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What kind of assistance can I expect from MT School of Canada?
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What type of transcription practice will I get with MT School of Canada?
What is Medical Transcription?
Every time a doctor examines or consults with a patient, whether in a hospital, an office, a nursing home, or for a diagnostic procedure, a record must be kept of that visit. The medical record details things such as the date of the patient's visit, the patient's condition, the patient's statements, the physician's physical findings, and the plan of treatment the doctor recommends.
Years ago, doctors would hand write all this information in the patient's medical chart. Now, with modern technology, doctors simply dictate their findings into a tape recorder or digital recorder and employ medical transcriptionists to transcribe these findings. The result saves valuable time for the physician, allowing him to see even more patients.
Doctors aren't the only ones who dictate reports -- nurse practitioners, physicians assistants, registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and other medical professionals dictate reports for their physicians. Because of this, even a small practice can generate literally hundreds of reports in a day's time.
Most practices request a 24-hour turn-around time for their work, making digital dictation the fastest, most efficient way for the physician to send work to a transcriptionist for a timely turn-around. In some cases, such as impending surgery, a physician needs STAT (immediate) turn-around of a report. In cases such as this, the digital dictating system helps a transcriptionist complete vital reports minutes after they're dictated.
A whole new field has opened up for trained professionals who know the medical language as well as they know the English language. These individuals are called medical language specialists, another name for medical transcriptionists.
According to the predictions of the United States Department of Labor, Employment of medical transcriptionists is projected to grow 14 percent from 2006 to 2016, faster than average for all occupations. Demand for medical transcription services will be spurred by a growing and aging population. Older age groups receive proportionately greater numbers of medical tests, treatments, and procedures that require documentation. A high level of demand for transcription services also will be sustained by the continued need for electronic documentation that can be shared easily among providers, third-party payers, regulators, consumers, and health information systems. Growing numbers of medical transcriptionists will be needed to amend patients’ records, edit documents from speech recognition systems, and identify discrepancies in medical reports.
In this profession there is great demand for qualified personnel, and much job security for those who meet the need and produce quality work.
Are you ready for a new career? The MT School of Canada program is designed to train you as a professional in both medical language AND the English language. With years of experience behind us, we know ALL the tricks of the trade. We take you under our wings and train YOU in everything you'll need to know to succeed in your new career.
For more information please visit http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos271.htm and http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2001/Fall/art06.pdf.
What does a Medical Transcriptionist do?
Let's use a taped dictation as an example. Very simply, the medical transcriptionist takes the tape and inserts it into his/her transcriber. (A transcriber is a tape recorder that can be operated with a foot pedal instead of using the fingers. It's made especially for transcriptionists.) The transcriptionist puts on headphones attached to the transcriber and pushes the pedal with her foot. As the tape begins to play, she hears the doctor's dictation. Because she's trained in the art of medical transcribing, she quickly transfers information to the appropriate places in the computer, making sure all information is correct. Medical transcribing is more complex than data entry and goes beyond copying data from paper into a computer. A transcriptionist hears full sentences and thought processes about a patient, which makes the job much more interesting than data entry.
Many transcriptionists work from home offices rather than commuting to a clinic or acute-care facility on a daily basis. The technology has enabled transcriptionists to work for companies in remote locations, all from the comfort of a home office. Our MT School of Canada program teaches you how to work from home as well as from a physician's office, clinic, or hospital -- the choice is yours!
The medical transcription profession is both lucrative and challenging. To do your best at the job, you'll need commitment and a burning desire to produce quality documentation for the medical professionals who hire you. This is not a profession to be taken lightly, nor is it one that an individual can enter without the proper training.
A beginning medical transcriptionist can make up to
$10.00 an hour depending on the area of the country in which he or
she lives. (Experienced MTs can make upwards
of $30 to $50 an hour when they transcribe.) However, most
medical transcriptionists don’t work for an hourly wage –
they work on production. This means they’re paid according to
the number of words, lines, or pages they type. Obviously, in this
situation the transcriptionist needs to accurately transcribe as much
information as possible in a short time.
This is where MT School of Canada training is important –
we train you in ALL aspects of medical transcribing so you can make
the most money quickly. Our founder is not only a teacher but a previous
transcription service owner as well! She knows what employers need
when looking for transcriptionists. The MT School of Canada program is geared
toward helping you get what employers are seeking most!
You’ll learn about medical terminology, diseases and conditions, diagnostic tests, drugs, and laboratory data, as well as grammar and punctuation. In addition, the MT School of Canada course teaches you shortcuts, macros, and other tricks of the trade to get your volume as high as possible in the shortest time. Experienced transcriptionists who have the proper training and shortcut skills can easily make $40,000 to $50,000 a year. Medical transcription service owners can make over $100,000 a year and more.
What kind of assistance can I expect from MT School of Canada?
Experienced staff and mentors who care.
Our caring and committed staff sets MT School of Canada apart from other courses, making us what many call the best in the nation. Many transcription programs assign you one instructor throughout the entire course. MT School of Canada is different. We realize students need the expertise of mentors and advisers also. The end result is a more rounded education than you'll find anywhere else -- at any price!
Better than an Unpaid Externship!
Access to our unique Work Simulation, internship or externship program. (Students who excel in the program will have the opportunity to transcribe real dictation in conjunction with a current transcription service and will learn to follow specific account formatting.) This is a real live work simulation experience and invaluable to your learning experience. This simulation experience will be in partnership with a local or national medical transcription service. Additionally, graduates of this program will be considered for employment with the service at the time of graduation. Employment is NOT a guarantee but we DO guarantee this program will give you valuable insight to working with a transcription service!
This Work Simulation program will make you the MOST employable. Graduates at this enrollment level will have the equivalent experience of an MT with two years' experience. The MT School of Canada staff highly recommends this for students who are serious about launching a professional and lucrative career as a medical transcriptionist or for those wishing to build a medical transcription service of their own. If you want to make the money, and be the best MT you can be, then this is the program for you!
Job Placement Assistance!
MT School of Canada has a growing list of companies that have agreed to hire our graduates. We will provide a referral directory explaining where the best jobs are, along with contact information. We'll also help you create a great resume and give you expert guidance from a recruiter's point of view on getting that first job. That is, of course, IF you haven't already received a job offer by the time you finish the program!
Why should I choose MT School of Canada?
MT School of Canada teaches you what you need to be successful, not just pass the course. Our goal is your continued success. See course information to learn more. You might also want to read about how to compare medical transcription schools.
