Home Based Courses

Below are three highly recommended home based online medical schools. All schools provide actual instructors, as well as assistance to graduates find employment. All are AHDI/AHIMA approved.

A few common basic requirements when considering one of these schools/courses is good command of the English language, as well as good typing skills. It also helps to be proficient in word processing programs such as Word. To sharpen your keyboarding skills, consider Ainsworth Keyboard Trainer. To try it out free, please visit http://www.qwerty.com to download an evaluation copy. Each school has their own set of requirements, pre-enrollment assessment tests, etc. and will guide you as needed.

Career Step is one of the top online medical schools, offering a variety of health and administrative courses. Career Step was founded in 1992 in Provo, Utah as a medical transcription training school. It now includes programs such as Medical Billing and Coding, Pharmacy Technician, Medical Administrative Assistant, and Administrative Assistant.

MTEC is a highly reputable online medical school, and the first to be AHDI approved. MTEC has several experienced instructors to guide you as a student, and a highly successful post-graduation job placement rate. MTEC offers a medical transcription program which includes NexGen Speech Recognition Editing.

Andrews School is another well known reputable online medical school, which is owned by Linda Andrews. Andrews offers medical transcription and medical coding courses. As a 'techie', the first thing I noticed when visiting this website was the no frills, fast loading pages.

You may also consider trying our free Medical Transcription Introductory Course to see if the medical transcription field is right for you.