There are many misconceptions surrounding the medical transcription profession. In today’s post, we’ll bust some of such myths.

• Myth: There aren’t enough medical transcription opportunities.
  Fact: According to the US Department of Labor, the rate of growth of medical transcription opportunities is more than the average growth rate of all other occupations. The increasing and aging population increases the demand for medical records which in turn increases the work for medical transcriptionists.
• Myth: Anyone can become a medical transcriptionist.
  Fact: It is true that the entry in the medical transcription profession is easy. One does not need a formal qualification or an experience to join the profession. However, not anyone can become a transcriptionist. The profession requires a certain aptitude that only a few posses. A person without the right aptitude cannot handle the profession.
• Myth: The transcriptionist’s job can be done by a secretary or a typist.
  Fact: The medical transcription profession has not been considered as a specialized profession by many. This is far from being true. An individual undergoes rigorous training and extensive practice in order to join the profession. No typist or secretary can provide the in-depth medical knowledge and analytical reasoning that a transcriptionist brings to work.
• Myth: The speech-recognition software will replace the medical transcriptionist.
  Fact: The speech-recognition software has failed to establish itself as a worthy substitute for the medical transcriptionist. Doctors are required to spend a lot of time with the software, training and using it. The results delivered by the software are far from being accurate. A transcriptionist is needed to bring sense to the information transcribed by the software. Thus, the software has come to become the transcriptionist’s friend.

Don’t go by what others say. Ask questions related to the medical transcription profession and find out the truth on your own.