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Hillcrest Medical Center: Beginning Medical Transcription Course
 
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AWESOME!
 
Review Date: September 3, 2010
Reviewer: book,
Book came in reasonable amount of time and is in perfect condition! CD was included. Very happy with my purchase.
Beginning Medical Transcription Course
 
Review Date: April 7, 2010
Reviewer: Deborah S. Klegman, highland park,il
It is a very informative book - however, you should already be enrolled in a transcription course in order to follow all the information. I did find the beginning useful for information about what the profession is all about.
Hilcrest Transcription
 
Review Date: October 17, 2008
Reviewer: Jay Ess, New York
This is exactly the book I was looking for. The information and examples are fully explained. My only criticism is that the book is specific to Hillcrest Medical Centers and affiliate care facilities. Other formats will most likely be used wherever I work but the information necessary for each document is explained. Before beginning with a new employer, I will get an example of their formats. But the information is perfect for me as someone learning the field. I see where this book will be used as reference in the future.
Not realistic at all
 
Review Date: September 27, 2007
Reviewer: violent_hippie,
I was looking for a job that would hold my interest and support me well while I'm going to school. I heard about medical transcription and thought it sounded great. I have taken two medical transcription courses. The first course was at my local vocational school and they used this series of textbooks. The second course was through an online school that specialized in mt training.

This book is terrible if you are using it with the expectations of getting a job after completing it. It only gives a very small selection of medical terms. There is a vocabulary list before each report exercise, but if you actually want to transcribe for a living you are going to have to learn MANY more terms. You need to learn suffixes, prefixes, root words, basic anatomy, etc., none of which can be found in this book. Also, the reports in this book have been read by actors and are way too clearly dictated to provide actual training. Real dication is usually much harder to hear - you'll deal with a lot of background noise, stammers, mumbling, and rushed speaking when listening to actual reports. The reports in this book are read in a variety of accents, but that really doesn't provide enough experience. Needless to say, after taking the vocational course that used only this book as the text, I was not able to find a job.

About halfway through the vocational course, I was feeling very disappointed. I spoke to a neighbor and discovered that she was taking a course through an online school that specializes in mt training. (I'm not going to put the name of the school in here because I don't want anyone to think I'm just advertising for them. If you are curious, you can contact me through Amazon). I started taking the online course and was amazed at the difference between the two courses. The online course had units on anatomy, vocabulary, improving typing speed, proof-reading, grammar, etc. The practice reports were ACTUAL reports and were MUCH harder than the actor-read reports in this book. The online course did an excellent job in preparing me to work as an mt.

In short, if you are just curious whether medical transcription might be for you, you could get this book and flip through it. It will show you very basic examples of what the job entails. If you are wanting something to buy to use as your sole training in becoming an mt, this is not the book for you.
Second career?
 
Review Date: August 15, 2005
Reviewer: L. Puritis, Charleston, SC USA
My daughter works with horses, makes very good money, but only works 20 hours a week. She was considering taking medical transcriptionist courses. I bought this book to give her a real taste of what the courses would be like. It would be a good additional career if she could work it around the horse training she loves and excels at. This book is perfect for anyone considering a medical transcriptionist career. I gives you a very clear idea what is involved in beginning transcription.

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