Can I Work At Home As A Medical Transcriptionist Without Experience Working At A Medical Facility?
Can I work at home as a Medical Transcriptionist without experience working at a medical facility? I’m reading that you -need- to have a year or two of experience working at a hospitol or drs office before you can hope to work from home. I always thought of this as a career that could let me stay home with the kids, aside from the education and certification process of course. Anyone? Thanks very much.
First of all… you can report the people who are posting irrelevant answers. (I saw an answer where you were complaining about this)
Best of luck!
I work from home as a Medical Transcriptionist. I was worried about the 2-3 years experience required by most companies. So I called them and asked them about this. Most companies will wave the experience required if you graduate from one of the top schools.
My community college offers Medical Transcription courses. They are accredited and you can apply them towards an Associates degree. Attending a community college is fine if you plan on working in a hospital or doctors office. However, many of the companys which hire at-home Medical Transcriptionists require training from one of the top 3 AAMT (American Association of Medical Transcription) approved institutions.
Pay the extra in tuition to attend an ‘approved’ school. Many people have received training through inadequate programs only to find out that they are unable to find a job. AAMT (American Association for Medical Transcription) has a list of approved schools on thier wedsite. The top 3 are M-tec, Andrew, and Career Step. Check out: http://www.mteducationonline.c... It is an affiliate site for Career Step. Career Step is an AAMT approved program and they are partnered with many of the major MT employers. In other words, their graduates get the jobs. Career Step has a competitive curriculum in comparison to the other 2 approved AAMT schools, but I believe their course is the cheaper one of the 3. They do offer scholarships and if you take the course through one of thier partners (one of the community colleges) you can get a Sallie Mae loan.
I received a job less than a week after graduation. The platinum level offers job placement assistance. The school forums offer a vast amount of information regarding who is currently hiring, the best companies to work for, and much more.
I would be happy to answer any questions if you want to e-mail me.