Medical Transcription And Toddlers

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This is sad, but true.

Many young mothers out there think that Medical Transcription will be the perfect way for them to spend time at home with their very young children and still earn a decent living, or at least substantially contribute to the household income.

Unfortunately, these are usually the people who are targeted by the ones selling the transcription courses pushed at "free" informational seminars.

Having little ones at home while you are trying to work usually does not work for as many reasons are there are individuals, but here are just a couple:

First, you are very unlikely to be able to start out working from home as a transcriptionist during reasonable hours. Second, Transcription is a field where you are paid entirely on the quantity and quality of the work you turn out.

You must have large segments of time where you are entirely uninterrupted to concentrate on your work. For those of you who have children, not necessarily just young ones, when was the last time you were able to go to the bathroom without a child coming to look for you or a disaster happening?

Lastly, children require time and attention. Balancing the needs of your business or career and the needs of your small (or not so small) children is a difficult task at best. Working at home does not make this task any easier. Many people think they can work the graveyard shift while their children are sleeping and then be available when their kids are awake. The only problem with that is, when does Mom sleep?

You must set yourself a schedule and stick with it. If this means sending the kids to daycare, you might want to consider it, at least for a few hours so you can work uninterrupted.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook notes: "Self-employed medical transcriptionists are more likely to work irregular hours including part time, evenings, weekends, or on call at any time."

If you want to get the real story about what it’s really like to be a professional medical transcriptionist, then you should pick up a copy of Inside Medical transcription by Pam Lyon. You can get your copy here.