Home     Contact Us    
Main Board Job Seeker's Board Job Wanted Board Resume Bank Company Board Word Help Medquist New MTs Classifieds Offshore Concerns VR/Speech Recognition Tech Help Coding/Medical Billing
Gab Board Politics Comedy Stop Health Issues
ADVERTISEMENT




Serving Over 20,000 US Medical Transcriptionists

Janet is a very kind, caring, & smart lady. You can't go wrong with her course

Posted By: Administrator sm on 2006-07-14
In Reply to: Janet Stiles is a very lovely lady. I have great respect for her. - Linda Andrews, CMT, FAAMT

and that goes for quite a few other school owners, too.


Complete Discussion Below: marks the location of current message within thread

The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu


Other related messages found in our database

Janet Stiles is a very lovely lady. I have great respect for her.
I don't know anything about the program, but Janet is a lovely lady. I know that she does an honorable job of everything she does.
Get smart about it

You said you had worked for 2 places but you didn't say how many years of actual hands-on TRANSCRIPTION FOR SERVICE experience you have (that's all they care about so trash the rest of your attributes on your resume).  Five years or more lands you a job pretty easy, within a month or two.  Less than that, not so much. 


There are hundreds of variables here, but let's say you like your job, you have plenty of work, want to stay there, but you just need to make more money.  The first thing you need to realize is this is going to take time - but you need to get started on honing your skills now.  What that means is learning quick references, whether it is google, Dorland's medical dictionary, etc.  What is the fastest way to find the information?  If your company uses a platform where you can pull down the previous report on that patient, that is what you do and see if you can find the answer.  If it is an ESL doctor, just pull down previous reports by that provider, i.e., you may be looking for some he says really fast in the exam, review of systems, whatever.  It should be there.  Give your search a reasonable amount of time - especially if you are having to reference a lot that day, and then ask yourself 2 questions.  Am I going to find this in the next 10 minutes?  You don't think so - it should go to QA.  Don't waste any more time on it.  The second question is, will the Editor instantly know what this is?  Will she have trouble?  If so, the blank you left was valid, don't waste any more time on it.


Know that you will be very lucky to have an editor mentor you at all!!  They don't want to.  It is not their job.  That is work they do not get paid for.  How would you like to do typing you did not get paid for.  Remember this.  You can, however, try to develop friendships with them.  Even if some of them do act like angry school marms, do not arque with them.  You never know, they may be the one doing your next audit.  I have been lucky enough to have 1 editor who told me to e mail her at any time.  Not to chat or gossip - only the report question in a simple one or two sentence question that requires a one or two sentence answer.  Do not abuse this favor.  Make those requests as seldom as possible - if you think you are doing the same thing wrong over and over again.


Lastly.  To begin with, do not worry as much about templates as words, unless of course the template is going to make your life much easier every day.  Think about the words that you use in almost all reports.  The patient- tp in exander.  You may use the same headings over and over.  Expand those.  Expand extremely long words.  Hepatosplenomegaly - hepato.  TRY NOT to use one or two letter expanders, as eventually this WILL catch up to you and you will have to change them and remember them all over again.  Make sure you expand all the words and phrases you can use in each and every report.  This is going to take years - not months.  Expand them at the time you are using them in the report and write them down for reference until you are familiar - don't make this too extensive.  In the next one to two years your line count should increase by 20-25%.  This is called experience.  You build your skills, your references, your contacts, and your Expanders - anything that makes you faster, more productive, and more money.  Hope this helps.


I did it and I loved it! I love the lady over it!! She is the best!
x
Janet Stiles and SETT

Hello everyone!  Hope you can help me, please!  I am looking for advice about the SETT program run by Janet Stiles.  Can anyone who has an opinion about the program, good or bad, please write to me to let me know what you think.  I'm trying to decide what on-line program to go with and I would gratefully appreciate your opinions.  This is only for myself -- so that I can make an educated decision.


Thanks,


Mary Gergel


 


 


Well, it really IS kind of up in the air, but even if MTs
.
What kind of job?
You need to be more specific about what kind of job. Will major employers hire their grads without 2 or more years of experience? It's not likely. Can their grads get a job typing for a doctor's office somewhere? Maybe, if one happens to be available.

Look around here and on www.mtchat.com to see what's been written about schools in the past.


