's good news for people who are compelled to work from home, either for health or for family reasons, and also for people who are looking at a second job to supplement their income.
What you need:
To start as a home-based transcriptionist you need
have:
1. A Windows PC with at least the following configurations:
Pentium IV, 256 MB SDRAM, 20 GB hard disk, 52X CDROM drive, sound card with amplifier, and Internet access.
2. Stereo headphones
3. 56.6 kbps external modem
4. Foot pedal
5. UPS
6. Licensed software - English dictionary, medical dictionary, drugs reference dictionary, medical spellchecker, equipment glossary, abbreviation dictionary, etc.
Until recently home-based medical transcription was popular only among US based home transcriptionist's. Now it's slowly gaining a foothold in India. That's good news for people who are compelled to work from home, either for health or for family reasons, and also for people who are looking at a second job to supplement their income.
What you need:
To start as a home-based transcriptionist you need
have:
1. A Windows PC with at least the following configurations:
Pentium IV, 256 MB SDRAM, 20 GB hard disk, 52X CDROM drive, sound card with amplifier, and Internet access.
2. Stereo headphones
3. 56.6 kbps external modem
4. Foot pedal
5. UPS
6. Licensed software - English dictionary, medical dictionary, drugs reference dictionary, medical spellchecker, equipment glossary, abbreviation dictionary, etc.
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