My Motivation To Become An MT
What is my motivation to become a medical transcriptionist? I was looking for an at home job with flexible hours to supplement my income because I have accumulated quite a few bills, probably as everyone else has lately in this economy. I have worked with computers all my life. I have also done quite a bit of secretarial/clerical work all my life. I have taken many courses in typing, transcription, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access, Word Perfect, office practice, accounting, shorthand, etc. I can type very well and at quite a bit of speed which will increase as I work more with medical transcription. I already have typing skills, transcription work, word processing knowledge, and computer knowledge. The training for the medical transcriptionist won’t be that difficult for me because I feel that I already have most of the skills and experience to complete the training with very little problems. This seemed like the ideal job for me right now in my life and in the future. I can keep my part-time job and work around it with the medical transcriptionist job. I am considering working full-time as a medical transcriptionist. Right now, my most important motivation is to help catch up on my bills, which I am behind in payments due to lack of funds.
What are the advantages of working as an at-home medical transcriptionist? First of all, there is the convenience of working at home. There is no commute time involved. There are no clothing restrictions. There is the comfort of being at home instead of being in an office. There are no interruptions or distractions. The timing is relatively flexible as long as the deadline is met. Break-time and lunchtime are conveniently in your own kitchen and you can have exactly what you want to eat. I can work the medical transcriptionist job around my current part-time job. I can work early morning, into the evening, and weekends if I would like. It would provide me with a way to make supplemental income to pay off some of my bills that have piled up in the last couple of years. It also will allow me to make additional money into retirement so I never really have to retire at all. It seems like it could be somewhat portable so I can take it out of town or on vacations if I want.
Why would I be interested in taking the Future MT course? It seems to be more of a complete course than at other training schools. It also provides you with plenty of practice and assistance. Future MT also will help to you to get a job after you finish the course which is important in this economy because jobs are hard to find right now. What are my career goals? First of all, to take the Future MT course to get my training and certificate in medical transcription. Next, I would work with Future MT to find the job that I am looking for. I would then work full-time or as much as possible to start paying off my bills and get out from under them. I would continue to work as a medical transcriptionist well into my retirement.
WRITTEN BY: Mary Belczak