You're kind!
appreciate the support ... this is harder than i ever imagined it would be (as a seasoned clerical for many, many years). i don't see how any of you make a living at this.
though i was told it was hard before i started, i didn't believe it could be that hard. famous last words!

surprisingly, most of my challenges come from the simpler things like hearing "a" instead of "the" (or where there isn't either).

how on earth did you get through this? my hat's off to all of you seasoned MTs.
kind of unbelievable, isn't she? lol
and some of her posts down the page state she's upset about how little she makes and she wants a bigger better-paying job

also says that quality is the only thing to worry about

WRONG! takes a little quantity too

won't do her any good to do 3 perfect reports a day -- especially if she's clocked in all day waiting for us to QA 'em online! lol

i think she gave her name in one of them, or her first name and initials on one of those posts

lol
What kind of training did you have?
nm
What kind of work are you
doing now, and we might have ideas for your next investments! I have a bunch of Stedman's & also some HPI books I couldn't get by without, and I've been doing this 17 years.
That was kind of a ridiculous statement! nm
nm
What kind of contacts? experience in what?
I see more messages from graduates of business schools and community colleges saying that nobody will hire them. What kind of contacts are they getting that are helpful to them? What kind of experience are you talking about? They evidently aren't getting the kind that get them jobs or they wouldn't be having so many problems finding jobs? Could you be more specific about what you mean when you say contacts and experience? I really would like to know.
What kind of diploma do you hold? nm
nm
What kind of Laptop is good to buy

Looking at a laptop on E-bay.  What is the best choice?


Thanks,


Barb


I do Radiology now, kind of fell into it but love it. nm

are you joking? what kind of QA is even remotely close to that post?
I have been MTing for 15+ years and have never received a QA like that. You are a little bold in suggesting someone cannot make it as an MT if they can't take criticism. I hate criticism, and I have been MTing for many years. That post above was rude, suggesting that newer MT's expect to make $60,000 and bounce their babies on their knees while tapping the keyboard. What a joke. If you are experienced, you should take pause and remember what it was like. Did people expect that from you? Nobody expected that from me when I first started out, nor did they make such harsh suggestions.
Nothing wrong in it.
Just Modify your resume and save it. It will get posted.

:))
Again you are wrong.
It is not a LAW. You are taking one kernel of truth and trying to make an argument.  If you change the patient's name, to "The patient is a 35-year-old baker" and you live in a small town, you would also have to remove this, as it is PHI/PMI  You are trying to protect your surgeon and he agrees with you, but you may want to get educated to what actually is PHI/PMI if you are going to try to hold yourself up as an expert.  You don't have a clue about what you are talking about.
wrong
What do their techs in India have to do with anything? They might not be American, but they are extremely intelligent and do a terrific job. As for there not always being a lot of work, that all depends on the hospitals doing the dictating. I work on 4 different accounts for them and have enough to do.
You can't go wrong with either
school. They are both excellent, and give you assistance finding employment after you graduate. Good luck to you!
What's wrong with that?
Most of us are working at home. We don't have co-workers to talk to, so what's wrrong with coming here and getting a little contact. It's nice to be able to communicate with someone else, and it doesn't always have to be about transcription. We do have other interests and a life outside of transcription. It's just nice to share with other people about that and to find out what their life and interests outside of transcription are.
I don't know, you must be doing something wrong.
Because that doesn't sound right at all. I make that in 40 hours a week.
What is wrong with being a MT?
What is wrong with a MT profession?
Either one of those 2 & she can't go wrong!
x
Yes, you can't go wrong with either M-TEC or Andrews.
x
Wrong answer!!
This means they are interested enough that they would recommend me to apply at their sister company. They WANT to interview me. Got the call today.
Don't know what is so wrong with preschool

Many many kids go to preschool for 1 or 2 years before kindergarten, regardless of the work status of their primary caregiver.  I don't see what is all so wrong about preschool. I went to 2 years of montessori preschool in the 70s and loved it!  Did I need it? No. Did I enjoy myself and make friends? Yes.  


 My kids will be going to AM preschool next year (K3 and K4), and will whether I am working or not. 


Even stay at home moms need a break. Why would work at home moms need any different?   I was going on 7 years of SAHM when I started back to work. Between being new at MTing and burnt out on spending all of my time with the kids,  often with no relief (dh is away a lot and we have no family near) for weeks at a time,  care for part of the day while I work is pretty much necessary to my sanity.  As it is, I am having a really hard time adjusting to working so many hours and still trying to keep up everything else I used to do.


There are going to be some people out there who think kindergarten and up are just state-sponsored daycare (I have family members who refer to public education as this), so this argument about when you work and where your kids are when you do it can go on until the kids are 18.


