Medical Transcription Job Opportunities in US, Canada and India

Nowadays the demand for Medical Transcriptionists has increased throughout the world. They are the persons who would be helpful to trancribe the clinical notes given by the doctors. In this hassle world most of the doctors need the help of these persons to get the clinical history of their patients in the written form. In countries like US, Canada and India the demand for Medical Transcriptionists is steadily increasing year by year.

Who could Become as a Medical Transcriptionist?

This kind of job doesn't require any special educational qualification. Even anyone who has completed his school studies can try to become as a MT (Medical Transcriptionist) All you need to become a MT is a good knowledge and experience in the medical field. If you have some preexperiences in this field, you can easily get this job. Generally medical transcriptionists are required at hospitals, medical and radiology centers and insurance companies.

Good typing skill and sound knowledge in medical field are essential qualifications of a Medical Transcriptionist. Good concentration power, computer skill, knowledge of medical term are also very important to become a successful MT. Medical Transcription job involves transcribing clinical notes from a voice file, using ear phones, foot pedal for start-stop control and word processing program. And each medical trancriptionist uses  his eyes for reading, ears for hearing the doctor's voice, legs for controlling voice player with the help of foot pedal and fingers for typing.

Training Program for Medical Transcription

A proper training in this field is very important to become a successful MT. We can find many medical transcription training programs in countries like US, Canada and India. A few months of training would be helpful for the freshers to get enough knowledge and experience in this field. You can check out the following sites to find out many training programs.

http://www.homeworkers.org/transcription/
http://www.uscareerinstitute.com/medicaltranscription.asp
http://www.hqmt.co.in/

Requirements for a Home Based Medical Transcriptionist

If you are a skilled and experienced medical transcriptionist, you can do this job at your home itself with the permission of your employer. If you get that llucky opportunity of working at home atmosphere, you may require a Window PC with following configurations, Pentium IV, 256 MB, 3D RAM, 20 GB Hard Disk, 52X CD Ram Drive, Sound Cord with Amplifier or Internet Access, a good quality stereo headphones, 56.6 Kbps External Modem, footedal and UPS , software for English and Medical Dictionaries, Spell Checkers, Equipment Glossary and etc.,

Medical Transcription Job Opportunities in India

Every year India needs large number of Medical Transcriptionists. It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 MTs required in India itself. Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkatta, Mumbai and Cochin are some major cities of India where we can find a lot of MT companies provided with job vaccancies and training programs. Usually MTs in India are paid according to their accuracy and performance of the work. They will get between 60 paise and Rs 1.25/- per line according to their work performance. The following sites are provided with a lot of medical transcription job opportunities and more information about this field

http://www.focusmt.com/ (Bangalore)
http://www.cameoindia.com/ (Chennai)
http://www.andhrascribe.com/
http://jobs.homeworkers.org/jobtype/Transcription (Global)

MT Job Opportunities in Canada and US

We can also find MT job opportunites in countries like US and Canada. Aside from good job opportunities we can also see many training programs for freshers of this industry. We can go through the following sites to get more information about MT jobs both in Canada and US

http://jobs.homeworkers.org/jobtype/Transcription (Global)
http://www.presynct.com/careers.html (US and other countries)
http://www.transcriptionhouse.com/joinUs.html (US and other countries)
http://www.truescribe.net/medical_trancription_jobs.html (US)

http://canscribe.com/ (Canada)
http://digitscribe.ca/ (Canada)