Dictating Doctors: The Medical Transcriptionist's Job

There are dictators then there are dictaters. One is a mad man on a power fix and the other is a transcriptionist. The medical transcriptionist is the professional who transcribes the notes and recordings of doctors. It is a high demand and highly challenging career.

Before you can become a medical transcriptionist you have to get trained and certified. You may very well have some of the skills necessary before you actually start your training.

• Fast typing speed
• Excellent grammar
• Highly organized
• Good listener

But this is not all a medical transcriptionist must know to be a successful dictater. You also have to be familiar with medical terminology in more than one specialty.

The Future MT online medical transcription course textbook is broke up into two parts - Fundamentals Of Medical Transcription and The Practice Of Medical Transcription. In the section on fundamentals you get an overview of the profession and the basics on how you'll succeed at dictation and other aspects of the job. It is the practice of medical transcription that you'll have to focus on for most of the course. Chapters in that part of the textbook include:

• Dermatology
• Pulmonary Medicine
• Ophthalmology
• Cardiology/Hematology
• Endocrinology
• Urology/Nephrology
• Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Neurology
• Psychiatry
• Radiology
  

And that's just a few of the chapters. They represent some of the specialties that you'll need to learn about and study terminology for so that you can be successful at dictation and medical transcription. If you're ready for the challenge, you can learn more about the online medical transcription course here.