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#103175 - 07/10/08 02:29 PM
New to MT chat!!!
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titan0208
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Hello to all! I am very much interested in becoming an MT and I've recently been reading several postings regarding this profession. I am also about to begin Nursing school part-time for a couple of semesters, then full time for about 4 semesters. I was wondering if I would be able to pull the nursing course load as well as the MT course load being that the MT program is approx. 4 months(that is through CS)?
Any suggestions, advice, comments, additional questions are all welcome! Thanks in advance!
Edited by titan0208 (07/10/08 02:37 PM)
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#103182 - 07/10/08 03:05 PM
Re: New to MT chat!!!
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bippy
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In my opinion, you would only want to focus on one field of study-- nursing or MT. Why are you wanting to do both?
I suppose you might be able to learn enough in 4 months to work at a local clinic as sort of a temporary job doing MT for a few easy docs. If you are looking to work at home in acute care, 4 months will not allow you to get a good job as an MT.
Edited by bippy (07/10/08 03:06 PM)
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#103186 - 07/10/08 03:30 PM
Re: New to MT chat!!!
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FarAwayDeb
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... being that the MT program is approx. 4 months(that is through CS)?
VERY FEW people have completed the CS course in that period of time, even without studying something else at the same time. I think the average is closer to 8 months to a year, and there are some people that have stretched it out to two years or more. Personally, I would choose one or the other, and complete that first.
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#103291 - 07/11/08 11:00 AM
Re: New to MT chat!!!
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Donna2
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Why do you want to study for 2 heavy-duty careers? Something will have to give. The 2 careers are, at best, remotely related. The medical science part is about the only thing remotely similar, with nursing being more intense in that area. MT is intense in other areas. FYI, be warned of courses that have no instructors and nobody to ask questions of. Also, only an experienced MT would know if there are holes in the course. Remember: You don't know what you don't know until it's too late.
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#103333 - 07/11/08 04:40 PM
Re: New to MT chat!!!
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MattsKat
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I suppose you might be able to learn enough in 4 months to work at a local clinic as sort of a temporary job doing MT for a few easy docs.
So after four months of basically studying medical terminology, you walk into a local clinic and say, "Hi! I'm applying for the MT job you had advertised, but I'm not really looking for a permanent job here -- just something to get me by. Oh, and I only want to type the easy dictators, not the ESL doctors or any doctor with a chronic sinus condition... And I'll be needing full employee benefits, of course, until I finish nursing school and then I can get a *real* job."
Good luck!
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#103399 - 07/12/08 09:53 AM
Re: New to MT chat!!!
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bippy
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Fuzz! I didn't say that. There are those tiny jobs where Uncle Bob is a doctor and for some reason he might need an MT. She might want to just work at that job while she finishes nursing school. We won't know until the OP comes back and tells us. I have a feeling she just wants a secretary job, though, not a total-acute-care-mumbling-sinus-issues-and-all MT. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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#103400 - 07/12/08 09:59 AM
Re: New to MT chat!!!
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tropsicleAfter
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Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Channeling Seinfeld now, are we? 
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#103504 - 07/13/08 12:29 PM
Re: New to MT chat!!!
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MattsKat
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No, silly, I know that! I should've replied directly to the OP. I got the sense that she/he was thinking MT would be a good "in the meantime" job to get through nursing school and was not being realistic about the difference between the two careers. As has been pointed out before, MT and nursing don't really overlap all that much except maybe understanding the abbreviations.
When I read the OP's post, for some reason I thought of Shelby. I used to be office manager for three doctors and it was part of my job to interview all the ladies who applied for an opening for receptionist. Well, along comes Shelby, who was barely 18, wearing a very short skirt, a big floppy hat and entirely too much mascara. She didn't know how to type, totally baffled about using a multi-line phone, and her handwriting was atrocious (big bubble hearts dotting her "i's") and she made it clear right up front that she wasn't looking for a long-term job -- just a little something to do until she was offered a modeling contract and she could move to New York and begin her real life. Well... needless to say, Shelby didn't get the job.
I think a lot of employers aren't willing to invest the time and patience to get a new hire up to speed if there's no commitment to stick around for the long haul so, yes, working for "Uncle Bob" who understands your deeper aspirations is a more realistic option. (But would you believe that the senior doctor in my office was terribly disappointed that we didn't hire Shelby -- she was just so darn cute in that short skirt!)
I think a better option for the OP would be to train as a CNA, not as an MT.
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#103507 - 07/13/08 12:47 PM
Re: New to MT chat!!!
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Linda Andrews CMT
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Registered: 12/31/69
Posts: 5317
Loc: Oklahoma City, OK US
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MattsKat, you are right. That would be a much better idea! The OP would learn much more in a CNA or Medical Assistant course that would be helpful in nursing. The skills involved in those courses have very little to do with the skills required for medical transcription. Yes, they learn medical terminology. That's only one of a number of important skills transcriptionists are required to learn. People often have the misconception that if they know medical terms, they can transcribe medical reports. That just isn't true.
When potential students write to me and say that they would like to learn medical transcription so they can put themselves through nursing school or medical school, I try to steer them away from the idea. The work to become a medical transcriptionist is much too intense to go through unless you are going to use it.
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#103548 - 07/14/08 10:10 AM
Re: New to MT chat!!!
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titan0208
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Registered: 07/10/08
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Thanks to all who responded and especially to MattsKat for clearing that up for me. That is exactly what I thought would be a decent "in the meantime" job until I finish Nursing school. I thought it would help me pay for school, as well give me a little extra $$$! I was informed of this profession by an MT and she referred me to CS. After doing a little research and reading the responses(that were all very helpful), I think I should focus on Nursing, since that is what I really want to do. Does anyone know if they have a chat like this for Nursing?
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#103552 - 07/14/08 11:05 AM
Re: New to MT chat!!!
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Linda Andrews CMT
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Registered: 12/31/69
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Loc: Oklahoma City, OK US
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I'll bet they do. You could Google it and probably find dozens. Search for nursing message board
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#103760 - 07/15/08 10:43 PM
Re: New to MT chat!!!
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AmBeck22
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Titan, there used to be a good "study group" on LiveJournal for nursing. I haven't been there for a couple of years but you could check it out at the LiveJournal search. Good luck with your schooling!
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#103874 - 07/16/08 10:25 PM
Re: New to MT chat!!!
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Termie
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Titan, check out http://allnurses.com This has got to be the biggest nursing board out there.
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