<== Site Review (2005-10-25) ==>

Career Step

The medical industry creates a tremendous amount of information. This information is used by doctors to diagnose illnesses and by insurance carriers to calculate premiums and process claims. This is vital information that has both serious human and financial implications. There is an entire field that deals specifically with gathering and reporting medical information. That field requires large numbers of workers.

Medical Transcription is a higher end data entry position. Considering that this is an information rich field with many positions available, I thought I would give the Career Step of Springville a quick site of the day mention.

The coolest part of the page for casual web surfer is the free online typing test. I took the test and scored a 62. It did not tell me how many spelling mistakes I made. I wish the site told me if my score was good or bad. These site of day reviews are teaching me to type fast without thinking.

As for the company's product. Career Step offers medical transcription training materials. It includes text and online courses. Apparently the online product gives you one year access to secured website that includes a series of courses. The course use WAV sound files to help you learn to pronounce different medical terms.

Overall, this looks like an interesting way to deliver training materials. The medical transcription industry requires a large number of trained people. It is popular areas like this that drive the development of online CBTs.

Disclaimer: As with all of the reviews on this site, they are intended to point out interesting things on the web. I have no connections with this organization. You need to do you own research. Medical Transcription is a popular work at home industry. Unfortunately, there are many less than reputable players with work at home scams.