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Well Apparently To Be An MT... - MT2007

Posted: Aug 21, 2012

All you have to know how to do is type really fast. At least that is what I've been told by a couple of staffing companies. (I don't agree with this by they way). Just thought it was odd that this is how medical transcription is viewed by some these days.

I blame VR - Ugh

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No one has to be able to really understand what they're typing, just be able to put the proper punctuation in its place. VR has ruined this industry, and that's why I quit.

Ugh. sm - anon

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I have to respectfully disagree with you. VR makes way too many dangerous errors. A person who is only a fast typist would not be able to do this job accurately, would only last a very short while. VR does not know the difference between "bare" and "bear", for a simple example.

Recently, VR spit out "metaprolol" rather than "metoprolol" in a report I edited, and the spell checker did not even pick it up as an error.

By the way, I do understand 99.9% of what I "type" or "edit". If I don't understand it, I research it.

In my opinion, you don't even need to be a "fast typist" to edit. That is how stupid these MTSOs are becoming. An MTSO that would hire a person who only is a "fast typist" is ripe for major errors down the line.

VR - Elssa

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The short time that I did VR, it spat out a whole bunch of really crazy errors.

From the Reader's Digest:

Doctor dictated: I'm recommending Cialis for his erectile dysfunction.

VA: I'm recommending see Alice for his erectile

Do they really have jobs with that being the requirement? - sm

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Do those staffing companies actually have jobs for people who can type fast? Do they even require that you know medical terms? What I'm trying to find out here is, what do they call those jobs? Medical Transcriptionist? Medical Typist? Medical Clerk? Who are they placing these 'fast typists' with?

Could we have more information please? Thanks!

Not the OP here, but a local hospital - (sm)

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in the area where I live has an ad for a medical transcriptionist to work at home and they require typing speed of 115 wpm. While I think it is ridiculous and the ad has been up for about a year, I have not applied because I would not pass the typing speed requirement.

I would not pass the typing test - high producer

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I am an average typist but one of the highest producers for my small MTSO. I would not even come close to passing a typing test requiring 115 wpm.

Same - MT2007

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Both places are hiring for medical transcription. Both said that the place that they are hiring for (they're both hiring for the same place) said that they didn't require that you know medical terminology, grammar or any of that stuff. Just that you must be able to type a certain amount of wpm. This information was given up front without me even asking. When I was there filling out the application, I heard the person who was over the hiring specifically tell someone over the phone that they were hiring for MTs and that "medical terminology" wasn't a must but the typing speed was.

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