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This was and still is a highly unjustified job title for those
who practice medical transcription because the profession
requires a wide knowledge of medical terms. Thus, in 1999,
Medical Transcription was assigned its own job classification
and those practicing it were officially called medical transcriptionists.
Medical Transcription as a profession is very underground
and most people might not have heard about it. However, medical
transcription is an essential profession in the every growing
health care industry... especially to health care staff that
does not have the time to put into writing every single bit
of information that they gather from patients. As a result,
the demand for qualified medical transcriptionist professionals
is continually growing and because the number of new procedures
coming into the market doctors don't have the time to transcribe
all their findings.
Medical Transcription as a profession is very versatile
as well. Medical transcriptionists, can acquire after a
few years of education, work from medical transcription
firms. Medical Transcription firms receive dictations made
by doctors and in turn, these orders are turned over to
medical transcriptionists to be transcribed.
A medical transcriptionist can also work full or part-time
at home. Currently, the American Association for Medical
Transcription is governing body in the United states that
certifies Medical transcriptionists, although you won't
need a certification to be able to work as one, a certification
form the AAMT, will surely increase you're "market
value" and credibility.
Medical transcription is no longer merely listening and
transcribing the words dictated by a doctor. Medical Transcription
is evolving and now requires specific education centering
on medical language, knowledge of Greek and Latin prefixes
and suffixes, anatomy, physiology, disease processes, medical
science and procedures, medical instruments, pharmacology,
laboratory instruments, laboratory test results, medical
reference material techniques and many more.
Kevin Erickson is a contributing writer for: http://www.total-transcription.com
and http://www.eyeonnursing.com
and http://www.totalparalegal.com.
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