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Writing with a Wrist Injury

In case you’re worried — I’m not the one with the wrist injury. Thank goodness! I have a friend who has rheumatoid arthritis AND tendinitis, leaving her at the computer with only one hand for typing. So what happens when you can’t type (or do other hand-centric tasks) but you need to? I’d be up a creek without a paddle if I couldn’t find my way to tippity tap on the keyboard! My friend is struggling with her wrist-related restrictions. The way she sees it, she has a few options: Stay away from the computer and get no work done. … Continue reading →

How Quickly do Career Step Students Get Jobs After Graduation? Part One

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I thought I had finished up with the medical transcription series a while ago but I continue to get e-mails and comments with questions that I guess I forgot to answer the first time around (how, I don’t know, because I wrote over 50 blogs on the subject, but I still managed to somehow skip over some things. I think it must be some sort of heretofore untapped “talent” or something. Not a particularly useful talent, but there you go.) I get two questions frequently, so I thought I would answer one in this blog, and one in the next: … Continue reading →

Working From Home Gives You Variety

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As I just said, I have been pleasantly surprised that working from home this go-’round has actually gone really well. I am able to be a hermit when I don’t feel like being nice, which is Really Nice Benefit Number One, and Really Nice Benefit Number Two is the variety of the work that I do. Since I have come home to work, I have blogged (here, of course, and then I also have a personal blog that deals with politics – see my bio for more info.) I have also written copy for websites, edited sales letters, done lots … Continue reading →

But Wait, There’s More! MT Blogs Continued

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. Now that we’ve finished discussing how you’re going to survive working as an MT with children, we’ve got just one more important topic to cover: Life from the point of view of a person who is currently working as a transcriptionist. I interviewed the schools (which that is a very important part of becoming an MT, of course) but even more important than that, is deciding … Continue reading →

Staying at Home with the Kids and Working as a Transcriptionist, Part One

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. I know that I said that the medical transcription series was done, but I started to think about it, and I realized that I never wrote any blogs about how to deal with children while working as a transcriptionist. We did talk about how most of the medical transcription work done in America is done at home, and did cover the flexibility and the types of … Continue reading →

Why do You Want to Become a Medical Transcriptionist? Part Two

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. We already covered why most people want to become a medical transcriptionist (so they can work at home) and the fact that I personally got into the MT field for this very reason. I thought that listing some good reasons to become an MT, and some bad ones, would be helpful to those who are trying to make this decision for themselves. Good reasons to become … Continue reading →

Why do You Want to Become a Medical Transcriptionist? Part One

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. The number one reason for people wanting to become a medical transcriptionist (and this is based on a survey I personally conducted of MT students) was so they could stay home with their children (or with their grandchildren, or their nieces and nephews.) However the kids were related, the number one reason was to stay home with them. I can empathize with that reasoning, because that … Continue reading →

How Much Are You Going to Make as a Medical Transcriptionist?

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. For many people, the bottom line with MT work is how much they’re going to make per year. If you aren’t worried about the money, then you’re probably just wanting to find a hobby anyway. “How much?” is very common question from people investigating the medical transcription field. The problem is, the answer can vary wildly, and it’s hard to give a definite anything to that … Continue reading →

Transam the Scam, Part Two

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. If you missed part one of Transam the Scam, check it out here. So we’ve established that Transam is a scam because they charge you $400 to work for them and train with them. They don’t stop with that though; they also tell you that since they are a hands-on learning company, they will give you feedback and help you get better, but until your work … Continue reading →

Flexibility as a Medical Transcriptionist

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This blog is part of a series on transcription. If you haven’t read the other blogs in this series, make sure to check out the summary page for a listing of all transcription blogs. The overwhelming reason for people wanting to work as a medical transcriptionist (and I have actually done a survey of students and working MTs on this subject) is so they can work at home. Some people want to work at home because they have beloved pets they don’t want to leave behind as they go to work every day (several people have told me that’s their … Continue reading →