Guest guest Posted January 5, 2002 Report Share Posted January 5, 2002 I've never taken an online course for medical transcription so I probably shouldn't answer this but... you all know me.... I have to put in my 2 cents worth. My cursory exam of the link for this school states the program can be completed in 3 months if the person invests 6 hours a day. Hmmmm...... I worked 8 hours a day when I learned to be an MT on the job. That was after a 2-year program wherein I did legal transcription, legal terminology, etc. So my first job was starting from scratch as an MT. I can honestly say that working 8 hours a day after 3 months I knew a good bit but was I ready to work from home? No way. Not even close. After 3 months I wasn't terrified of doing the job anymore but I relied heavily on the nurses, doctors, EMTs etc. that worked in the ER department where I was employed. I relied quite heavily on the charts. Since you have been a nurse, you would definitely have an advantage over me from the point where you are starting. If your goal is to be trained as an MT and then get a job at a hospital or something, I would say okay maybe give it a try. If your objective is to work at home, you should plan to have more than 3 months training or have a really, really big reference library and join this group so that you can get feedback from other MTs. Chris schools again > With the recent discussion about bad schools/training scams, I'm > wondering if any of you would list which schools to definitely stay > away from. It seems like a lot of you have recommended s or > Career Step....s is$3800! Of course, length of the course and > price are important to me. I've been a nurse for 11 years now, run > my husbands business, and am raising 2 little girls. Thankfully, > I've saved all my text books from college, and I'm hoping that the my > experience and my nursing education is going to help me in this > career move. To make a long story short - I can't afford a scam > either, but I also can't afford a huge tuition (money out of my > family's budget). I've looked into IHA VLC's course and a few > others, but am still hesitant with any of them. The IHA one says it > works with Medquist (seems to be a plus)....Anyway, I REALLY want to > do this and finally get a start on it!! So, any help appreciated. > Here's the link to the school I mentioned: > http://www.homeworkers.org/vlc/medical/mimeonline.shtml > > Thanks! > > > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2002 Report Share Posted January 5, 2002 s and Career Step are both good schools. I graduated from Career Step's online course. I have no problem recommending it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IC Career Step graduate, 10/02/01 Multispecialty Clinic Notes Experience 2 months My Home Page: www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ schools again > With the recent discussion about bad schools/training scams, I'm > wondering if any of you would list which schools to definitely stay > away from. It seems like a lot of you have recommended s or > Career Step....s is$3800! Of course, length of the course and > price are important to me. I've been a nurse for 11 years now, run > my husbands business, and am raising 2 little girls. Thankfully, > I've saved all my text books from college, and I'm hoping that the my > experience and my nursing education is going to help me in this > career move. To make a long story short - I can't afford a scam > either, but I also can't afford a huge tuition (money out of my > family's budget). I've looked into IHA VLC's course and a few > others, but am still hesitant with any of them. The IHA one says it > works with Medquist (seems to be a plus)....Anyway, I REALLY want to > do this and finally get a start on it!! So, any help appreciated. > Here's the link to the school I mentioned: > http://www.homeworkers.org/vlc/medical/mimeonline.shtml > > Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2002 Report Share Posted January 5, 2002 I took MTEC's course (www.mtecinc.com). They actually have a course designed for the health care professional wanting to make a change into MT work, called Tier II. The basic program is $1450. I thought MTEC was well worth the money (I took the Tier I basic course), and the school's name is well-known. They are also affiliated with MedQuist now. The instructors are available via e-mail or phone, and there is a message board for students. They also have a Monday night online chat. They also help graduates with job placement, and even though I finished almost two years ago, I still get e-mails occasionally about job opportunities. If you have any other questions, let me know. Pattie stago00 wrote: > With the recent discussion about bad schools/training scams, I'm > wondering if any of you would list which schools to definitely stay > away from. It seems like a lot of you have recommended s or > Career Step....s is$3800! Of course, length of the course and > price are important to me. I've been a nurse for 11 years now, run > my husbands business, and am raising 2 little girls. Thankfully, > I've saved all my text books from college, and I'm hoping that the my > experience and my nursing education is going to help me in this > career move. To make a long story short - I can't afford a scam > either, but I also can't afford a huge tuition (money out of my > family's budget). I've looked into IHA VLC's course and a few > others, but am still hesitant with any of them. The IHA one says it > works with Medquist (seems to be a plus)....Anyway, I REALLY want to > do this and finally get a start on it!! So, any help appreciated. > Here's the link to the school I mentioned: > http://www.homeworkers.org/vlc/medical/mimeonline.shtml > > Thanks! > > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2002 Report Share Posted January 5, 2002 Thanks to all of you who replied to my question both on the list and privately. You've all shed a lot of light on this subject! It's nice to have such a helpful group ready to answer your questions. With