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)
> >
> >