I honestly think it is best that we all acknowledge that what each of us is doing is best for our UNIQUE situation and not to judge someone else's choices.  Some people say things a certain way to justify their choice precisely because they are afraid of being attacked. If someone said that they put their child in daycare at 8 wks because they wanted to return to work and did not want to be a stay at home mom, they would probably be run up the pole. So, by giving reasons, correct or not, why it would benefit the baby, the person is trying to avoid someone telling them how horrible a parent they are for the choice they made. 


 I'm not even going to couch my words - if I tried to work around my 2 preschool aged kids, it would be a very bad thing. They are much better off being entertained and cared for by someone else while I work than they are being yelled at by me because I am frustrated trying to work with them around, along with me being exhausted staying up late at night trying to get all of my hours in. 


 I'm no earth mother and I know it. It would be a horrible experience for everyone if I tried to get in 38 hours per week with my kids at home while I did it.  I did not become a MT to stay at home. I did it because I want to work in health care and this is better paying than any medical office job I can get right now, with the added benefit of being able to be a little flexible with my schedule. I suppose someone who views the primary advantage of this job as being able to stay at home might see things a little differently. 


 


 


She is wrong--- you cannot even take the CMT exam -sm
until you have 2 years experience first of all, and yes it is through AAMT - they use an independent company that has offices all over the U.S. to give the test. No community college can offer it either, and it costs a lot more than $150 to take; AAMT member can take it for less, and non-members pay a bit more (~$300 or so), not sure of the exact prices but you can go to the AAMT website and they lay it all out, requirements, prices, etc. This is the ONLY CMT exam in existence. All you get in a course is a "certificate" for completing the MT course you took, it is NOT the same thing. You need to straighten your friend out, any company will know she is lying (however unintentionally) about being a CMT if she has no job experience.
Of course you would not list your name as you know you are wrong. sm
If you are going to make such a bold statement that you see as truth why didnt you list your name? Of course you listed as anon. I am the MTSO for Proficient Transcription and have been in business for over 10 years. The start up cost associated covers the cost of the foot pedal which, by the way, is $79 alone. I dont think it is too much to ask for a MTSO to have a little bit of insurance when it comes to hiring a newbie. Why would anyone invest the money in the foot pedal for a newbie if this is their first position if the MTSO has no guarantee of their work? I am helping out and doing something not a lot of companies do and that is to give a newbie a chance. If that is perceived as a scam then so be it. My MTs receive work daily and are paid competitively for it. You have no idea what it is like to try and run a transcription business and unless you do then please keep your defaming comments to yourself. This kind of banter is what scares away MTSOs from hiring anyone without experience. I was given a great chance to get into this business without dropping thousands of dollars into schooling and all I was doing was trying to help someone else do the same. This girl was talking about purchasing hundreds of dollars in books and paying the same for schooling and I was offering on the job training but I cant afford to do that at my own expense of all the equipment. I dont understand what is so hard to understand about that.
This is wrong! Do NOT hyphenate
When it's used as a verb, it's follow up - 2 words. When it's used as an adjective or noun, it's followup - 1 word. You really shouldn't hyphenate it at all unless the client prefers it hyphenated when used as an ajective, but absolutely do NOT hyphenate when using as a verb. It's all in the BOS.
wrong school?
I completed the medical transcription program at Penn Foster in January 07. I am not having any luck finding a job now. Has anyone else been to this school, if so did you have luck finding a job??
I think you take my remarks the wrong way.
Sorry to get your panties in a bunch! LOL
You can't go wrong with either one, both are excellent. NM
x
You're wrong
This is VOICE RECOGNITION work so you really should learn to read. (let me know if you don't know what voice recognition means.) I have been in the transcription business for a very long time and absolutely know your type which is why I declined to put our company's name. We are actually offering a fantastic internship which many people are required to do. Personally I absolutely love to help people get into the transcription business and love to train as I know how hard it can be to get your foot in the door. However, I absolutely detest people who have no idea what they are talking about make it seem like everyone is out to do something that is shady or unethical.
Wrong, you CAN get a job with education.
You CAN get a job with just an MT education, if the education prepared you well enough. I know slews of MTs who did this. Certification in MT isn't necessary, either.

You CAN get a job with just coding education, but certifications help. I did it. I know someone who just a few months ago got a really nice inpatient coding job with no experience at all. She completed school, got 2 certifications, and was hired after testing successfully with a hospital.

In fact, I work with about 15 coders who got their jobs straight out of school with no experience.

