Thursday, February 26, 2009

What do I think about taking a free medical transcription course

Quite often I have people asking me if I know of a good free medical transcription course. Quite frankly, I have no idea why anyone would want to take free classes to become an MT. The old saying stands “you get what you pay for”. If you are truly interested in becoming a medical transcriptionist and beginning a new career then you want the very best education you can get.

Anyone offering a free medical transcription course is not going to pay very well. Why would they, they had to educate you first. The reason they offer free medical transcription training is so that they can pay you very little and so that you will have to stay working for them. You will not be able to take that free training and go work for anyone else as the education will be limited to their company format only. It is not worth it!

Many of the top medical transcription schools offer payment plans if money is a worry, and if you don’t want to pay for your education then you cannot be very serious about becoming an MT. This job is not just a typing job. This job is a part of the medical industry. Maintaining completely accurate health care records is a must and there are many factors that you need to learn to create those health care records. Medical terminology, grammar and proper formatting of reports as well as the HIPPA rules are just a few.

Bottom line, if you want a real, legitimate career in medical transcription forget about anyone offering a free medical transcription course. Get your medical transcription training from one of the recommended medical transcription courses by AHDI and you will be able get a legitimate medical transcription job after you graduate and be paid what you are worth.

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