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What a Medical Transcriptionist Needs To Know
While not everybody has the "smarts" to be a medical transcriptionist, most high
school graduates could take a course of study
and build on that. Although certification is not required for one to have the best chance of
being successful as a medical transcriptionist, one should first take a course in medical
transcription and medical terminology.
Joining a medical transcription association or visiting medical
transcription sites can also be beneficial, as can visiting areas where medical transcriptionists
exchange ideas about medical transcription and home-based business, such as Medword's
MT Gab bulletin board.
If your goal is to be a home-based medical transcriptionist then ideally you should also be
adept at fixing poor grammar and syntax "on the fly," as the ability of those
who dictate medical and health related correspondence, reports, etc., can vary greatly. You should
also know basic medical anatomy, in order to be able
to follow what is being dictated. One should also constantly be reading
and educating oneself in medical matters to keep up on new
drugs - their trade names and generic names,
their spelling and general application; medical
terminology; medical procedures and protocols; etc. Knowing or learning Latin and Greek verbs
and adjectives used in medicine, as well as combining
forms, suffixes and prefixes
will also help you more easily perform high quality medical transcription.
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