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Best specialty to get into? - Shas

Posted: Dec 31, 2009

What is the best paying specialty to get into? I want to get into a good specialty but I want to make sure it is a good paying one if there are ones that pay better then others.

Specialties - ORMT

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I don't think any one particular specialty pays better than others, but I tend to do better with operative reports because often you can use standards to fill in, and psychiatry because they are usually good dictators and long reports. However, your best bet is to learn it all and be able to do acute care (hospital-covers multiple specialties including operative) as these are the jobs with the most demand and pay better than clinic. If you limit yourself to just one specialty, you may have more difficulty finding a job. Check out the job postings here, many want acute care experience. Hope this helps.

I do several specialties - my best lines come from

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Orthopaedics, General Surgery, Gasteroenterology, and Nephrology.

They all pay the same rate so it is a matter of who dictates the most (i.e., greatest line counts).

I do radiology and love it - jackie

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I'm not sure if any one specialty is better paying than the other. I do radiology. I also do acute care reports (with the same company). They all pay the same. I think it all depends on how fast you type, how familiar you are with a specialty and how many shortcuts you have.

I have been doing radiology now about 6 years that I am very familiar and it goes really fast, and I've heard others say you can really make a lot in radiology.

Thank you - Shas

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Thank you. I have been told a lot that you need experience in many different areas. I agree with that but most places even on here ask for so many years in one area. Like Acute Care 5 years, or radiology 8 years and if you are not in that area that long you don't get it. So I thought if I could go for a particular one, getting others also, but focusing on one, it would help to know what a good one was.
What kind of shortcuts do you use? I am new to this so the only shortcuts I use right now are the ones I have put in word myself. I don't know what program to get to help with it.

Thank you - eagles_fan

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"What kind of shortcuts do you use?"

I use Shorthand. Here is the link.
http://www.pcshorthand.com/
I hope this is helpful. Good luck.

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