Hi Cecily,
Thanks very much for your help.  I wish you the best with the course.
Hugs,
Virgie and Lady Hoshi
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecily Ballenger" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: Medical transcription class


> The teacher is accredited, and usually the state is willing to pay for the
> course. It's not a school. Kathy teaches the class herself. She does have
> someone else who helps with the website with improvements and such.
>
> Cecily
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Electronic Church [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of VIRGIE UNDERWOOD
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 3:42 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Medical transcription class
>
> Hey Cecily,
> Do you know if this school is acredited?  If they are perhaps I could get
> rehab to pay for it.
> Thanks,
> Virgie and Lady Hoshi
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "VIRGIE UNDERWOOD" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 6:01 AM
> Subject: Re: Medical transcription class
>
>
>> Hi Cecily,
>> Thanks so much for this information.  I will save it and when I can do
>> something about it I will.
>>
>> Virgie and Lady Hoshi
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Cecily Ballenger" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 12:11 AM
>> Subject: Re: Medical transcription class
>>
>>
>>> 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)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>