Hi all, I am looking for some advice on extending my areas of expertise and would like to undertake a home study course in either legal or medical transcription. I am looking for some advice on which qualifications are most recognised in these areas. If anyone can recommend any courses that would be fab.

Thank you all
Mary Anne
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Hi Mary Anne,

I was a medical secretary working at the London Chest Hospital for a Professor of Thoracic Medicine for 5 years and then for a Consultant Psychiatrist in Basingstoke for 3 years. I had limited knowledge of medical terminology when I first started in London, but picked it up very easily. A good medical dictionary will give you all you need and a copy of MiMMs will give you all the medications both generic and otherwise.

I then did temp work for a firm of solicitors, knew nothing about their terminology either. But it really isn't hard. They have their own key phrases etc.

I currently work for myself and my client list includes people from the following types of business who all have their own terminology:

Construction, Manufacturing, Steel stockholding, Drilling and piling, Facilities, Human Resources, Entertainment, Training, Chiropractic, Chiropody, Industrial cleaning, Computing, Hospitality, Charities, Catering, Legal, Life Coaching, Mobile disco, PAT testing, Pond management, Archivist, Author, Inventor.

They are all just words like any others and really aren't that hard to master.

As for qualifications, I don't know, but your local college may have a course.

Hope that helps

Best wishes

Maggie

Thanks for the advice Maggie.

Mary Anne

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