Continuing Education With Medical Transcription:
The medical transcription (MT) industry is always changing. It wasn't so many years ago that transcriptionists had to pick up and drop off their work at the doctor’s office or the hospitals. Then they started being able to dial into phone systems to listen to a dictation, and send in their medical reports by fax or by the internet. Now pretty much all of the work is done over the internet.
If you are wondering if there is any room to grow as a medical transcriptionist or continuing education as a medical transcriptionist, there certainly is. You can always consider working as a medical transcription editor or (VR) voice recognition editor.
A medical transcription editor specializes in correcting and editing medical reports that have been dictated by doctors or other transcriptionists by straight typing (by hand).
A (VR) voice recognition editor specializes in correcting and editing medical reports that have been dictated by doctors or other transcriptionists using voice recognition software.
A medical transcription editor or (VR) voice recognition editor is an experienced medical proofreader with good referencing and researching skills and is a highly skilled medical transcriptionist with proven skills in all work types, specialties, accents, and dialects.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics report–encompassing both medical transcription and medical transcription editor professionals–states that the middle 50% of professionals in the field earn between $31,040 and $38,680 a year.
![]() |




