I became a radiology transcriptionist in 1980.  My training was “on the job”.  In a short time frame, I became very proficient in the terminology and my speed quickly increased.  I enjoyed medical transcription jobs very much.  In the early 1990’s we added some cardiology transcription to our department.  In 1997 I helped install an order entry system hospital wide, with my emphasis being on radiology order entry system.  After twenty years working for the hospital, I decided on a career change and went to work for the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 2000.  I enjoy my job with Make-A-Wish very much, but being a single mother with college bound daughters, I need to supplement my income.

I am choosing to get back into the transcription field, but would really like the opportunity to do this from home.  I have applied to two online positions with medical transcriptionist employers, but to my surprise, I failed both tests.  I was a transcriptionist back when style guidelines were not necessary in the radiology department and knowing the meaning of the medical terms was not required.  All you needed back in 1980 was to be able to transcribe the medical terms correctly and have a decent typing speed.  Being able to have the skills to obtain a part time position working from home is my goal.  I am hoping that once I get back into the field, that it will eventually be my full time job.  I have always had the desire to work from home, especially when you are raising children.  I worry that when my daughters are out of college, they may potentially reside in another state.  I want to be able to have the flexibility that I can take my job with me and be able to visit them when I want.  My job with Make-A-Wish is very flexible but nothing can be as flexible as working from home.

When I failed the pre-employment tests twice, it dawned on me that I needed more training.  I spoke with a friend of mine who works as a home transcriptionist full time (as a matter of fact, I trained her to become a radiology transcriptionist).  She went over numerous books and style guides with me.  That was when I decided that I needed medical transcriptionist schools.  I was excited to find your program online.  It covers all the different specialty areas that I do not have experience in.  I know the pronunciation and the spelling of most medical terms, but knowing the exact meanings is where I need the training.  Style guides is also an area that I need to concentrate on.  My goal is to work hard and get through this course in 3-4 months.  I would love to be working with a company by spring.  I wish I would have decided to restart this career sooner.  It would have been so nice to have stay at home jobs as a transcriptionist when my daughters were very small.  I look forward to this opportunity and will work hard to achieve my goals.

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Life has been crazy the last six years.  After a divorce, health problems, deaths in my family and several financial setbacks, I find myself a single mom to three great sons (ages 25, 23, 21).  The two youngest still live at home and attend school and work.  When I got married 26+ years ago, I had just received my degree in education and life was great.  I was married and had a career that would always allow me to provide for my family.  Fast forward to today, when I’m no longer married and am still working in education as a Special Education teacher.  I truly enjoy teaching, but it does not provide the job security it once did and it does not provide me with enough income to provide for my family the way I would like to.  I needed to find something else. Then along came the opportunity for medical transcriptionist training.  I believe becoming a medical transcriptionist will allow me to supplement my income as much as needed and still work as a teacher a while longer.  It will allow me to pay off some long standing bills and will allow me to provide those little extras that will make my life and that of my family much easier.

This is a career that I have actually thought about pursuing for quite a while because I have always been interested in stay at home jobs.  I actually started training for this career with another company about 15 years ago. I became quickly discouraged because there wasn’t a lot of support available.  Unfortunately I was unable to complete the training at that time and after further research, it seemed to be very difficult to break into on a part time, work from home basis.  A few months ago I started thinking about this career and started doing some research. I found Future MT medical transcription training.  From the research I have done, I have been very impressed with what this company has to offer. I think Future MT will provide me with the training that I need in order to be successful as well as support along the way.  I believe they will also assist me in finding a job once I complete the training.  I will finally be able to “have it all”.  I can continue to work as a teacher but also work as a medical transcriptionist.

I am excited about the possibility of starting this career.  I can imagine myself finishing the training quickly so that I can get on to the job.  Down the road, in 2-5 years, I see myself continuing with this career and getting even more involved.  After 10 years I could see myself retiring from full time teaching and taking on more work as a transcriptionist.  This would allow me to spend time spoiling the grandkids I hope to have by then.  The possibilities are endless and I’m excited about getting started with the training that will open the doors to my future.

