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Medical transcription is the only career for me. I have 30 years experience in various settings but prefer stay at home jobs. Medical transcription is an ever changing environment and there is always something new to learn or a skill that needs improving. I have not worked in the past 5 years as my husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer and needed support and care as he underwent surgery, radiation treatment, and experimental medications.  He is stable now and I am free to return to my beloved career; unfortunately, I am out-of-date and rusty to say the least. The ability to work at home has always been a joy to me as I can my own hours and days. I have always loved working the weekends and holidays. It is so convenient to just get up (no matter what I am wearing or the time of day) and just “plug myself in” and start working. I have always enjoyed the flexibility of working at home, although I have worked in hospitals, private physician clinics, ER, and diagnostic imaging.

I have researched many online medical transcription schools, but most are out of my price range. When I found Future MT I was so delighted. It offered me an opportunity to refresh my skills, plus support in finding employment. This gave me hope and I now feel that I may once again be able to do what I so dearly love. There are many features in your program that appealed to me. I liked the color-coding of words left out and the ability to compare side-by-side what I transcribed and what was actually dictated. It is a wonderful way to fine tune my listening skills again. The links to other informative sites was also impressive. As any MT can tell you, the more access to information, sample reports, and other MTs is always a great help, as is networking with other medical transcriptionist companies. I am 68 years old and on a fixed budget which made the chance of refreshing my skills at an affordable price out of my range until I ran across Future MT. Future MT gave me hope again and a feeling of excitement at the prospect of returning to medical transcription.

Retirement, whether health induced or otherwise, is not for me.  I have many hobbies but they do not fill the void that I feel; I yearn to be constantly learning and challenged in a way that only medical transcription can fill. Once I am back working I do not plan to ever stop working again. My goal for myself in returning back to medical transcription is to finally become a certified medical transcriptionist. I hope to be able to return to Acute Care work as the variety is always interesting and challenging. I also love diagnostic imaging and emergency room reports. I was very impressed with Future MT’s support in finding employment and resume writing (my style is probably very outdated). I would be extremely grateful for a full scholarship which would enable me to refresh my skills and return to work without putting my family in financial difficulty.

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Medical transcription. This may very well be the one work from home jobs that would be perfect for me, that I could do well and truly enjoy. It has been tickling my mind for a while now, and I would really like to take a step forward into it. I want to become a medical transcriptionist for several reasons. One, it is something I am naturally good at; transposing and typing. Two, it would be a step into an industry I may well stay in for the rest of my life, as my desire is to be a stay-at-home mother. It just really seems like something I could excel at and really do well. Three, I believe I would really enjoy it. What would be better than doing something you enjoy and getting paid for it? It seems like the ideal job for me, and I am looking forward to getting involved in it. Some definite advantages would be flexible hours, the ability to work from home, and more time to spend with friends and loved ones. As an aspiring artist/writer, flexible hours are important to me. I don’t want to squash out all my creative impulses in order to work a job. Being able to spend more time with friends and family is also an advantage. The ability to set my own hours and days would allow for easily being able to attend important events in other people’s lives.

Future MT stuck out to me as I was looking around the different medical transcriptionist schools available. I really like the scholarships offered, and all the information the website gives right off the bat. It just seems really straightforward and easy to understand. I also found Future MT of good standing with the BBB, with few complaints. I would like to see myself able to work full or part time (as my needs may be), to be proficient in this industry, and able to provide for my future children while spending time with them. I would like to learn as much as I can in order to be able to truly excel in any future jobs presented as a result of this schooling. Within the next five years, I would like to be able to make at least $30 per hour and work from home. I believe I really have a chance to grow in this industry and do well. This scholarship would be incredibly helpful to me, as I do not currently have a job, and am looking to get a car soon and get married next year. There are few jobs available, and this seems like a great opportunity to pursue!

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At a young age I have always has to make decisions in my life that always resulted in putting myself last. I was 17 years old when my parents got a divorce, leaving me to decide, do I stay in school and do what’s right for my future?, or quit school, get my GED, work full time and be able to eat? I choose being able to provide food for my father, brother and I. As the years flew by and unable to go to college, I ended up getting pregnant, struggling even more with money and the chances of going back to school were almost obsolete. I love my family with all my heart and would not trade them for anything in this world. I do not regret anything I have done or the decisions I have made to be where I am today. I would just like to do something that makes me feel like I have accomplished something for myself.

