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<a href="http://www.thearticlesense.com/article/-Medical-Transcription-Rewards-and-Challenges/" target="_blank">Get Paid to Submit Article like " Medical Transcription Rewards and Challenges"</a><br /><br />The field of medical transcription is very attractive to most people because it does allow the opportunity to work from home and make a decent to good income. However, most individuals getting into this field do not know the challenges they will face once they decide to pursue medical transcription. <br /> <br /> Medical transcription work is not easy because doctors are usually rushed and treating patients is their priority. Dealing with paperwork and dictating are necessary tasks they must complete, and sometimes how they do it leaves a lot to be desired. It can be difficult to understand what a doctor has said and what he has written.<br /> <br /> Consequently, medical transcriptionists must be vigilant and alert when transcribing. An injury to the left upper extremity can suddenly be dictated or written as the right upper extremity and then once again changed back to the left. Thus, medical transcriptionists act in the capacity of a quality control person and must catch such errors.<br /> <br /> Medical transcriptionists are also medical language specialists. There are many medical words that sound similar. Abduction versus adduction; a fusion versus effusion; and oral versus aural are good examples of such similar sounding medical terms. A good medical transcriptionist knows what words to use and more importantly, what word or words should have been used by the doctor in the dictation. <br /> <br /> Medical transcriptionists must also be very competent in English usage and grammar. Dictating on the fly, as doctors do, is not easy; and it is the medical transcriptionist’s responsibility to make sure the meaning is conveyed in a concise and grammatically correct format. It takes time, usually years, to fully develop this technical skill. <br /> <br /> Medical transcriptionists must have bulldogged determination to find out what the doctor is saying if it cannot be understood. Developing a network of like-minded people in the same field helps in this regard. There are times when it might take a few minutes just to decipher one or two words on a tape or what has been written in a medical record. This is done by medical transcriptionists because we are there not only to perform an important job but to perform it correctly and properly.<br /> <br /> Medical transcriptionists must have the temperament to deal with pressure and people who do not fully understand or appreciate the challenges of what we do. Grace under fire is something that is developed over time as well.<br /> <br /> With all that said, medical transcription is a wonderful field that this author loves. People who have a passion for the spoken and written word--who collect words and phrases like some people collect stamps—are drawn to this field. We have an innate sense of wanting to excel in our profession and to help patients at the same time by creating accurate, concise, medical reports. Dedicated medical transcriptionists not only make doctors look good but make the entire process of transcribing medical reports look deceptively easy. <br /> <br>Mary Ruff-King, is a 14-year veteran medical transcriptionist. Read more tips and articles at her website, <a href="http://www.medicaltranscriptionmasterycenter.com">Medical Transcription Mastery Center</a> and find resources and read her personal thoughts about the medical transcription field at her blog <a href="http://www.mtmasterycenter.com">MT Mastery Center</a>