I thought it was an easy job
By aubrey
@averygirl72 (38848)
Philippines
January 25, 2017 6:26pm CST
In 2009 I work as a medical transcriptionist. I thought the job is easy because you are just going to listen and type. There are also many medical terms that you need to spell correctly. It looks easy because your just sitting in the chair for long hours. I find out the job is not simple.It was hard at first and became easy after a long while. You have to have good comprehension skills and good in details. It's not easy to sit for long hours. It's very painful at the back.
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@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
We thought at first they are easy but the truth is they are not what they seem to be
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@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
@JudyEv Yes that's true but you will get familiar with it if you hear it often
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@JudyEv (382483)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jan 17
@averygirl72 Understanding the terminology would be quite difficult for starters.
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@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
26 Jan 17
Transcription always sounds easy until you have to deal with accents and mumblers and all sorts of things. It is easier as you go along, I miss doing transcription. The most I can do anymore is captioning my own youtube videos haha
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@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
Yeah those accent and mumblers and some tough audios make the work harder. Yeah captioning videos in youtube is fun. You have your own youtube channel?
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
@DesirousDreamer What's your youtube about do you have links. I want to know your youtube channel
@DesirousDreamer (34776)
• Peoria, Arizona
26 Jan 17
@averygirl72 They were kind of the reason why I got fired from my transcription job haha and yes I do!
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
It's hard at first to encounter all those medical terms but you will get familiar with them eventually
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@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
I trained for 2 months before I actually start working
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
While my son-in-law did not find employment yet as a nurse, he also tried his hand at medical transcription but only part-time. He later stopped when he became a regular nurse at the provincial hospital. Now he's abroad with my daughter who works as an ER nurse while he's employed as a medical coder in another hospital.
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@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
Yes most of the people in medical transcription company I worked are nurses. That's nice to know they are now working abroad.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
26 Jan 17
Sedentary work tends to be hard on the body and mind...and especially doctors' or medical work. And you have to be so careful and precise, because a misspell word could mean something else. And people's health is at risk. Hope you love what you do.
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@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
I did learn to love my work even if it has some hard part like sitting for many hours
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
27 Jan 17
I think most jobs are not easy for the first time. You have to know the way they are being done first. Over time , you will already memorize the process and it will already be as easy as ABC . 
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
Oh, HELL NO! There's just no way that job would be easy. I tried once and It took a day and still didn't get it right.
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
Where did you try it at home? Sometimes it's difficult sometimes it's easy depending on the speaker
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
26 Jan 17
My mother worked as a medical transcriptionist for many years. Some of the doctors at the practice where she worked would request her to transcribe their notes because she did the best job. She retired about 15 years ago but when I visit my doctor at that practice he always asks how she is.
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
That's nice to know. It's actually fun to transcribe medical records but you need to sit for too long. Great she enjoyed her job for many years
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
26 Jan 17
Do they require medical background or experience to be a medical transcriptionist?
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
No, I have no medical background but they accept me. They test my english and if I know how to use a computer. They accept college undergrads too
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@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
No job is easy especially during start but after a long while, you familiarize and it becomes easy
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@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
It's very hard in the start but as time went by it can be easy, that's true
@libster (167)
• Richland, Washington
26 Jan 17
It's also hard on the hands too, isn't it? My aunt did it for years, and had to wear wrist braces because of carpal tunnel.
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
For some people they develop carpal tunnel syndrome but I don't encounter that problem only the back ache
@averygirl72 (38848)
• Philippines
26 Jan 17
Yeah right very tricky. It seems easy but in actual they are really tough
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