At-HomeProfessions question
Q: Just attended a seminar presented by At-home Professions for a medical transcriptionist course. What can you tell me about them? Total coat for the course is about $3000. Thanks for your input.
A: In general it doesn't have as good of a reputation in the medical transcription community as some of the other programs.
You can read more here:
This one of the better medical transcription forums and in general they don't recommend it. You read a discussion here:
http://forum.mtstars.com/medical_transcription/v/3/8821.html
http://www.mtecinc.com and Andrews are usually considered better.
You can read a discussion here:
http://forum.mtstars.com/medical_transcription/v/3/6879.html
MTec has an open forum here:
http://forum.mtecinc.com/default.aspx
Andrews site is here:
http://www.andrewsschool.com/
It's also not an the AHDI approved school list.
http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/mtapproved.cfm
AHDI is the main standards-setting organization (it used to be http://www.aamt.org – but they've changed over to the new site.
AHDI provides guidance on choosing an MT school here:
http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/mtschool.cfm
You'll see "At-Home Professions" listed on the "Educational
Members" list here:
http://www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/edumembers.cfm
BUT as they mention there that doesn't really mean anything
regarding the quality of the program. It just means that they
paid "membership dues" to be a member of AHDI.
I would definitely recommend you join a few forums first and get a sense
of what other people are saying there.
Paul
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Comments on At-HomeProfessions question
5:31 pm
Paul, your information is spot on. I am a 15-year veteran medical transcriptionist, so I know a thing or two about medical transcription. The top three schools are Career Step, Andrews, and MTec. AHDI approval is important. I also recommend The VLC School of Medical Transcription which is also AHDI approved.
I heard about At-Home Professions when I first became interested in becoming a medical transcriptionist. I attended a local seminar. I opted instead to research other avenues of education as I felt the cost was exorbitant. I took classes at a local junior college and received the education I needed for a fraction of the cost.
I realize people may want to accelerate their learning and not take the route I did. That's fine. However, retaining the information is important. Learning medical transcription is not something that can be done that quickly. Hours and hours of transcribing is necessary to train the brain. By that I mean coordinating movements of the feet and hands all the while taking in the information aurally and putting it in proper sentence structure while typing.
I can personally tell you that medical transcription is a great field. I work from home. I call my own shots. But that is based on the fact that I have a great reputation in the community and people seek me out for work. That takes time to build up as well, through networking, teaching, volunteering, helping others (offering solutions to problems)without expecting anything in return.
Regards to you, Paul, for your great work. Thank you for your accurate reporting on medical transcription.
Mary Ruff-King
P.S.: As you can see, I am passionate about medical transcription. I love the field. I also have a blog for anyone who wishes to learn more about medical transcription. All information is f.r.e.e.: http://www.mtmasterycenter.com
10:38 pm
Mary, thanks for taking the time to post this and thanks for the compliments.
And what a great blog!
I highly recommend anyone reading this post go check out Mary's blog at MtMasterCenter