The Unexpected Ways Professional Organizations Can Boost Your Confidence and Career Whether you are a student in training or already working in your chosen area, there is an important way to jumpstart your career: membership in a professional organization. Joining a professional organization can improve connections with others working in the same field, enhance a…
5 Quality Skills Needed of a Medical Transcriptionist Understanding the Career Before Beginning: Do your Homework! Before starting a career, it is important to have an understanding of what skills are needed to effectively perform tasks. This knowledge can help you determine what job or specific career field is right for you. Finding the right…
Understanding Dictation as a Medical Transcriptionist What to Keep in Mind with ESL dictators: English as a second language (ESL) physicians or dictators with their foreign accents can be a challenge to medical transcriptionist/healthcare documentation specialists (MTs/HDSs) as well as other medical language experts. Keep in mind, however, that the ESL physician or dictator often…
GENERAL MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION VS. SPECIALTY MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION After graduating from the Blackstone Career Institute Medical Transcription Program, students will obviously be looking for a job—part-time or full-time—and maybe more than one job. The easiest way to get into this career field is as a specialty medical transcriptionist/healthcare documentation specialist (MT/HDS). This means working in one…
