Expanding Career Opportunities
What Does It Take to Be a Successful MT?
- Insatiable interest in medicine and all things medical
- Extraordinary attention to detail--listening, proofreading, and editing
- Excellent English grammar skills
- Love of language and words
- Intermediate computer skills
- Aptitude to work independently at a computer for long periods of time
- Skills to organize and use time effectively to meet deadlines
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of personal patient information
Strong Growth Predicted
The medical transcription profession is projected to grow up to 35% by the year 2012, according to the US Department of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook 
(2004, p. 317). As the "Baby Boomers" move into older adulthood and advancements in medicine prolong the average life expectancy, demands on health care services will increase. This equates to a greater need for trained medical transcriptionists to produce accurate health records for use by hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, and courts of law.
Technological Advances Will Help
Technology is also advancing the field of medical transcription. As voice recognition technology improves, it is only expected to enhance the work of medical transcriptionists. Voice recognition technology will not replace the need for the human eye to edit and review transcriptions for accuracy, as this is vital to medical records. Additionally, digital technology makes it possible to receive dictations as audio files and allows medical transcriptionists to complete and return transcriptions via the Internet. As a result, time and place have become limitless elements of the profession.
Flexible Work Settings
Medical transcriptionists work for medical transcription services, hospitals, and clinics. An increasing number of medical transcriptionists are working from home, either for a large service as a contracted employee, or as their own boss!
Join Us for Live Chat!
You may participate in a "live chat" with Pat Stettler CMT, FAAMT, our Lead Faculty, any Wednesday at 4p.m. - 5p.m. Pacific Time to learn more about the curriculum, time investment required, prerequisite skills you need, and career options you will have once you successfully complete the program. Log on to the EvCC MT Program Chat Room. Just enter your name and the password "MTWannaB."
