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#99823 - 06/09/08 01:27 PM
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doxiemom
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Hi,
I was wondering if any of you graduated from the program offered by At-Home Professions, or any other home based program. I started back in March, and I am about to start the last section. I have a degree in x-ray and am hoping to do both part time. We'll see what happens. Did any of you that did a home based program have a problem finding a job? Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you.
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#99838 - 06/09/08 03:30 PM
Re: at-home professions
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tropsicleAfter
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Registered: 10/30/06
Posts: 2725
Loc: Vicksburg, MS
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doxie, you should research AHP here on this board (and elsewhere, of course) for wealth of information about their program, and more importantly, your chances of finding a paying job after grauating.
To use our search function, be sure to choose the 'blank' choice in both Newer Than and Older Than fields.
Unfortunately, the information you will find is that your chances of finding a paying job are slim. You may find 'opportunities' to do externships for further training, but realize that you will be working for free without objective benchmarks as to when you may move into a paying position. Likewise, you may find an 'opportunity' to work for much less than normal, acceptable, liveable production compensation rates, again with no objective benchmarks for moving to a real paying job.
Research is a critical skill in MT and it is too bad that you didn't do better research before you gave them your money.
Sad, but true...
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#99846 - 06/09/08 05:29 PM
Re: at-home professions
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pebbs310
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Registered: 04/09/08
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I graduated from At-Home Professions back in March and I am still job hunting to this day. I can tell you I am not recieving much help from them right now.
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#99847 - 06/09/08 05:32 PM
Re: at-home professions
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moaab
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Registered: 02/02/08
Posts: 480
Loc: Chicagoland
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I looked at At Home Professions, but I didn't think four months seemed like enough time to learn MT. As I was researching I was fortunate to find this board and enrolled at Andrews instead. I am SO glad that I did.
Best wishes to you. Please let us know how you do.
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#99870 - 06/09/08 10:05 PM
Re: at-home professions
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Bellatrix
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Registered: 02/26/06
Posts: 256
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I have had experience with two people who graduated from AHP. Both of them were/are very nice people.
The first was was hired when I was working in-house for a group of doctors starting up a practice in pain management. As the business grew I was not able to keep up with 3 doctors (neurosurgeon x2 and neurologist), 2 PAs, 2 physical therapists and 2 nurse practitioners all working/dictating full time. The office manager hired somebody to "help" me as I fell behind (and I have close to 30 years experience). This person was from AHP. She was really nice and I tried to help her, but really what happened is she made many, many mistakes, so that I had to relisten to every tape she did. I tried my best to help her get better. Actually about 1-2 times a week I sat with her in the conference room and went over things from the BOS and anatomy, etc. It just did not work out. As I did my work and basically listened to all of her work, marked for corrections and sent it back to her, we proceeded to fall further behind. The atmosphere grew nasty around the office because of what was happening (all you have to do is listen and type from the OM). She quit and so did I.
Now, one of my other accounts hired a person to do one day a week so that when I go on vacation she can do all the work. Another person from AHP. Again, very nice. However, I had to tell her which books she needed for reference for plastic/hand surgery, had to tell her how to submit a bill, how to count lines, how to format operative reports, and I sent her many samples etc. Still, she has had a very difficult time with one doctor one day a week. I am an IC for this office. Soon there will be two doctors so....
Also I found out when I met her one day that she is also working for an Indian transcription company for 0.05 a line and they totally give her the run around. I sort of admire her for her persistence and she is getting better, mainly because the people at the office are seriously very nice and like her. They buffer between her and the doctor who is not very fond of her at all.
So, my opinion is that although the two people I have dealt with from AHP were and are very nice people, they receive little to no training that will help them succeed in the big outside world. I really feel that had I been the second woman I would have given up, but she is persistent and quite intelligent. The first one (from the pain clinic) has quit transcription and gone on to Amyway or something.
Just my little stories. I would go to Linda Andrews in a nanosecond if I was starting out and have recommended her several times to wannabees.
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#99927 - 06/10/08 01:55 PM
Re: at-home professions
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FarAwayDeb
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It's sad, and frustrating. So many people never find these message boards etc. until AFTER they have signed up with a crappy school. But they always manage to find us afterwards, when they are unable to find a job and don't know what to do. And other than to keep trying (you MIGHT get lucky) there's not much anybody can do except come up with the money for a decent course. You want a dedicated MT course, one that teaches you what you need to know, and one that employers are familiar with because they have good training, not some correspondence school that also teaches flowering arranging and TV repair. 
