Visit the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity's Web site, https://www.ahdionline.org, for information on a career as a medical transcriptionist. This is a good way to learn more about the field and decide if it sounds interesting to you. Check out medical dictionaries and the Physicians' Desk Reference to familiarize yourself with terminology. The Internet is a great resource for would-be medical transcriptionists. Find a forum, bulletin board, or mailing list and talk to professionals in the field, perhaps conducting an informational interview.
Put yourself in a medical setting as soon as you can. Ask if your doctor can use your help in any way or apply for a volunteer position at a local hospital. Ask to be assigned to the hospital's medical records department, which won't give you the opportunity to transcribe, but will give you some experience dealing with medical records.
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