It makes me sad that I do not get to spend the time I would like to with my son. I get home late from work and would love nothing more than to be home with him. I would love to have the freedom of going out and having fun. Being married with our second child on the way and the possibility of my step son coming to live with us, the dream of going back to school seems to be fading away quickly. Medical transcription jobs at home would allow me to be able to spend more time with my children and not have to worry about someone else raising them while their father and I are at work full time. I thought about working at night but I know I will not make a full time salary working that schedule in this day and age.

I sit at work miserable everyday knowing that I can do better than working at a job that I am not able to move up in. I am a hard, dedicated worker and it has never paid off.  I feel like a prisoner to the work force. Becoming a MT I know that my possibilities would be limitless.  For years I have struggled financially and have always tried thinking of ways to be able to work from home or own my own business and the more I’ve tried, the more depressed I’ve became at the failure. I would love nothing more than to continue my education and find medical transcriptionist jobs, feel like I have accomplished a rewarding goal, in a successful career path. I contemplated going to school in the medical field at a hospital but know that I would not be a good candidate obtaining a career where I had to tend to emergency patients. I am confident with going back to school by taking an online course at an affordable cost would be the best choice for me. When I become a certified medical transcriptionist and have a full and complete understanding of how the business works, I am positive I can start a rewarding business of my own.  This is why I have decided to take the first step in doing what’s right for my family and myself, for once.

I read a good article about becoming a MT here http://www.futuremt.com/Home/MedicalTranscriptionIndustryNews/tabid/269/ID/10/Step-by-Step-Guide-to-becoming-a-Medical-Transcriptionist.aspx

Good medical transcription training goes hand-in-hand with your choice of a good medical transcription school or course.  You have many choices to consider when choosing the course that is right for you.  Many courses require that you learn some skills you will never use as a medical transcriptionist, which will increase the time and money invested by you and could possibly prove unnecessary in the long run for your desire to be a stay-at-home worker as a medical transcriptionist.  However, if you would like to work in a hospital or clinic setting, or perhaps a doctor’s office, then, of course, these extra skills would be necessary, such as various duties in one of these settings.  These could include but are not limited to filing, answering the phones, courteous and respectful patient interaction, assisting the patient to the examination room, etc.

If, however, you want to be trained as a medical transcriptionist exclusively, then the extended training would not be the most suitable for you and not necessary.  Therefore, the options of finding the right course and steps for you to take are many and varied and right over the Internet.  There are available to you medical transcription school options such as following a classroom-like environment and structure with certain and specific time limits and/or limitations required of you perhaps.  Another popular and actually favorite option is purchasing a medical transcription training course which you can complete at home with software, instruction manuals, and some of the hardware needed to take the course.  You should probably try to find a company which will provide technical, educational, and mentoring support throughout your studies to get the greatest benefit from your course.

Medical transcription training is your first step toward your choice and decision to become a trained professional as a medical transcriptionist.  You will then have options and positions available to you that were previously not.  But, again, getting a strong foothold and foundation through proper training is the prerequisite for the success you will soon enjoy.  A good medical transcription course is a fountain of information revolving exclusively around the exclusive world and duties of the medical transcriptionist.  You will be provided the skills and knowledge necessary to transcribe information dictated by doctors, nurses, and qualified professionals.  The medical report is a legal document as well as a very private and carefully prepared record of a patient’s health history.  There are many restrictions placed upon the adherence to the privacy of each patient’s record you transcribe, which is beneficial in all ways to individuals who put their confidence and trust in their physician and ultimately in you.  You will learn the importance of this privacy and the rules set forth by HIPPA, which is vital and interesting in and of itself, as well as gaining a strong foundation in medical terminology, good grammar and punctuation, and the general functions of the different specialties in the practice of medicine.

Training to become a medical transcriptionist can be reasonably priced and be expected to take far less time than you may think.  A reasonable expectation could be far less than a year and generally learned well within six months.  If you have time to devote exclusively to your studies and absorb the material available to you within the course, you can even complete it sooner.  Just be certain to take full advantage of the materials and information so that you are ready to be tested by potential employers.  Your skills will not only get you a job, but will keep you a job – and a good course will provide all you need to be prepared not only for testing well but also performing well once you become employed as a medical transcriptionist.

Once you have completed training and become employed as a medical transcriptionist, your skills will develop and grow with each day.  This is one of the most interesting professions you could choose with endless possibilities.  You may even wish to start your own business once you have sufficient experience under your belt.  On-the-job training after course training is the only way to learn the profession inside and out and ready you for such an endeavor; however, it is well within reasonable expectations should this be your goal.

For more information about choosing the right medical transcription courses available to you and an in-depth look at the industry as a whole, visit http://www.futuremt.com.