any luck, I'll be starting this week with one of the MT schools. My kids are just happy that I won't be going back to 12 hr. night shifts anymore...and so am I. thanks again!! Stacie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 , Not at all. That might work for many people, particularly if they have a facility for language and excellent grammar/punctuation/usage skills. She didn't mention in her message that she was an RN, just that she's a nurse. Not that it would have made a lot of difference, except that RNs usually have had more in-depth study of A & P and pharmacology than LPNs or LVNs. What they generally lack is a broad understanding of how the language of medicine is constructed. In-depth in their specialty they have down cold; language from other specialties may mean very little. So a brush-up in terminology would be a good suggestion as well. If anyone wanted to self-teach, it would be difficult to find a better program already set up for self-instruction than the HPI SUM program. It may be viewed, along with some other helpful " stuff, " at http://www.hpisum.com/home.ihtml Valeria At 02:43 PM 1/6/2002, wrote: >I will probably get " slammed " for this, but the person who asked about the >schools yesterday was an RN. Since I am a " self-taught " MT without medical >background, I suggested she purchase the workbook from her local community >college and do it herself, and then take classes in computers or word >processing if she needs that. She can also rent a transcriber or purchase a >refurbished on E-bay and get some practice tapes. > >-- Re: schools again > >I agree with Rennie; Career Step or s are good >choices. I believe both will arrange a payment plan; >s will, but I don't really know about Career >Step. As far as spending a lot of money, if you spend >$1000 on a course that won't land you a job or is >actually worthless (as some of them are) then you have >thrown that $1000 away. A good education won't come >real cheap but I believe that some are a little more >reasonable than others. > >Janet >s graduate > >Experience: One year with a " fabulous " national company. > > > > With the recent discussion about bad schools/training scams, I'm > > wondering if any of you would list which schools to definitely stay > > away from. It seems like a lot of you have recommended s or > > Career Step....s is$3800! Of course, length of the course and > > price are important to me. I've been a nurse for 11 years now, run > > my husbands business, and am raising 2 little girls. Thankfully, > > I've saved all my text books from college, and I'm hoping that the my > > experience and my nursing education is going to help me in this > > career move. To make a long story short - I can't afford a scam > > either, but I also can't afford a huge tuition (money out of my > > family's budget). I've looked into IHA VLC's course and a few > > others, but am still hesitant with any of them. The IHA one says it > > works with Medquist (seems to be a plus)....Anyway, I REALLY want to > > do this and finally get a start on it!! So, any help appreciated. > > Here's the link to the school I mentioned: > > http://www.homeworkers.org/vlc/medical/mimeonline.shtml > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to > > nmtc-unsubscribe > > > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 No way! Our list bouncer will put in the corner any slammers. <G> Rennie-pop > At 02:43 PM 1/6/2002, wrote: > >I will probably get " slammed " for this, but the person who asked about the > >schools yesterday <snip> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 Well said. -- Re: schools again Please let no one assume that they know more than an RN or an LPN or anyone else in their medical field. I can't possibly believe that any nurse would need a medical terminology course to begin medical transcription! Especially a nurse of 11 years!!!! And if her keyboarding skills were up to speed and her (as mentioned previously) " facility for language and excellent grammar/punctuation/usage skills.... " and if her " listening skills " are up to speed..... Some people have the knack without a course and are self taught and do extremely well. I'm way too tired after the holidays to even begin a discussion on that but what is really bothering me here is that there seems to be a thread of something I don't like going on here. There seems to be something here that borders on one-upmanship for one's profession. This woman could easily train using " The Medical Transcription Workbook " and purchasing the SUM tapes....it would be great if she had a mentor to help her in addition but it is possible with her medical background. There is a " feel " for this work that no training can teach you. And I don't care what kind of training you have, if you don't have the " feel " you can't do it. And, I believe, if you have that " feel " then lack of training won't stop you. Re: schools again > > > >I agree with Rennie; Career Step or s are good > >choices. I believe both will arrange a payment plan; > >s will, but I don't really know about Career > >Step. As far as spending a lot of money, if you spend > >$1000 on a course that won't land you a job or is > >actually worthless (as some of them are) then you have > >thrown that $1000 away. A good education won't come > >real cheap but I believe that some are a little more > >reasonable than others. > > > >Janet > >s graduate > > > >Experience: One year with a " fabulous " national company. > > > > > > > With the recent discussion about bad schools/training scams, I'm > > > wondering if any of you would list which schools to definitely stay > > > away from. It seems like a lot of you have recommended s or > > > Career Step....s is$3800! Of course, length of the course and > > > price are important to me. I've been a nurse for 11 years now, run > > > my husbands business, and am raising 2 little girls. Thankfully, > > > I've saved all my text books from college, and I'm hoping that the my > > > experience and my nursing education is going to help me in this > > > career move. To make a long story short - I can't afford a scam > > > either, but I also can't afford a huge tuition (money out of my > > > family's budget). I've looked into IHA VLC's course and a few > > > others, but am still hesitant with any of them. The IHA one says it > > > works with Medquist (seems to be a plus)....Anyway, I REALLY want to > > > do this and finally get a start on it!! So, any help appreciated. > > > Here's the link to the school I mentioned: > > > http://www.homeworkers.org/vlc/medical/mimeonline.shtml > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to > > > nmtc-unsubscribe > > > > > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 Please let no one assume that they know more than an RN or an LPN or anyone else in their medical field. I can't possibly believe that any nurse would need a medical terminology course to begin medical transcription! Especially a nurse of 11 years!!!! And if her keyboarding skills were up to speed and her (as mentioned previously) " facility for language and excellent grammar/punctuation/usage skills.... " and if her " listening skills " are up to speed..... Some people have the knack without a course and are self taught and do extremely well. I'm way too tired after the holidays to even begin a discussion on that but what is really bothering me here is that there seems to be a thread of something I don't like going on here. There seems to be something here that borders on one-upmanship for one's profession. This woman could easily train using " The Medical Transcription Workbook " and purchasing the SUM tapes....it would be great if she had a mentor to help her in addition but it is possible with her medical background. There is a " feel " for this work that no training can teach you. And I don't care what kind of training you have, if you don't have the " feel " you can't do it. And, I believe, if you have that " feel " then lack of training won't stop you. Re: schools again > > > >I agree with Rennie; Career Step or s are good > >choices. I believe both will arrange a payment plan; > >s will, but I don't really know about Career > >Step. As far as spending a lot of money, if you spend > >$1000 on a course that won't land you a job or is > >actually worthless (as some of them are) then you have > >thrown that $1000 away. A good education won't come > >real cheap but I believe that some are a little more > >reasonable than others. > > > >Janet > >s graduate > > > >Experience: One year with a " fabulous " national company. > > > > > > > With the recent discussion about bad schools/training scams, I'm > > > wondering if any of you would list which schools to definitely stay > > > away from. It seems like a lot of you have recommended s or > > > Career Step....s is$3800! Of course, length of the course and > > > price are important to me. I've been a nurse for 11 years now, run > > > my husbands business, and am raising 2 little girls. Thankfully, > > > I've saved all my text books from college, and I'm hoping that the my > > > experience and my nursing education is going to help me in this > > > career move. To make a long story short - I can't afford a scam > > > either, but I also can't afford a huge tuition (money out of my > > > family's budget). I've looked into IHA VLC's course and a few > > > others, but am still hesitant with any of them. The IHA one says it > > > works with Medquist (seems to be a plus)....Anyway, I REALLY want to > > > do this and finally get a start on it!! So, any help appreciated. > > > Here's the link to the school I mentioned: > > > http://www.homeworkers.org/vlc/medical/mimeonline.shtml > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to > > > nmtc-unsubscribe > > > > > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2002 Report Share Posted January 6, 2002 Please let no one assume that they know more than an RN or an LPN or anyone else in their medical field. I can't possibly believe that any nurse would need a medical terminology course to begin medical transcription! Especially a nurse of 11 years!!!! And if her keyboarding skills were up to speed and her (as mentioned previously) " facility for language and excellent grammar/punctuation/usage skills.... " and if her " listening skills " are up to speed..... Some people have the knack without a course and are self taught and do extremely well. I'm way too tired after the holidays to even begin a discussion on that but what is really bothering me here is that there seems to be a thread of something I don't like going on here. There seems to be something here that borders on one-upmanship for one's profession. This woman could easily train using " The Medical Transcription Workbook " and purchasing the SUM tapes....it would be great if she had a mentor to help her in addition but it is possible with her medical background. There is a " feel " for this work that no training can teach you. And I don't care what kind of training you have, if you don't have the " feel " you can't do it. And, I believe, if you have that " feel " then lack of training won't stop you. Re: schools again > > > >I agree with Rennie; Career Step or s are good > >choices. I believe both will arrange a payment plan; > >s will, but I don't really know about Career > >Step. As far as spending a lot of money, if you spend > >$1000 on a course that won't land you a job or is > >actually worthless (as some of them are) then you have > >thrown that $1000 away. A good education won't come > >real cheap but I believe that some are a little more > >reasonable than others. > > > >Janet > >s graduate > > > >Experience: One year with a " fabulous " national company. > > > > > > > With the recent discussion about bad schools/training scams, I'm > > > wondering if any of you would list which schools to definitely stay > > > away from. It seems like a lot of you have recommended s or > > > Career Step....s is$3800! Of course, length of the course and > > > price are important to me. I've been a nurse for 11 years now, run > > > my husbands business, and