hireNursing | How to Become a Medical Transcriptionist

Customer Reviews
Definitely meets expectations This book does just exactly what the title suggests: Tells everything you need to know to become a medical transcriptionist, establish your own medical transcription business, and, most important, helps with the decision of whether the career is the right one for you. By the time I finished the book I realized that I was starting just a few years too late. This is a profession that truly requires some years of experience and seasoning to be successful. I would have loved this as a career if I'd known about it sooner.

Required reading before getting training Oh my, this book was amazing! I read it in about an hour and it affirmed that I am making the right decision to become a MT. The author gives the good, bad and even the ugly about the profession. It's slightly outdated when referring to the technology, but it didn't effect the overall premise of the book. From the book: "With a broad knowledge of medical terminology, medical procedures, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, medical records regulations, pathophysiology, computer skills, auditory skills, English language, grammar and punctuation, the MT deserves respect (and a higher salary!) for this unique combination of skills." How awesome is that??

The bare basic I really don't know anything about being a medical transciptionist and for me found this book to cut through the chase and get to the meat of this great career. The author puts no punches, and lays out this career exactly as it is. For those with rose colored glasses and a dream of instant wealth, this book will help you see through that fog.

Needed a good proofreader-- ironically. George Morton, How to Become a Medical Transcriptionist: A Career for the Twenty-First Century (Medical Language Development, 1998) I have a problem with any book that stresses accuracy repeatedly while sporting even a handful of spelling and grammatical errors, much less one where you can't go ten pages without encountering another awkward phrase, punctuation gaffe, or outright typo. While this sort of thing is becoming increasingly more common in the professional publishing world-- much, one would think, to the chagrin of professional publishers-- it has always been the province of the self- and vanity-published. How to Become a Medical Transcriptionist, published by a teacher and conductor of seminars, sits solidly in the latter category, and it shows. There is some good information here, and this book is more detailed, and filled with more useful information, than most others I've read on the subject. Yet it's hard to take much of it seriously when the author is exhorting you to be detail-oriented. If you can get past that, you will find a great deal of useful information here; if you can, though, is this the right profession for you? ** �

Cuts to the chase George Morton did MT education a great service by writing this book. I was a perspective student, tired of trudging through all the commercial hype available on the internet regarding a career in MT. What I needed was a concise description of the day-to-day reality of transcription work. Morton provided it! He dispells the romantic visions of the perfect work-at-home-over-a-cup-of-coffee job; he describes the commitment required in obtaining an excellent foundation in medical terminology and pharmacology in order to perform transcription professionally and responsibly. He comments on the challenges of obtaining your first job when your resume is devoid of experience. He explains the grueling hours that can be involved in keeping up with private contracts to maintain happy customers. But he reinforces the truisms behind the IT-hype as well. You can work part-time. You can work from home. You can start your own profitable business - just be prepared to work. I loved this book for its impartial description of MT work - Thanks George!