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anyone taken the test and used the CMT prep quizzes CDs? - curious

Posted: Nov 30, 2010

Has anyone taken the test and used the CMT prep quizzes CDs? Are they useful for the test?

Took and passed the CMT test in July - CMT

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I took part in a study group with some of my coworkers. So far 10 of us have passed. I used the Oak Horizons course offered on the AHDI website. That was helpful because it had lots and lots of questions to study. The most useful book I found was from Mometrix (Google that to find their study guide). The Mometrix book explained the body systems in reasonable, easy to understand format explaining how they work as well as terminology and common diseases. It was also a lot cheaper than Oak Horizons.

The CMT exam is being changed starting January 1, so I can't tell you a whole lot about the format of the test and what to study. It is too late now to register or the old test. They will now be requiring you to either have your RMT or take a 2-part test. The first part will be the basic RMT part. You will have to pass that to take the second part, but I believe you will still take the whole test in one day. I found the test to be very difficult, but thankfully I passed it as have 9 others from my workplace.

As for people on here who say the test is not worth it, I believe that depends on your personal situation. My workplace reimbursed the cost of the test and they also reimburse some of the cost for continuing education. I believe with more and more emphasis on quality documentation and electronic medical records, it may very well become a requirement for transcriptionists to be certified in the future, so it is definitely worth it to become certified at this point rather than waiting until your job is on the line. I also think it would help to discourage companies from off-shoring if US transcriptionists were all certified because it would make us stand out from the rest as the true professionals that we are. Who would not feel more comfortable having their medical information in the hands of certified professionals rather than God knows who in India and elsewhere.

Just my 2 cents. Good luck on the CMT exam.

CMT - gvmcmt

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There is a number of CMTs from India and other countries. Have a look at the list. There are employers, in fact a majority of them, who do not recognize or ask for a CMT. I am not discouraging you, but this is indeed the situation. I am also a CMT with 11 years of experience and have yet to come across someone who truly considers the value (?) of the certificate.

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