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Do you need training to do medical transcription?

I'm just wondering if people are able to get legitimate transcription jobs at home without formal training?

Public Comments

1. yes, yu gotta no medikal speek
2. Yes you need training. Community colleges are best -- not online 'schools'.
3. You need quality training. Actually, for MT, which is one of the few professions this holds true for, online training is the BEST. Why? Because the employers who hire are all very familiar w/ the different online schools. Community colleges are hit or miss w/ good MT training. Some colleges may have solid programs, and others do not. They tend to toss in classes that you don't need because they know some who graduate won't be good at MT and their "employment" statistics count toward funding so they make sure you have "medical office skills" too. It's best to go w/ a dictation intensive program.
4. You should need training to do good job in MT.