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During my research of careers for stay at home mothers since I brought my twin daughters into the world five months ago, I have found, with confidence, that the medical transcriptionist jobs is perfect for my new lifestyle and new life goals I have made for myself as a mother of twins. My two daughters created a parent with responsibility out of a child with a drive for education and indulgence in art. I put myself through college during my twenties and own a Bachelors of Art in Fine Art from Montana State University-Billings and graduated with cum laude academic honors. I pursued my own interests with a fierceness that was self gratifying in itself, in addition to the degree, but the long term benefits have not carried over into my thirties and my new life as a mother.

I can see the steps ahead of me that I need to take to get into the medical transcription industry and will commit myself for the benefit of raising my two daughters at home and still being able to support my family financially with a brighter future in mind for my children.  We live on a small farm in Powell, Wyoming that belongs to my parents. We have dreams of owning our own little farm here in Powell but it is crucial that I become an income earning mother and be able to stay home with our twins and take care of the farm as “Supermom!”  I envision myself turning our spare bedroom into an office with a desk where I can transcribe medical recordings and assist professionals with my new career. My daughters will have a mother who can teach them the value of productivity and professionalism. To this means, I believe that medical transcriptionist training with Future MT will be one of the steps ahead in obtaining personal and professional success. I am most excited by the scholarship program that Future MT has to offer and it seems finally possible to start a career from my home and some day, start my own business.

I understand that there are many different types of medical disciplines that require the assistance of a medical transcriptionist and I would like to explore many directions in the interest of career enhancement, self gratification and to nurture my abilities as a contributing wife and mother. I have always been a person with upstanding working morals and ethics and am ready to apply myself to a career that will have my future and my family’s future more secure after taking an eight month hiatus from working to have my twins. I know that medical transcription is a career choice that I will not only be good at, but will be great at, as long as I can get my foot in the door. I am writing this in hopes that Future MT will award me a full scholarship and I can begin my career training as soon as possible. I appreciate the opportunity that your business gives to hopeful mothers like me.

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I have been in the field of medicine for 15 years. In 1994,I joined for my doctorate in Ayurveda and was in the process of reading, understanding medicine for 5 years .One year’s house job followed and then practice, as a GP for ten years. I never knew about medical transcription jobs and just by chance came to know about it through an advertisement in the newspaper. Medical transcription employers in Karnataka had invited people to take a test in English language and to show their skills in medical terminology. I just, for the hack of it went with my friend to take the exam and to my surprise made through it. I was 3rd among 700 people, many of them older in age to me. I got a call letter to join the company and they wanted me to sign a contract. I asked my parents and they told me to concentrate on my studies lest I get a bad score in the coming exams. It remained a latent ambition to do something in be field of medical transcription.

Now, since I have the required medical knowledge, an internet connection, my own PC and free time I can give it a try. The best thing is that I can work from home, which provides cozy and peaceful surroundings. Moreover with medical transcriptionist jobs, one is his own boss, is not answerable to anyone and gets the reward in accordance to the efforts put in. While surfing the net, to find a suitable job for my skill, after reading about Future MT, I at once jumped to the conclusion that this is the right place for me I would like to join and excel in the field of medical transcription either by specializing in a certain medical discipline or many disciplines, which will help me achieve additional income and will be personally more satisfying by enriching my medical knowledge and by helping me financially. Plagiarism and copying is for those who either do not have skill or understanding or considered themselves to be over clever and in the end, end up in a grim situation with no choices.

Medical transcription is an art where one has to listen to an operational procedure being conducted or some other medical lecture, talk which is being providing at a rapid pace and the person providing it does neither have time nor the intent to make it simpler or graspable. He just has to finish it to quickly and it is than left for the lesser morals to interpret it and provide a written evidence which can later be understood, used, learn by heart or be spread for the enrichment of medical professional and general public. the work of medical transcription is out sourced to  a lot of companies which hire skilled people to complete the assignments .The work should be the original work of the fellow transcribing it because it  can only then lead to genuine satisfaction of the employee and the employer thus making it a win win situation for both the parties.

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I’ve always dreamed of a life where I could work from home and make enough money to support myself.  I believe that becoming a medical transcriptionist could give me that life.  I have worked in the medical field for a large part of my adult life and I would like to continue to contribute to this field.  I have a friend and a cousin that are medical transcriptionist and they have given me the desire to find my own medical transcriptionist jobs.  My cousin has been in this line of work for 15 years and she supports her family with this income.  She has had nothing but good things to say about becoming a medical transcriptionist.

