How to Get Medical Transcription Job?

Medical Transcription job involves transcribing clinical notes given by a doctor or any other physician. Every doctor needs to get the clinical notes or history of his patient in a written form. Medical Transcriptionists are ones who are helping doctors to tranform all the clinical notes into a written form.

Qualifications to Becme as a Medical Transcriptionist

In fact this profession doesn't need any special educational qualification. Even a person who has completed his school studies can try to become a medical transcriptionist. If you have sound experience and knowledge in anatomy and medical field, then you can learn this profession in a short period of time. However you need to get certificate for one year training course or two year associated degree. After getting training certificate, you can try to become a medical transcriptionist at places like medical and radiology centers, insurance companies and hospitals where MTs are required in a high demand

Every Medical Transcriptionist can earn money according to his or her typing skills, accuracy and sound knowledge in this field. This job involves dictation by tape, digital system or voice file, using ear phones, foot pedal for start-stop control and word processing program. Good listening , language skill, computer skill and knowledge of medical term are very important to become as a successful medical transcriptionist. Every MT (Medical Transcriptionist) should find it necessary to refer a lot of books on medicines to improve his knowledge.

This is the wonderful job which requires simultaneous use of eyes for reading, ears for listening the recorded voice, fingers for typing and foot pedal for controlling the player by which we can hear the voice of dictator.

To get started with Medical Transcription any one will need to get proper training. We can find many online training programs in MT centers of US, Canada as well as in India. A few months of training would be enough to get good experience and knowledge in this profession.

http://www.canscribe.com/
http://www.uscareerinstitute.com/medicaltranscription.asp
http://www.hqmt.co.in/

India Based MT Companies

There is a good demand for Medical Transcriptionists in India. It is estimated that every year about 10,000 fresh medical transcriptionists are required in India itself. All the major cities of India like Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Cochin are provided with medical transcription courses and job opportunities. Usually MTs in India will be paid according to the speed and accuracy of their work. The pay range is anywhere between 60 paise and Rs. 1.25/- per line depending upon the accuracy. You can check out the following sites to learn more.

http://www.focusmt.com/ http://bangaloreMT.com (Bangalore)
http://www.cameoindia.com/ (Chennai)
http://www.andhrascribe.com/
http://www.iaos.co.in/ http://jobs.homeworkers.org/jobtype/Transcription

US Based And Global MT Companies

US provides a lot of job opportunities and medical transcription training for the fresh MTs. You can click the following links to learn more about available MT training programs and job opportunities in US .

http://www.mtsoa.com/jobs.html http://jobs.homeworkers.org/jobtype/Transcription
http://www.truescribe.net/medical_trancription_jobs.html

We can also find plenty of medical transcription job opportunities in the following sites

http://www.bixee.com/ http://www.monsterindia.com/
http://www.mtjobs.com/search_jobs.php
http://www.med-scribe.com/employment-opportunity.html

Requirements for Home Based Medical Transcription Job

If you can prove yourself that you are a well experienced and skilled MT, your employer may allow you to complete your works at your home itself. The following things are necessary to work as an MT at your home.

1. A Window PC with at least following configurations, Pentium IV, 256 MB, 3D RAM, 20 GB Hard Disk, 52X CD Ram Drive, Sound Cord with Amplifier or Internet Access.

2. A good quality Stereo HeadPhones

3. 56.6 Kbps External Modem

4. Foot Pedal and UPS

5. Licensed Software - English and Medical Dictionaries, Spell Checkers, Equipment Glossary, abbreviation dictionary and etc.,