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#99935 - 06/10/08 02:44 PM
Re: at-home professions
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MicheleA
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Registered: 02/18/05
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It's sad, and frustrating. So many people never find these message boards etc. until AFTER they have signed up with a crappy school.
Yeah; why is that?
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#99938 - 06/10/08 03:05 PM
Re: at-home professions
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kimmie
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Registered: 08/18/07
Posts: 226
Loc: Indiana
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I'll tell you why, at least in my case. I did research MT online, and I found the former AAMT site. But I didn't find out that there were only 2 recongnized, quality schools that were head and shoulders above the rest. I actually tried to call AAMT, but they were at the annual convention and not able to take any calls. I had never been to, nor did I trust, any kind of chat room, and I certainly would have never considered a chat room to be a good or reliable source of information. Furthermore, it never even occurred to me that an MT chat board would exist.
Obviously I know differently now, but that is, in a nutshell, why I didn't go to one of the top schools. Not because they were more expensive; in my case, they weren't. If I had had then the research skills that I have now, after working as an MT, I'm sure that I would have taken a different path!! I don't think anyone who is looking into MT realizes the amount of research that goes into the job, so to say that they should have known better and done their research, because that's what it takes to be a good MT, is redudant. Now, once they know the scoop, and they STILL don't take the advice of the wonderful people here...they're on their own!
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#99939 - 06/10/08 03:12 PM
Re: at-home professions
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14tonks
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I had never been to, nor did I trust, any kind of chat room, and I certainly would have never considered a chat room to be a good or reliable source of information. Furthermore, it never even occurred to me that an MT chat board would exist.
This is undoubtedly true for a lot of other people as well. I think what gets us so frustrated here is the number of people who are apparently unable find this board when they are trying to decide about schooling, but who do find it with no problem when they are finishing school and thinking about finding a job and/or have been unable to find one for months. At that point, all the best advice about schooling is always going to be a day late and a dollar short. It just makes us all want to bang our heads into the wall.
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#99943 - 06/10/08 03:22 PM
Re: at-home professions
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kimmie
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Registered: 08/18/07
Posts: 226
Loc: Indiana
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I'm right there with you, Tonks! I can't tell you how many times I have kicked myself for not looking just a little harder until I found out about the school situation! Then I struggled with the idea of going back to school versus just plugging along and gaining experience. At least I was able to find a job; albeit a low-paying one. I quit that one and now have a better job, but I have only been there for a few weeks so far; too soon to tell how lucrative it will be. At this point, I am still not at two years' experience, so I guess I'll keep on truckin', and see what comes my way.
Oops! I forgot to mention that I did NOT take the At-Home Professions course; I took the Gatlin course through IUPUI. Didn't want to mislead anybody.
Edited by kimmie (06/10/08 03:26 PM)
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#99975 - 06/10/08 06:36 PM
Re: at-home professions
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doxiemom
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Registered: 06/09/08
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Thanks for the responses everyone. I am a registered x-ray technologist and that helped a lot with the terminology and I'm a good typist. I've done really well in the course, but guessing from your responses, I will have to just see what happens. I have figured out from the quizzes that there is alot of research that goes with MT. Which reference books do you guys use? I've used some of my x-ray texbooks, Stedman's Dictionary that came with the packet and the Quick-Look Drug Book. I will let you know what ends up happending once I finish the course.
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#100032 - 06/11/08 11:46 AM
Re: at-home professions
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NiteNinja00
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Oops! I forgot to mention that I did NOT take the At-Home Professions course; I took the Gatlin course through IUPUI. Didn't want to mislead anybody.
I didn't know that IUPUI had this course available. I am a prelaw student at IUPUI currently. The Gatlin course is used through a lot of major colleges and universities around the country, and it is very popular and VERY expensive, since you have to pay for the major university affiliation. I wonder if these schools know that their graduates can't get work or if they leave it to the Gatlin folks to oversee all of that and are just happy to tack their name onto another certificate program.
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#100033 - 06/11/08 11:48 AM
Re: at-home professions
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NiteNinja00
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Loc: Indianapolis
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Thanks for the responses everyone. I am a registered x-ray technologist and that helped a lot with the terminology and I'm a good typist. I've done really well in the course, but guessing from your responses, I will have to just see what happens. I have figured out from the quizzes that there is alot of research that goes with MT. Which reference books do you guys use? I've used some of my x-ray texbooks, Stedman's Dictionary that came with the packet and the Quick-Look Drug Book. I will let you know what ends up happending once I finish the course.
Most of us know what will end up happening when you finish the course. You will be here asking which companies will give you a chance and waive the 2-year experience requirement, although you, at this point in time at least, do not have the language skills necessary to be an MT. It isn't all medical terminology and typing. We will tell you to start over at Andrews or MTEC.
