Medical transcription provides unlimited intellectual challenge and the opportunity to make a unique contribution to quality health care and service.
Health care is a rapidly growing industry, and the demand for quality documentation is increasing. The profession provides a high level of job security, and skilled medical transcriptionists may receive a premium for their services.
Because their services are in demand, transcriptionists are often able to arrange convenient and flexible work schedules.
Medical transcription is a portable skill that allows for professional and geographic mobility.
Age restrictions are seldom found, with great value being placed on the experience and knowledge of the well-seasoned transcriptionist.
Medical transcription can be a lifelong, satisfying career, providing the constant challenge of an expanding and advancing technology. The changes occurring in the healthcare industry promise to provide even more challenges to the forward-looking medical transcriptionist.
Characteristics of a medical transcriptionist
Medical transcription professionals are
* word specialists
* self-starters
* perfectionists
* independent by nature
* self-disciplined
Medical transcriptionists are also interested in medicine, committed to learning, known to have inquiring minds, able to concentrate for long periods, willing to assist others, able to work with minimal supervision, and dedicated to professional development and achievement.
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