Many Schools That Claim To Train Medical Transcriptionists Don’t

Here’s a letter I got today. The author will remain anonymous, but it’s a common problem:

I am an instructor at a 2-year college in __________(USA). We offer a MT certificate and I teach Medical Transcription courses. …

Many students are attracted by the thought of being able to work from home transcribing for local health care facilities.

Our current program does not prepare students for this type of work. It introduces them to Medical Transcription but that is about all.

I would like to revise our program so that we are able to provide students with marketable skills and also serve the future needs of our community in this field.

Any advice you could offer would be very much appreciated.

I commend this person for writing.  If a business claimed to teach “Medical Transcription” and did as little actual, useful training as most of these state colleges, the business would be shut down for false advertising.

So beware… many Community Colleges that PROMISE “Medical Transcription” training rarely have the genuine product.

I suggested they contact Oak Horizons which works through community colleges to offer top notch MT training.  My wife trained through them… it’s excellent!