*Sylvia Browne*
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#100060 - 06/11/08 05:38 PM
Re: at-home professions
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tori1982
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Registered: 06/11/08
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Q. What do you call a doctor that graduates last in his class?
A. A doctor.
Hello, I am new to this site. I am currently a student at at-home professions. I take my studies and future employment very seriously. I am sorry for those who have had poor luck with students associated with AHP. However I feel it is unfair and unnecessary to categorize all students in this same demeaning manner. I do not plan on being unprepared or unprofessional in my work performance. It seems the students you have worked with had sloppy proof-reading skills and did not take their work/job seriously. Unfortunately for others, such as myself, have to work twice as hard to clear the name for these people. It is not AHP's fault in regards of poor education. The fault lies upon the student who did not implement their extensive training into the workforce.
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#100061 - 06/11/08 05:39 PM
Re: at-home professions
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tori1982
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#100062 - 06/11/08 05:46 PM
Re: at-home professions
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tori1982
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[quote=tori1982]Q. What do you call a doctor that graduates last in his class?
A. A doctor.
Hello, I am new to this site. I am currently a student at at-home professions. I take my studies and future employment very seriously. I am sorry for those who have had poor luck with students associated with AHP. However I feel it is unfair and unnecessary to categorize all students in this same demeaning manner. I do not plan on being unprepared or unprofessional in my work performance. It seems the students you have worked with had sloppy proof-reading skills and did not take their work/job seriously. Unfortunately for others, such as myself, have to work twice as hard to clear the name for these people. It is not AHP's fault in regards of poor education. The fault lies upon the student who did not implement their extensive training into the workforce.
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#100063 - 06/11/08 05:50 PM
Re: at-home professions
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tropsicleAfter
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Registered: 10/30/06
Posts: 2725
Loc: Vicksburg, MS
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tori, your plan hinges on one critical step that you probably will not be able to accomplish, that of actually getting a paid job. The criticisms you refer to are not of AHP students, but of AHP graduates. I would bet that each one of them would have claimed just as much drive and determination as you.
Hey, I hear you, and admire your drive. However, you cannot possibly know what your post-graduation experience will be like, and since you cannot yet know how difficult it will be for you as an AHP graduate, you cannot claim success just yet.
Your lead-in about the last graduate of medical school still being a doctor, while true, ignores the fact that that doctor most likely will never be given the opportunities that higher-ranking graduates of that same class would be. Likewise, MTSOs that know AHP may never even let you test. Those that will let you test most likely will not hire you, or will offer your some externship at some pitiful pay rate. There are many of us here with experience with AHP graduates. You have only your own experience as a student to go on.
If you are so confident in the education you are getting, ask around at AHP for a listing of employers that will gladly hire you out of the gate.
Let us know how that goes.
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#100065 - 06/11/08 05:51 PM
Re: at-home professions
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lls
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I took the At-Home Professions course 6 years ago and was able to find a job within a couple of months with two companies. I don't work for a national company nor do I desire to do so. I'm still with the company I started with making good money and am now their top transcriptionist, so don't give up too quickly.
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#109194 - 08/26/08 03:40 PM
Re: at-home professions
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MTchris08
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Registered: 01/25/08
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I agree with Tori. I believe it is mostly the carelessness of the person. I graduated from AHP and though it was not the BEST school of choice, I felt more than prepared when I graduated with a 100% average. I applied myself in every chapter/test. I at first had a hard time finding a job because of the school I went to, but found a job about 1-1/2 months later. I have had 3 jobs since (each one bettering myself) and I have had no problems whatsoever. I had my employers constantly telling me that I learned quickly and was off of my training period within the first week of working. I have never had a QA score lower than 99.8% and I am very proud of that. While tropsicle you are right, once you graduate you are "nothing" to them and they provide no help whatsoever...HOWEVER, I am very confident and professional and take my career seriously. I have been an MT now for almost 4 years and if I had to do it all over again, I really don't think I would change a thing.
Edited by MTchris08 (08/26/08 03:40 PM)
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#109299 - 08/27/08 01:46 PM
Re: at-home professions
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Snowdog
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Registered: 06/27/08
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Tori, I have to disagree with you. I obtained my certificate in medical transcription from a community college and graduated with a 4.0 GPA. The course was difficult, but it did not prepare me enough in transcribing reports. We had to transcribe less than 100 reports; this is not enough to survive in the "real MT world."
A month ago I signed up at M-TEC, and I already can see a difference. Medical transcription is very difficult to learn, and you need a good school to prepare you for the job.
Snow
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