I work at a hospital now that will only allow us to work 36 hours per week and I would really like to have something else to fill up my time.   My husband passed away unexpectedly three years ago and I find that I just have too much time on my hands.  My children are grown and married so I don’t have anyone to care for at home, although I do have three grandchildren that I would like to spend more time with.  I would love the flexibility of working out of my home so that I could keep my grandbabies whenever I was needed. I am a person that likes to stay busy and I think this would be a very rewarding job. I would love to eventually become a medical transcriptionist full time.  The medical field has always excited me in every way. Over the years I have been a certified nursing assistant, monitor tech and a scrub tech. I love trying new things but I have always liked it to be something that had to do with healthcare because that is what interests me the most.

I have done a lot of research on medical transcription schools and courses for medical transcription and I always came back to Future MT.  They just have so much to offer.  The two things that really sold me are the fact that I can learn at my own pace and the price for the course is so much cheaper than any other courses I have read about.  Everything else is just a bonus to go along with these.  One thing that caught my attention is the fact that it is all a package deal.  There is nothing else to buy.  They supply everything that is needed.  I also like the way that Future MT explains everything.  It is so easy to understand what the course is all about.  If I were someone reading this, I would not look any further.  I don’t believe you will be able to find anything better because I have checked everywhere.  I would like to eventually further my education in the medical field or maybe even start my own MT business one day.  I think future MT will put me on that road to a lot of success.  I am so excited about this course and having the life that I have always dreamed of.

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My son came into this world January 14, 2008, blue and not breathing. He was 2 weeks past his due date and when I went in for a scheduled induction; his heart rate dropped and would not come up. I was rushed into emergency cesarean where they found his umbilical cord tied in a true knot and wrapped twice, tightly around his legs. They were able to revive him but due to lack of oxygen for an unknown amount of time he suffered severe brain damage. He spent 29 days in NICU. He had no gag reflex and could not swallow; there was a Mickey button surgically placed so we could feed him. His heart rate would drop and he would stop breathing, multiple times a day. I learned infant CPR which I had to use almost daily for a while. He was having seizures. He could only see light and shadows. The official classification was cerebral palsy with quardriperisis. I took my role as his caregiver and mother very seriously. I would work 40-50 hours a week and still get my son to at least 3 different doctors per week and run a household with my, then toddler, little girl as well.

Sitting in the hospital watching the monitors on my son’s small newborn body, I picked up his chart and read. Over and over, I absorbed every word. Eventually every doctor had a separate binder and I would cross reference one doctor to the next, keeping them updated as well. Every doctor and nurse (and PT’s) would comment on how they appreciated my record keeping. I found a sense of peace in those pages of medical jargon. I could clear my mind from the fear for my son and turned to finding out everything I could about what he had already gone through, what it had done to his brain and body, and what could be expected. Unfortunately modern medicine was not able to save my son. He stayed with us for almost 11 months but passed December 4, 2008.

I have since lost my job and have not been able to find employment. I have spent the last year home schooling my 5 year old daughter, my beautiful, perfectly healthy, and smart little girl. She had to experience so much at such a young age. She’s watched me go through a myriad of emotions; she used to crawl into bed with me and tell me the sun was awake so I needed to get out of bed. She was the only thing that could get me out of bed some days. My grief is still overwhelming sometimes. For my daughter’s sake and truthfully for mine too, I have to find a way to pull myself up out of this pit and do something. I have to show her that even when the most horrible, unthinkable things happen to you, you must get up. You must stand and be strong. I don’t feel particularly strong yet, but I’m getting there. To be able to make an income but be home to teach my daughter is my goal and ultimate desire.  I believe it will help me gain much needed self esteem and confidence.  Also, the freedom to teach my daughter on an unencumbered schedule allows for a much wider range of experiences to coincide with our current lessons.

