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Medical transcription as an industry in India has shown very encouraging growth - providing employment for millions of Indian youth, as well as business opportunities. India has a large English-speaking populace who can deliver the kind of quality service that this business requires. Over the past 6-7 years, this industry is slated to retain the acceleration that it has initially shown.
For the American client, quality is paramount in their transcribed reports. Though they get their work done more economically in India, they are always wary of the quality of reports being sent. Indians, despite having the potential to develop as excellent
transcriptionists, lag behind because the training standards are lacking. Most of the training institutes train their people with photocopied versions of American books, which again are not suitable, since they are written with American readers in mind.
An average MT needs a wide range of books in order to learn medical transcription thoroughly. We have tried to include all the aspects of medical transcription in one book, which will be available to the Indian MT aspirants at a much more economical rate than the American ones. The book has been written in very simple language and covers minute details of the required medical knowledge and transcription guidelines.
The book has been divided into 15 chapters with 3 chapters devoted to information about medical transcription, guidelines, and essentials of the English language. The other 12 chapters address the basic knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, pathology, diagnostic and clinical procedures, pharmacology, and its related vocabulary, followed by extensive exercises and a drug list. |
A medical
transcriptionist would need...
A core text book (Rs. 2679)
A Terminology Exercise Book (Rs.
2340)
A Medical Dictionary (Rs.
2347)
A Book of Style (Rs.
2255)
An American Grammar Book (Rs.
1200) |
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The introduction outlines the medical transcription industry, its inception and growth, future prospects, the qualities needed to become a good medical transcriptionist, as well as provides tips to excel as an MT.
The chapters devoted to different body systems deal with the nitty-gritties of each system explaining the basics of the structure, function, diseases associated with it, clinical and diagnostic procedures, laboratory procedures and drugs along with their classification and usage. This is followed by practice exercises, along with the keys. These chapters also contain the list of drugs, which are generally used in transcription, related to those body systems.
One complete chapter is devoted to English Grammar -the way Americans practice it. There are differences between British and American English Grammar, and American clients are very particular about this. Keeping this in mind, the book explains the differences between the two versions along with other basics. However, this cannot replace a comprehensive grammar book.
The last chapter is devoted to the transcription guidelines. We have tried to make it comprehensive and exact. The transcription guidelines explained are in keeping with the guidelines set by the American Association for Medical Transcription.
We hope this book will provide insightful material for Indian MT aspirants who are trying to carve out a career in medical transcription. This book will replace the four books or pirated versions which MT's have had to resort to. This also includes tips and observations that we have gathered working as medical transcriptionists.
They say, "the wearer knows where the shoe pinches." We who have been through the training and then graduated to production know how we coped with the difficulties we faced. We have tried our best to put the essence of our experience into our book so that other Indian MTs do not face the same problems and that they achieve their dream of becoming proficient and successful MTs.
Alok Jha
Priyanka Arora |
. Did we tell you the book has been written by authors who have been practicing medical transcriptionists for many years having the first hand knowledge of the industry both in USA and India?
. Did we tell you the book has been written while keeping ESL (English as a Secondary Language) people in mind, especially concentrating on South-East Asian nations?
. Did we tell you that the authors will personally respond to your medical
transcription related queries through e-mails?
. Want to know more about the book?
Please contact [email protected] with your query.
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