Kathy, to answer your questions, the spell check that you use with medical
transcription has medications/terms in it. if you are typing privately you
can purchase such a program. It will never be completely up to date because
of new technology and new drugs but it is a good baseline. I look up a lot
of things on line and then the hospital where I work has a word list. Also,
I have my own personal list (which people have offered to buy from me) that
I have kept through the years that is now in my computer as opposed to the
Braille cards. You can also get on CD different specialties but I wouldn't
really know what specialty to get as I type such a large variety of
specialties. Hope that answers your questions. There is one service that
offers a medical terminology class called Medquist and they are also
interested in hiring blind people. Hope this helps.
Sandy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:21 AM
Subject: Re: Medical transcription class
> Cecily,
> How many hours a day to you spend studying? Also, is their special
> softwear for spell checking medical terms? Sandy probably knows the
> answer to that one.
>
> When I was introduced to medical transcription in high school, we had to
> write all the vocabulary on 3-5 cards and keep them in a file box. I'll
> bet that there is a better way now. I'm dying to find out what it is.
>
> I'd better appologize for not taking this conversation off line, but I get
> the sense that there are others on the list who are interested in this
> topic. That's why I've kept it public. The reason that I'm asking is,
> I'm wondering if medical transcription might be a viable avenue for me to
> pursue so that Greg can get out of the post office. Unfortunattely, my
> degree is in education and I have absolutely no desire to even try to get
> back into that field. I hated teaching, even though it was special ed. I
> was too blunt speaking for some parents and I got too frustrated watching
> how over protective some of them could be. Plus, when you teach, you
> don't leave the job at school. You are always bringing home work and you
> are constantly dealing with paper work and, especially in special Ed.,
> filling out forms to make the government happy. I want a job that I can
> leave, without being emotionally frustrated so that I can still do the
> church work that I do now, to help Greg out when he needs me.
>
> Thanks everybody for being patient with me, while I ask questions.
> Kathy
>
>
>
>
> At 12:11 AM 1/5/2008, you wrote:
>>Virgie, the class is $75 per month. It used to be $50 but it's recently
>>gone
>>up $25. The class is quite long because there's a lot of material. There
>>are
>>20 units of study and some of the units are long, could take about four
>>weeks to complete one unit. The class is twice weekly, three hours a
>>session. Then there are reviews of the units which are recorded on MP3 and
>>placed in the students' FTP folders. I can't exactly say how long it
>>actually takes to complete the course. It depends on if there are a lot of
>>interruptions, etc. I've been taking this course since about April of
>>2006.
>>I had to do some of it independent study as I wasn't really able to get
>>into
>>a class because I was working and the classes were during the day. I did
>>start out with me and another gal meeting with Kathy on Saturday mornings,
>>but then this gal decided that she didn't want to do the class any more,
>>so
>>it was just me. So I did independent for a while and then Kathy suggested
>>I
>>join a class since I was no longer working. Now our class is joining
>>another
>>class that is about three units ahead. So we'll have to catch up with the
>>other units, so that is a little bit of the independent study. We're in
>>about the eighth unit now, so that means there is still quite a bit to go
>>before we finish the course, and even then, we may still have assignments
>>to
>>work on and finish. Then there's the AHDI test. Used to be AAMT, something
>>like Association of American Medical Transcriptionists. Now it's
>>Association
>>of Health Documentation Integrity. So, there you have it.
>>
>>Cecily
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>>Behalf Of VIRGIE UNDERWOOD
>>Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 5:13 PM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: Medical transcription class
>>
>>Hi Cecily,
>>Can you tell me how much this medical transcription class costs and how
>>long
>>
>>does it take to complete the class?
>>Thanks,
>>Virgie and Lady Hoshi
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Cecily Ballenger" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 8:04 PM
>>Subject: Re: Medical transcription class
>>
>>
>> > If anyone is interested in taking the course, just sign up at
>> > www.medtransclass.com <http://www.medtransclass.com/> and Kathy will
>> > give
>> > you a call and help you get started. It is a lot of fun, but a lot of
>> > work
>> > too.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Cec
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > _____
>> >
>> > From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> > Behalf Of Vicki and The Rors
>> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:01 PM
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > Subject: Re: Medical transcription class
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Cecily, And how many units are there? And, good for you!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Vicki
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > For You are my rock and my fortress;
>> > Therefore, for Your name's sake,
>> > Lead me and guide me.
>> > (Psalms 31:3)
>> >
>> >
>
>
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