Future MT grabbed my attention almost immediately when I read the information about assistance finding medical transcriptionist jobs as long as the individual is willing to work.  I want to work stay at home jobs.  I have an excellent work ethic and drive and being able to work from home is so appealing, I will do whatever it takes to finish this course and start providing an income for my family.  My long term goal is to become a Certified Medical Transcriptionist.  I need employment as soon as possible, but I want to make this a career.  Something I can be proud to do.  Due to my son’s medical troubles, I know firsthand how important it is for medical records to be legible and more important, accurate. All the medical professionals I was able to meet for my son gave me a different respect to monitoring and recording information; it’s critical for correct patient care. Medical transcription would allow me to feel a sense of accomplishment with a paycheck for my family but it would also give me great satisfaction to be helping in the medical community. Every day I will miss my son. But every day is a new experience for me and my daughter. I have to remember to live life, not just stand by the sidelines. With an income, and employment that is fulfilling, I know I can show my daughter that Mommy is a strong woman, and she will be too.

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I want to become a certified medical transcriptionist to enhance my knowledge and skills in nursing profession. Working as a medical transcriptionist is a wise decision for me wherein I can still practice my profession at the same time take care of my children at home and become financially stable. I can say that it’s an opportunity for me to work and communicate with a competent physician from other countries, wherein I will be equip of a more advance knowledge about medical management and trends. As a recognized medical transcriptionist working from a far distance still consider as a team wherein both exerts knowledge and time caring for the sick people in different ways. Whatever is the job designation as long as it directs towards one goal we became a part of that great job? It’s my goal to become a competent and effective individual both in my career and in my family.

It’s been quite a long time that I really desire for an opportunity to earn much income at the same time take care of my children. As a mother I want everything well provided for my family as what all mothers in these worlds always long for. Financial stability it’s what the hardest point we endure in our country because of a very low income. Our work will only meet the basic needs which sometimes other needs will be neglected. It seems that we survive because of what we only have. That’s why I try to look for other opportunities which could upgrade my financial status.  Knowing your websites and the good trainings and job you provide will be an answer to all my needs. It’s like you’re creating a better individual because of these great opportunities. Your program really a great one because you are providing a free online trainings which can be a privileged for those are not financially stable people, to acquire and improve their knowledge.

You are paving people’s way toward its betterment. I believe that few years from now medical transcription will explode globally. Most medical people worldwide will get connected because of this advanced trend. What a nice scenario people work in unity because of this advance trend. It’s the right time for me to grab this opportunity to be train and work as a medical transcriptionist. If I will have the privileged, it’s really my desire to be enhanced knowledgeably and working with medical people in other places will contribute much. I hope that more Filipino people will be given the chance to be a part of your program so that more people will be motivate to resort for continues education and become competent in knowledge and skills. More people will be financially stable and enjoy life abundantly with their families. Unemployment and poverty will be minimizing in every country. Good relationship between countries will be established because of communication and working together in unity towards a better goal. People who have more knowledge and technology share with the less fortunate one.

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I a 27 year old parent of 3. I heard about flexible  jobs in medical transcription that can enable me to work from home. I would like to be able to stay at home and take care of my children instead of having someone else watch them during the day. I also would like to be able to spend more time with them. Unlike having a normal work hours and having to work for someone and be gone away from home. With being able to work from home gives me more time with my family but also the bills will be paid and not have to live from paycheck to paycheck.

The most important thing that motivated me to be a MT is that my children are growing up so fast and I am not able to see them grow. With working as a MT I would see my self financially stable and watching my children grow, and go to there activities at school. I would like to actually try something new in life instead of having that same old job for the rest of my life. It grows old working in the nursing field for so long that it has even taken a toll on my back. Since I have not been working and lifting the heavy things my back is beginning to heal slowly. I love spending time with my children and be able to go camping and do fun stuff with them on the weekends. But working for a company I can not get weekends off that much to do fun things since weekends are mandatory in the nursing field.

Going back to school would be a new experience in life that I would like to take. Plus it would be great to stay at home and not have to pay a babysitter. I also would someday be able to be financially stable and free of debt collector’s calling me when they need money. I would be able to send money to the debt collectors and not have to worry that I can not send money because all my paycheck is all towards bills and no play. Plus it is to the point that my other half is working his but off to make sure that income is coming in to pay the bills and keep the roof over our heads and have food on the table.

