The Field of Medical Transcription
Written by myworldplus on November 22nd, 2009 in MLM.
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The field of medical transcription has been one in which I have enjoyed success and profit. Three years of my life were dedicated to being a medical transcriptionist from 1995 to 1998. I am a woman who has performed in varying capacities of a wide variety of professional arenas, most recently, commercial truck driving. I want to re-enter the field of transcription once again and enjoy the office setting, educational environment, and job security provided by this work. Because it has been a few years since I was a medical transcriptionist, I desire to refresh my skills and update my credentials. For this reason, I feel it prudent to take your highly accommodating medical transcription course. I left the field of transcription due to the lack of integrity and inadequacies of staff members I trusted at a hospital where I worked and achieved the highest pay rate available in that position, proving my competency. I had gone through a difficult divorce at that time; and, I did not have the tenacity to fight for what was inappropriately taken from me. Although I received unemployment compensation due to the false charges against me; I was unable to overcome the damage to my professional reputation. I decided to try something completely new; and, I became a commercial truck driver. I made a lot of money and saw a lot of country. I was able to support myself and my 13-yr-old son very well until 2008, when the economy took a nose dive and freight became extremely sparse, eliminating most truck driving jobs of any consequence. So, because I love language, writing, and yes transcription; I am going to enter that field of work again, God and the Angels and financial aid willing!
The main reason I want to re-enter the field of transcription is described above in part; but, I want to have the comfort of work at home medical transcription jobs. Driving trucks is very hard work due to the long hours required (70/wk). I want to work about eight hours a day and preferably from a home office. I have a perfect room in mind for this. I lost my home of eight and one half years to foreclosure, which hit my son and me extremely hard. That was in 2007; and I found a fairly cheap apartment to rent for my friend and me. My friend used to be my dispatcher at one of my trucking jobs, and she lost her job too. I offered her a room in my three bedroom house that I lost, and she is living with me now in my two bedrooms, 700 sq. ft. apartment. She has not had income for the whole time I have let her stay with me. It has been really challenging as she has been ill since her job loss.
My son lives with roommates who are in his current band. He was employed as a land surveyor since he was in eighth grade, where he was recommended for employment by his principal and instructors as a person of moral character and determination. The divorce was devastating to him; and he found new hope at a public charter school in Arizona. His favorite teacher was named Mr. Jolly. Isn’t that incredible? After all the difficulty my son endured from bullying at school to the breakup of his parents; now he found support and guidance from educators who became great friends and mentors. Wes worked very successfully as an accomplished land surveyor until he was 20-yrs-old. The economy took his job. He now works at a Sonic drive thru restaurant; because “it beats staying home and being bored.” He is also an accomplished musician, self-taught and also talent-inherited from his father, who died shortly after he moved out here from Michigan to be near him. I have a large responsibility to show my son that, never giving up, is the road to success and fulfillment. It is not easy being that person. Working in the medical field again will ensure that I will have work, I feel, as I am aware of the fact that America is populated by the aging. Those citizens will need medical care, resulting in more reports to transcribe than ever before.
From what I have read of the Future MT course, there seems to be an emphasis on the “nuts and bolts” of the preparation for the work of transcribing medical reports. As one of the graduates states in her quote, “I think with your books and a good dictionary you can get just as good a grasp for much less (money). I started out just wanting to refresh my skills and update my credentials. I got involved in a long process at another university for much more than the basics, which is satisfying work; but, I need to get to work as soon as possible. I still have an interest in the degree study, but I want to shorten the time it will take to get to work, so I am interested in your course. SN:0MA9N2ESY
I am entertaining the idea of having my own transcription business. I have had my own businesses in the past, one in products and services, the other in house painting when I was much, much younger. I found being a business owner to be very edifying and rewarding. I am old enough now to be thinking of retirement within eight to ten years. I feel becoming a transcriptionist again will be the perfect segue into being a business owner in the same field and providing for others who want to find the rewards of medical transcription at home.
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