Medical Transcription - Mentoring Medical Transcriptionists By Sharon Champion In today's global world with medical transcription services available worldwide, the medical profession looks more and more to medical transcription service organizations (MTSOs) in order to obtain expertly produced medical documents in a cost-effective manner.

To this end, the MTSO strives to take into its workforce medical transcriptionists (MTs) with a solid education in medical terminology, an understanding of anatomy, and the ability to maintain a minimum of 98% accuracy. By the time most new MTs graduate from either an accredited two year college course or an accredited home-study course, they are able to meet these requirements. The new MT coming into the medical transcription work force,

however, now becomes exposed to the "Real World" of medical transcription, where the quality of voice files is often very different than those in the classroom setting, and will now be in situations that truly test their mettle and ability to put into practice what they have learned. It is at this point that the MT's continuing education begins. The question now becomes "How does an inexperienced MT become an expert at what he or she does?"

Whether an MT chooses to be a generalist transcribing many different medical specialties or specializing in only a handful of medical specialties such as Genetics or Cardiology, the development of an experienced MT with an expertise in the field requires constant vigilance by the MT to continue the learning process and by the MTSO to mentor an MT, thereby helping him or her to increase their "real world transcription" knowledge. The MTSO can assist each new MT in becoming experienced and extremely knowledgeable by providing excellent instructions regarding assigned accounts and then providing timely feedback during the training process.Click Here to Next