I had been a Microbiologist for 4 years and now want to have a career shift.How good is Medical Transcription?

Answer 1

An individual who performs medical transcription is known as a medical transcriptionist or an MT, or (less frequently), a medical transcriber. A medical transcriptionist is the person responsible for converting the patient's medical records into typewritten format rather than handwritten, the latter more prone to misinterpretation by other healthcare providers. The term transcriber also describes the electronic equipment used in performing medical transcription, e.g., a cassette player with foot controls operated by the MT for report playback and transcription. In the late 1990s, medical transcriptionists were also given the title of Medical Language Specialist or Health Information Management (HIM) paraprofessional.
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here is something related to biology and transcripts;
Biomedical informatics is a discipline related to bioinformatics and has roots in medical informatics or healthcare informatics. It studies the use of information technology and advanced research computing in the practice of biomedical sciences and medicine.The major areas encompassed by it are clinical informatics, dental informatics, nursing informatics, veterinary informatics, pharmacy informatics, medical imaging informatics, public health informatics, proteomics, genomics and drug design

Answer 2

Depending on what type of microbiologist you are (clinical, research, environmental), you might find medical transcription a bit dull. Basically you listen to audio tapes and fill in forms. Eight hours a day, that can be a bit dull if you are used to working in a lab. But, I'm all for trying things out; if you don't like it, you can simply look for something else until you find something that suits you.

Good luck!

Answer 3

I admire your current career. And Not to avoid your question but can you give the optimum temperature for Culturing Bacillus and 2 biochemical test positive for bacillus? Heaps of thanx.

Answer 4

it is as good as the work you are presently doing. except that you will sit more in front of computers instead of microscopes.