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Where a medical transcriptionist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a medical transcriptionist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Medical transcriptionists interpret dictated information from the doctor or other healthcare professionals and convert it into documents. They create, format and edit medical records for patients based on the provided data and take care to apply punctuation and grammar rules.

Also known as medical transcriber, clinical transcriber, clinical transcriptionist, medical transcription suite typist, medical secretary-audio typist, clinical transcription suite typist, clinical transcription typist, medical transcriptionist and proof reader.

Technicians and associate professionals 35 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: medical records clerk, 59%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
medical records clerk 59% covered clinical coder 56% covered front line medical receptioni… 41% covered medical records manager 41% covered chiropractic assistant 37% covered medical transcriptionist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from medical transcriptionist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a medical transcriptionist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A medical transcriptionist needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • edit dictated medical texts communication, collaboration and creativity
  • transcribe medical data information skills
  • use electronic health records management system working with computers
  • archive healthcare users' records information skills
  • database information and communication technologies (icts)
  • health records management business, administration and law
  • manage digital archives information skills
  • maintain healthcare user data confidentiality assisting and caring
  • medical terminology health and welfare
  • use word processing software working with computers
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a medical transcriptionist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Medical transcriptionist is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a medical transcriptionist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.