The main reason I would like to become a MT is that I would like to stay at
home and work from home so that way I could watch my kids instead of sending them to a babysitter. I also would like to make more than minimum wage working online rather than working for a company and all my income goes to is bills and babysitters. I have never been able to find one job that would pay enough to have money left over to get other stuff other than food and bills. This would give me a chance to make a different life for me and my
children. This would work out great being able to work online other than
having to drive into town to work. I live out in the country and have a big
yard that I would love to put up a swing set for the kids to play outside.

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I want to become a medical transcriptionist for many reasons. Becoming a medical transcriptionist would allow me to work in my own time, be able to spend time with my children, provide for their needs while helping my husband financially support us and be able to pay student loans. My husband works full-time at Target, but his hours are never the same. Since his hours are never the same, it is almost impossible for him or me to get another job.

Potential employers want to know availability and we cannot do that with his work schedule. I already have two associates degrees, but there is not any work here I am qualified for since I do not have any experience. I also have two children under the age of two that I take care of, one of which has Cystic Fibrosis. It is important to me that I am able to stay home and take care of not only both of them, but especially my daughter. Not very many know people have even heard of Cystic Fibrosis let alone know how to take care of a child with this disease. My daughter has to take a lot of medications, enzymes, breathing treatments, and chest percussion’s. I need to be at home with her, but my husband and I both have student loans, a mortgage, and credit cards that we need to pay, not to mention other bills as well. We also have to sell our house because we cannot afford it anymore on one income.

Becoming a medical transcriptionist would allow me to take care of all of these needs. Some advantages I consider of working in the MT industry are the flexibility of hours, the opportunity to work at home, working in a career, and the feeling of being able to provide for my family. It is such a great feeling to have when you are financially stable. I do not have to commute and I save on gas. I could spend most of the day with my kids and work at night while they are sleeping. This means more to me than anything knowing that a silent killer disease is taking my daughter. I want to make every second count with her. To be completely honest, the opportunity to get a paid scholarship for training influenced me to train with Future MT. Since I already have two associate degrees, I cannot afford any more student loan debt.

As far as benefits that Future MT offers, I like that there are two guarantees. There is the money back guarantee, and there is the employment service guarantee. These two guarantees prove to me that Future MT will work for me. This bargain is hard to come by. Some educational or career goals I would like to see myself achieve in the MT industry in the next couple years is to become a professional and be able to prove myself worthy of working for whoever it is I am employed by. I may also wish to work as an independent contractor and expand my horizons working as a medical transcriptionist.

WRITTEN BY: Monica Rood

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Hi I want to become Medical Transcriptionist because in my point of view this is the one field where we can earn money from working at home . I am currently a Home Maker so I can concentrate with my family as well as I can also support my husband. However, uur current financial need has motivated me to pursue options on a  careerwhere I can balance work and family and I am seeking to become a  medical transcriptionist sits it appears to be suitable to my liking.I have heard of many of my friends doing MT work from Home , they are able to earn money and as well as they can concentrate on their family equally.

Main important reason in my mind to become MT is so I can earn as others do by working from home.  Being Medical Transcriptionist I can able to work in my flexible timings , I can sit at my home and I can work peacefully . Earnings will of course come depending on our work and the reputation one developes with clients over time. I want to also be proud to be a contributor in my family as a good money earner .

In Future MT they are giving training about the medical transcription overview The MT Quick Start Guide answers most of the commonly asked questions and ones that you should be asking ranging from training to employment. The information packed into this guide will provide valuable assistance to anyone interested in pursuing a new career as a Medical Transcriptionist. Even experienced MTs will find this guide informative and educational. It also helps to find a good Medical Transcriptionist Schools  that also provide employment assistance which FutureMT does. .Future MT gives Quick book guide which clearly explains the basic skills required , English skill required and typing speed required and Practice required.By reading the Quick Book we can get the ideas of MT and we can also know that we can also work independently My future planning is to become good Medical transcriptionist by knowing all the medical related words and good earnings which will support my family. In the next 2 years I can become editor , In the next five years I can give the work for others in MT field , In the next 10 years I will start one small Institution which makes other benefited . But I wont forget the training had in Future MT.There is no age limit to work in MT , as long as we work we can able to earn money as well as name . We can also able to know the medical disease name and how it is spreading and how it can be avoided . So by doing MT we can able to earn money as well as we can live without taking any medicines.

WRITTEN BY: Jaya Shree

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