Showing posts with label School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label School. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

How Can You Find the Best Online Medical Transcriptionist School?

If you're going to pay for the training you need to become a medical transcriptionist, you probably want the best training you can get. How will you know when you've found the best online medical transcriptionist school?

You just have to know what you're looking for and what makes a great medical transcriptionist school.

It's not just the price, of course. A higher price does not guarantee a better education. Good schools will usually cost more than bad schools, but that's not a guarantee. Schools can set their fees to whatever they think they can get for their training, after all.

AHDI Approval is one good indicator that you've found one of the best online medical transcriptionist schools available. They only approve a relatively small number of schools, and only after they meet strict criteria in terms of training, finances and more.

Cost is a factor in terms of what you can afford. If you're trying to decide between two schools, sometimes it comes down to the one you can better afford to attend. You can't go cheap, but if all else appears equal, you may not need to go with the most expensive either.

Some things you'll find to be true of most programs. You'll often see that online schools allow you to learn medical transcription at your own pace. This is great if you need to work another job while you train or if you have small children or other family members to care for. You can do your training when your other obligations allow. You'll then also be learning how to manage those obligations once you complete your training and find a job.

Quality programs also have teachers available to you by email, chat or phone. Most students don't just learn on their own. It's important to be able to ask for help when you need it. Having a qualified teacher available to you is vital to your long term success.

You also want to know that employers trust the school and will hire their graduates. Otherwise, you're going to have quite a time getting past the standard requirement of two to three years experience in medical transcription that you see in most job ads. Finding a job with training but no on the job experience is a bear no matter what industry you're talking about. If the training you've gone through is sufficiently trusted by employers, you've just minimized the experience issue.

Schools often but not always have job placement assistance. It may be as simple as job boards available to new graduates. You want your school to give you some sort of resources for landing that first job. You can't always rely on the big employers having a need for new employers. You need to know how to find other employers so that you can apply for as many positions as it takes until you find a job.


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Friday, February 11, 2011

Online High School Classes - Different Types of Concepts

Freedom from classroom boredom, Monday blues and drab uniforms as education now comes with a choice. Brick- n- mortar classrooms are a pass now and virtual classrooms a welcome reality! Today's generation X can now choose to study, appear exams and even graduate at one's own pace and independence, thanks to the internet and multimedia that makes such academic liberty possible. Though distance education and online professional courses has been in vogue for quite sometime now, the concept of Online High School Class is fast catching up among youths who desire flexibility of time and schedule as opposed to the stifling routine of regular schools.

High school generally refers to secondary education staring from standard 7th to 12th. Such virtual/Cyber schools conduct classes through internet technology and students interact with fellow colleagues or collaborate with teachers via phone or web communication tools. Online classes can be extremely useful for students who might be incapacitated due to illness, age, part time jobs, travel, etc. Overseas or rural students or home schooled slow or exceptionally gifted learners will enjoy the freedom of learning at self pace without having to adjust to temperamental teachers or troublesome peers. Tailor made specialized courses that suit the demands of the students and cater to their career requirements are yet another benefits of such virtual syllabus. However self motivation and comprehension skills are some of the essential criteria for such courses as the pupil has to read and understand the text alone from online manuals without outside help as discussion with friends, extra classes or tutorials that aid learning a lot under the traditional schooling system. Thus it is academically more challenging as not many can manage pursuing studies alone without the constant physical cajoling of teachers or competitiveness among fellow friends. Though the fun element of friends and social interaction might be missing here but surely that compensates for the sheer luxury of carrying on studies curled up on your favorite bed in your night suit!

Generally two options are open for choosing an online program: private or public online schools. Private online schools function much like traditional private schools with their own teaching philosophy and methodology, while public schools must adhere to national and state regulations. However students and their guardians must make sure through thorough investigation that their selected online high school is genuinely accredited under some recognized national or regional university before enrolling. A time tested curriculum, qualified teachers, a healthy student -teacher ratio, a good track record of students passing out should be the basic criterion for selecting a virtual school. One can check with academic advisers regarding the value of the online secondary degree and the acceptability of the schools' transcript in colleges, universities and most importantly the professional world. Yet another choice are the Charter schools which are publicly funded but enjoy more freedom from government control than regular public schools.

States as Minnesota and California have legal provisions that permit students to enroll in charter programs, expenses of which are borne by the government. Schools Blue Sky in Minnesota and Choice2000 in California offer a free online school diploma and completely accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. Some schools even provide free of cost manuals and computer equipment for students. Yet another acclaimed name is EPGY Online High School which is a fully accredited, diploma granting independent school situated at Stanford University. A flip through into the directory of online high school class will open a vista of options available for eager students.

Even foreign students aspiring higher studies in the US will immensely benefit from these online classes as they hone their writing skills and guide them in writing an effective Statement of Purpose (SOP) that is often a gateway for admission in almost any American college. An online High school course might pave smooth transition to college without any need of a bridge course that often foreign students in the US are required to undergo as the students are already acclimatized with the US style of studies and thus considered at par with their American counterparts. It seems online classes are here to stay and all set to redefine the future of the global academic structure.


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