If you are well-prepared and are able to present yourself appropriately, you CAN get a job straight out of school.
I really think I made the wrong choice
All I keep hearing about is how hard it is to land a job in this profession. No one wants to go to school and then find out there are no jobs available. I have almost given up on finishing my school for fear of there being nothing at the end of the rainbow for me. I was naive in thinking that I could just work from home immediately and have no cares in the world. Oh well, live and learn - right? I guess I better just go back to college and get a degree in something else.
I emailed this person and you are wrong
Out of curiosity, I emailed this person. He is not trying to sell anyone anything. He has his own resume writing business (hence his email address) and he also does transcription. He had a lot of good ideas. I do agreee with you about sending professional letters though. Flyers seem cheap and impersonal. But I really think you should have gotten your facts straight before posting this reply.
You're wrong, there was nuttin' in there about only new MT's...sm
this is a discussion board. The first post, if you remember, was something like an "open letter to newbies." That means it went to all newbies not just one. And I think the questions were **hypothetical**?  I mean, come on, do you think someone is going to sit there and really think about "why would I apply for a job when I don't have the equipment?...hmmmm."  I think the MTSO was just frustrated at having to weed through some poor applicants. Too bad. If people really want to be MT's as badly as they post on this forum, you would think they would put a little more effort into the application?
oops....sorry....wrong board
/
Nothing wrong with preschool. I think what the poster was saying is...
That there is a difference between preschool (two or three hours a day two or three days a week) is not daycare (six to twelve hours a day monday through Friday). There is nothing wrong with preschool. I am also someone who agrees that daycare is a necessity for some parents, it certainly does not have to be for the creative MT!

I also agree with the poster who wrote that people are kidding themselves by using "daycare" and "preschool" interchangeably because one sounds better. My daughter goes to preschool at our church two days a week for two hours. Daycare kids go in the morning and are picked up after six hours or so. There is a huge difference. One is primarily for "social skills" (preschool)and one is a place for the kids to go while Mom and Dad work (daycare).

As a former teacher who did work in daycare in college, I agree with "No Way, No How". I would not put my child in daycare unless I HAD to, and that would never, ever be if I were at home!
Yes, that is correct...sorry if I worded it wrong.
/
Sorry you are wrong --you can have spouse overwithold

If you have joint income the IRS does not care where the tax comes from (either partner), as long as it is paid.  You can take out a loan to pay your taxes or pay by Visa.  They just want their money.    I have done this for 18 years and I do know what I am talking about.  When I was married I always had my husband over withold and so we never paid quarterly taxes.   After you do your schedule C to see what your "NET" income is after deductions you add that onto your husband's should you be married and then you pay your taxes on that plus if you owe for social security taxes.   If he holds enough out to pay for your SS tax, that is also fine.  All they want is for the bottom line of taxes to be paid.   If you don't believe me go to an accountant as I have suggested to get you started.   Also if you have held out too much, they will refund to you even though the money was held from his checks and not yours.   This is no different than if you were both employees working and filing a joint return, you are basically your own employer, hence "independent contractor".    You lump all income into one pot and pay the taxes.  We even had to pay before but the penalty we had to pay was so little it was not worth it to me to do quarterly.   At the end of the year the IRS just wants their fair share or unfair share shall we say.  Again that is why I suggest when starting out you get information from the "experts" as it is money well spent.   Good luck.  Patti


 


You represent all that is wrong in the MT industry
I'm sorry, but it's true.  And MTs wonder why we get no respect these days.....
Andrews link is wrong
The link that you posted for Andrews takes me to a site called Career Step. Are they the same? According to what I looked up they are not. Why is the link going to the wrong site????

Thanks
Researching a wrong link
Being able to research is very important for an MT. It is never too early to begin. Try to find the Andrews website yourself by entering various keywords. On this site you can also do research. A lot of information about the top 3 schools can be found here. If you still have questions after gathering information, then you can approach the schools directly. Also go to the AHDI website where you will find information about schools. After doing all the above, then come back and ask specific questions so that we can give you specific answers. Being an MT is a hard job and constant learning.
But you're not going to be any better off if you have the WRONG equipment. nm
x
Working for them and doing fine. I think you are reading into wrong. nm
xx
Sorry - posted in wrong place - disregard
.
Sorry, posted this on wrong board! Please ignore

I think you have the wrong person or someone else's resume. I have been working for 10 years. I
xx
Sorry, I read the wrong post. I had way too many things on my mind.
but that said, I think the local hospitals would be your best bet. You can get invaluable experience there. Especially with acute care.

Good luck with your job search. WIll keep you and your family in my prayers.