I joined as a trainee MT on October 4, 2004, and uploaded my last transcription file on September 11, 2011. Looking back, these seven years that I spent in this field were my best years and frankly speaking I do not regret working as a medical transcriptionist, although on comparison with my friends from other industry …[Read more…]
Wherever two or more MTs gather together off the work, there will be a common discussion topic, which is nothing but “how long will each of them be in medical transcription profession.” Each of the transcriptionists will come up with their own foresights and will have their own gripes depending their own circumstances. As usual, … Read more
Sooner or later, we, medical transcriptionists reach a saturation point and start feeling that life has got stagnant. There is no room for creativity or rarely any chance to move to the upper corporate echelons of the company we work for. You begin as a typist, continue as a typist, and end as a typist. … Read more
Internet and availability of cheap, English proficient labor made it possible to shift thousands of back-office jobs from the developed countries to the developing countries like India. Healthcare jobs like medical transcription were the key among them. Since no particular basic educational qualification was needed for an entry and pay packets were very much lucrative for a … Read more
I gave an interview to Jennifer Walsh, Editor, www.medicaltranscriptionist.org. The interview has been published on their site here. It’s the first interview of its kind in my role as a medical transcriptionist. I have answered how I got into the medical transcription industry, my advice for someone thinking about a medical transcription career and wants … Read more