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Is the MT Field Being Outsourced Overseas? Part One

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I did a medical transcription series a while ago, and I thought I had covered all of the questions I could think of, but I missed a couple which kept being asked over and over again, so I tackled those and now I wanted to tackle a question I realized I never answered: Is the Medical Transcription field being outsourced overseas? Yes. I apologize to anyone who was hoping to get a better answer than that, but unfortunately, that’s the only answer I can give, because that’s exactly what’s happening. The American MT world went through a bust a few … Continue reading →

Why the Price Difference Between Career Step and M-TEC/Andrews? Part Two

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In case you missed here, here’s Part One. In stark contrast to M-TEC and Andrews, Career Step does very little in the way of hands-on instruction. You are given dictation to do online, and when you finish, you paste the transcript into the CS website, and the computer grades the transcript automatically. You get instantaneous feedback, but that feedback isn’t always correct. Despite what every sci-fi movie portrays, computers aren’t, as of yet, as smart as people, so the computer would mark things as wrong that really weren’t. An great example of this would be the following sentence, written three … Continue reading →

Why the Price Difference Between Career Step and M-TEC/Andrews? Part One

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I just covered a question I get often: How many students at Career Step get a job quickly after graduation? Now I thought I would cover the second most common question that I receive from readers in the comment section and in the e-mails sent to me (I have actually received quite a few e-mails from readers wanting more info, and I’m always glad to answer those e-mails, so if you ever want to ask me a question, feel free to e-mail me at Hava L {at} Families dot com.) That question is: Why is there such a price difference … Continue reading →

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

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If you missed Part One, check it out here. If you look at the list of reasons why a student wouldn’t get a job right away (can’t work full-time, has to have a very flexible schedule, doesn’t have high-speed Internet) you’ll notice that none of these reasons relate to Career Step at all. CS doesn’t have control over whether you have kids or dial-up or work full-time. The bottom line is, there is a high demand for medical transcriptionists right now, and as long as you can pass the various company tests, you’ll have no problem finding a job. So … 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 →

Encore: Q&A of a Working MT, 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. This is the question and answer of Sheila, a working MT. If you missed the introduction to this, please check this out. Sheila is a terrific MT, and when I was trying to decide who to interview, my thoughts naturally drifted to her. If I could choose who would transcribe my medical reports at a hospital, Sheila would be at the top of the list. If … 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 →

Week in Review for May 5 – 11

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Hello, and welcome to the Week in Review for May 5 – 11. This is my way of catching you up on any blogs you may have missed in the past week–if you have any feedback or comments, feel free to either leave a comment below or get in touch with me at Hava L {at} Families dot com! Thanks for reading! Saturday, May 5 Medical Transcription Schools: Career Step, Part Three and Four continue the interview started last week with my alma matter Career Step. Sunday, May 6 Medical Transcription Schools: Career Step, Part Five and Six finish that … Continue reading →

The “Two Years Experience” Fallacy

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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 you’ve graduated, you’ve hit the want ads online, and you may have become a little panicked when you saw that many companies required two years experience, and some even required three or four. This can be extremely discouraging to newbies, and seems to fly right in the face of what I said earlier, that this is a huge work-at-home market, and that you should … Continue reading →