What Makes Our Training So Effective?
We get to know our students and what they hope to
accomplish in a new career as a medical transcriptionist. Our
personal attention and ability to modify the program to meet the
needs of each and every student is one reason for the success of our
graduates. We let our students know when the educational pace is
unreasonably slow or if the student is attempting to cover material
so fast that their skills will not be marketable. Additional
specialty materials are available to advanced students as they
prepare for a special job interview or a new position in a specialty
field. Technical advice is convenient to our students as well as
practical knowledge on setting up a new medical transcription
business at home.
Over the years we have studied the education and
training medical transcriptionists receive. Students, graduates, and
even instructors of educational training programs frequently call us
to tell us what they like and don’t like about their own
medical transcription educational programs. We closely evaluated the
final results of training–successful placement–the
ability of graduates to find and keep rewarding employment. In light
of what we’ve learned, the Andrews School of Medical
Transcription has designed a program that uses the best and
eliminates time-wasting “fluff” or filler classes that
add little or nothing to on-the-job success. Effective education and training that allows
students to get out there quickly and start using the skills they’ve
learned. They know they will also need to continue learning
throughout a career in medical transcription.
Our self-paced course, which takes an average of one
year, includes 3,412 minutes of physician-dictated medical reports.
This includes 1,048 reports focusing on both general medicine and the
specialties. Students are required to transcribe 2,122 minutes of
dictated material.
In addition, we have over 1,500 optional minutes of
dictated material available for our students who want even more
transcription experience or want to do additional work in a
particular specialty.
Our students also receive valuable training in the
use and benefits of medical transcription macros or expander
programs. These programs can almost double the amount of work a
medical transcriptionist is able to do. This results in a higher
salary, since most transcriptionists are paid on production.
Employers tell us they are very glad our graduates know about medical
transcription macros and/or expander programs and how to use them.
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