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Re-entering field - Kat


Posted: Feb 19, 2015

I would like to re-enter medical transcription field after 4 years of retirement. Any suggestions on how and what to do to re-enter.  Is there a short review course that could be helpful?

Best suggestion is find something else - MT is not what it used to be

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Pay lower, companies more demanding while offering lower benefits - if any, expect you to be at computer constantly waiting for work while cutting pay.... So much more. Just run, like so many of us are planning to do. Good luck to you. And the rest of us.

Re-entering field - squirrel

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Dear Kat:

Forget this "profession." It's definitely not what it used to be. You are better off looking elsewhere. Now, many times there is no work, and what work is there is the worst reports/doctors. After 29 years of MT, I moved on and am very glad I did. There are some very shady and greedy MTSOs out there that would love to take advantage of you.


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