{"id":9649,"date":"2016-10-25T17:49:05","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T15:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/okomeds.com\/?p=9649"},"modified":"2019-01-10T08:43:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T07:43:52","slug":"a-medical-transcriptionists-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/okomeds.com\/es\/a-medical-transcriptionists-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"A medical transcriptionist&#8217;s skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can work as a <a href=\"http:\/\/okomeds.com\/transcriptions\/\"><strong>medical transcriptionist<\/strong><\/a>, a job consisting in transcribing all the information contained in handwritten documents. This linguistics job has different uses; for example, have you ever thought about transcribing a doctor&#8217;s handwriting? And what about transcribing the notes taken in a medical seminar or lecture? But not only written texts may require a transcription, videos and audios (as medical tutorial videos or interviews) are also subject to be transcribed.<\/p>\n\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Which skills should a medical transcriptionist have?&url=&via=okomeds\" class=\"retweet-okodia\" >Which skills should a medical transcriptionist have? <div class=\"retwitear-ok\" style=\"text-align: right;   font-size: 10px; padding-right: 43px;\">Tweet!<\/div><\/a>\r\n        <script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script>\n<p>The data contained can be very useful for the health community. Besides, for working as a medical transcriptionist there are some skills that will be highly required for improving the quality. Here is a list of skills needed for a medical transcriptionist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Attention to detail.<\/strong> A medical transcriptionist has to pay careful attention for avoiding mistakes. Everything &#8211; letters, words, punctuation marks&#8230; &#8211; must be transcribed correctly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Typing skills. <\/strong>You must be above average typing skills for writing with a right spelling in a short period of time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exceptional research skills.<\/strong> Research skills are a must. The medical transcriptionist will depend on having the right reference books. But he\/she will also depend on being able to find hospitals or contacting medical specialists if there is a mistake or if it becomes impossible to understand the correct word, abbreviation or sentence. Accuracy is necessary, so research skills are linked to it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Symbiosis for other linguistic tasks.<\/strong> As a medical transcriptionist you have to write while listening or while reading.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Good hearing.<\/strong> When working with an audio, a medical transcriptionist should pay careful attention to any sound. Being used to work with difficult hearing scenarios is a plus. Additionally, being native is highly recommended, but also being familiarised with different accents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Good memory.<\/strong> It is almost a need for accuracy and working both faster and better.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Specialisation area.<\/strong> It is not required, but it gives extra points. A medical transcriptionist working in a specific health area will report a higher knowledge of such field. It could help getting a more detailed whole idea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can work as a medical transcriptionist, a job consisting in transcribing all the information contained in handwritten documents. This linguistics job has different uses; for example, have you ever thought about transcribing a doctor&#8217;s handwriting? 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