Ray asked me to post this commentary for him. He was a remarkable student. Hurray for Ray!!

Report Type: Satisfaction Summary.

STUDENT'S NAME: Ray McAllister.

FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Hyperhedonia. (much pleasure)

CHIEF COMPLAINT: None.

HISTORY:
I am totally blind, and 33 years old. Last year, I was struggling to figure out how I might suppport my wife and me while I finish my Ph.D. I can't just go to the local fast-food restaurant and flip burgers. I talked with a supervisor of medical transcriptionists at an area hospital, and he recommended Meditec. And so I called them, and, immediately began downloading spelling word files so I could start learning how to be a medical transcriptionist.

COMPLICATIONS:
None. Meditec was very accommodating for my disability. They even made sure I received MS-Word files with answer keys to transcription assignments where the keys were only available in print. I could use my screen reader on my computer to read the MS-Word documents. They arranged the final exam so I could take it easily with my screen reader. They were even willing to proof-read a couple early practice reports to make sure I wasn't missing anything in the visual department.

LABORATORY DATA:
Meditec's excellent training can be measured imperically. Just last week I took a qualifying exam for a medical transcriptionist relief position in a hospital, the same hospital whose MT supervisor told me about Meditec. A few days later I received a phone call from them saying that I did so well on the exam, they would like to interview me for a full-time position. At the interview, just 2 days ago, the man told me I received the highest score he had seen in his time giving that exam.

CAREER COURSE:
See above. I've now just been filling out forms and arranging appointments for everything from the drug screening to orientation.

DISPOSITION:
Student leaves the MT program at Meditec very qualified to work in the real world. Student is discharged on 40-hour-week work therapy (full-time job) starting on August 18, 2008.

God bless.
Ray McAllister.