am raising 2 little girls. Thankfully, > > > I've saved all my text books from college, and I'm hoping that the my > > > experience and my nursing education is going to help me in this > > > career move. To make a long story short - I can't afford a scam > > > either, but I also can't afford a huge tuition (money out of my > > > family's budget). I've looked into IHA VLC's course and a few > > > others, but am still hesitant with any of them. The IHA one says it > > > works with Medquist (seems to be a plus)....Anyway, I REALLY want to > > > do this and finally get a start on it!! So, any help appreciated. > > > Here's the link to the school I mentioned: > > > http://www.homeworkers.org/vlc/medical/mimeonline.shtml > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to > > > nmtc-unsubscribe > > > > > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 Is it just me, or did it not appear that EVERYONE was in agreement here that it IS possible to self train ??? > Not at all. That might work for many people, particularly if they > have a facility for language and excellent grammar/punctuation/usage > skills. AND that it wouldn't have made that much of a difference whether she was an RN or not ??? > She didn't mention in her message that she was an RN, just that > she's a nurse. Not that it would have made a lot of difference,... I don't think that expressing what you thought the difference in the education for the different professions is exactly adds up to " one-upping " anyone. I mean, obviously, there's got to be a difference (That doesn't especially mean one's better.) or else they'd all have the same title, right? For example, I have completed a medical transcription course. However, I am not a CMT. I don't know exactly what extra training goes into getting certified. Now if I work many years as a transcriptionist, I'll probably gain so much knowledge that it won't make a difference anyway, but I'm still not going to take offense and think someone's trying to say something bad about those of us who never got the title of CMT if they are just making a statement about what they thought the difference in training was. In other words, can't we all just get along? ----Original Message Follows---- Reply-To: " " To: , <nmtc >, Subject: Re: schools again Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 20:52:51 -0800 (Pacific Standard Time) Well said. -- Re: schools again Please let no one assume that they know more than an RN or an LPN or anyone else in their medical field. I can't possibly believe that any nurse would need a medical terminology course to begin medical transcription! Especially a nurse of 11 years!!!! And if her keyboarding skills were up to speed and her (as mentioned previously) " facility for language and excellent grammar/punctuation/usage skills.... " and if her " listening skills " are up to speed..... Some people have the knack without a course and are self taught and do extremely well. I'm way too tired after the holidays to even begin a discussion on that but what is really bothering me here is that there seems to be a thread of something I don't like going on here. There seems to be something here that borders on one-upmanship for one's profession. This woman could easily train using " The Medical Transcription Workbook " and purchasing the SUM tapes....it would be great if she had a mentor to help her in addition but it is possible with her medical background. There is a " feel " for this work that no training can teach you. And I don't care what kind of training you have, if you don't have the " feel " you can't do it. And, I believe, if you have that " feel " then lack of training won't stop you. Re: schools again > > > >I agree with Rennie; Career Step or s are good > >choices. I believe both will arrange a payment plan; > >s will, but I don't really know about Career > >Step. As far as spending a lot of money, if you spend > >$1000 on a course that won't land you a job or is > >actually worthless (as some of them are) then you have > >thrown that $1000 away. A good education won't come > >real cheap but I believe that some are a little more > >reasonable than others. > > > >Janet > >s graduate > > > >Experience: One year with a " fabulous " national company. > > > > > > > With the recent discussion about bad schools/training scams, I'm > > > wondering if any of you would list which schools to definitely stay > > > away from. It seems like a lot of you have recommended s or > > > Career Step....s is$3800! Of course, length of the course and > > > price are important to me. I've been a nurse for 11 years now, run > > > my husbands business, and am raising 2 little girls. Thankfully, > > > I've saved all my text books from college, and I'm hoping that the my > > > experience and my nursing education is going to help me in this > > > career move. To make a long story short - I can't afford a scam > > > either, but I also can't afford a huge tuition (money out of my > > > family's budget). I've looked into IHA VLC's course and a few > > > others, but am still hesitant with any of them. The IHA one says it > > > works with Medquist (seems to be a plus)....Anyway, I REALLY want to > > > do this and finally get a start on it!! So, any help appreciated. > > > Here's the link to the school I mentioned: > > > http://www.homeworkers.org/vlc/medical/mimeonline.shtml > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to > > > nmtc-unsubscribe > > > > > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2002 Report Share Posted January 7, 2002 In a message dated 1/7/2002 8:49:50 AM Central Standard Time, transvlc@... writes: > You won't get slammed by me...cause I did not go to school to learn > transcription either, and I've been at this for 8 successful years. I had a > knack for medical, but was not a nurse. > > > > No slamming by me either. I'm not school trained, but have been at it off and on since 1986. Learn something new every day, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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