How Do You Become A Home Medical Transcriptionist Without Taking A Course?
If you already have a background in medical terminology you can become a medical transcriptionist without taking a medical transcription course. This article outlines some strategies to get started in medical transcription without a course. • Have a background in medical terminology. If you have no background in medical terminology at all, you should get that experience either through work or training, before attempting to become an at-home medical transcriptionist (if you do opt for training, http://www.andrewsschool.com is one of the few well-regarded distance training courses). • If possible, get some outside experience before working at home. Most of the large agencies that hire at-home medical transcriptionists simply will not hire a person who has not had a course and/or real-time medical transcription experience at a hospital or doctor’s office. Therefore, if you have the freedom to work outside the home for a couple of years it may well be worth looking for medical transcriptio