All kinds of situations exist. It's rare, of course, but multi-million dollar medical transcription services have been started by one medical transcriptionist with a dream. We have students who have moved overseas and are now continuing to work as medical transcriptionists. Although surveys have been done by various organizations, we like to use our graduates as our source to find out how much transcriptionists are really making. Call the medical transcription services and hospital transcription departments in your area to find out what the going rate is where you live.
Certification is a worthy goal.
Although it is not necessary to be a CMT in order to work as a medical transcriptionist, you may wish to pursue certification after you have completed your training. Schools are able to issue a certificate of achievement upon completion of your course. This can be framed and hung on the wall. We do offer such a certificate. Our course is comprehensive and includes beginning, intermediate and advanced medical transcription skills.