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The Jumpstart Program – our exclusive medical transcription internship

Bridge the gap for that much-desired “experience factor.” The medical transcription training and internship program has been a great success. We have created many high quality MTs and have had a lot of fun in the process! You have your own personal medical transcription mentor.

Internship Program Overview:

Medical Transcription Training Graduates work for actual clients until quality reaches 98%, then may switch to paid contract MT status (no job guarantee of course).
Generally takes about 90 days (or up to 6 months depending on performance), with detailed feedback from the editors.
All Meditec Medical Transcription students are automatically eligible for Jumpstart at no extra charge. To qualify students must pass the final exam with more than 90%.
Certain partners may require upfront costs, such as licenses for HIPAA compliance software. Meditec covers these costs for our students up to $200.

Does the program help?
Wannabee MTs love it and so do our partners (see the testimonial from a partner below). Our students benefit from real-world MT experience that they can put on their resume and our partners benefit from having the highest quality interns anywhere.

Jumpstart is exclusively available to Meditec graduates:

We no longer offer the program to graduates of other programs – Jumpstart is now an exclusive benefit for our students
Student’s who don’t pass with more than 90% can apply for the program. Applicants have to pass an entry exam and the fee is $400.

Jumpstart Requirements:

Before we can place you with an internship provider, we must also make sure that you have the necessary hardware, software and equipment as may be required by the internship provider. You must certify that you have, or have obtained these basic essentials, prior to placement. Failure to do so may result in your immediate dismissal from the program without any further obligations.

Hardware: Computer: A Personal Computer (PC) with at least 1 GB of RAM memory. CPU: Pentium or AMD running at 1 Ghz or higher. Storage: At least 5 GB (available/free). Internet Access: 10/100 Ethernet, cable, DSL modem or equivalent Broadband access with a minimum speed of 256Kbps. Monitor: 17 inch or larger recommended, with a minimum resolution capability on the graphics display adapter of 1024 x 768 pixels. Ports: An available USB port for connecting your Bytescribe Foot Pedal. PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLE/MAC COMPUTERS ARE STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. THESE ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY BYTESCRIBE AND FAILURE TO FUNCTION PROPERLY CAN RESULT IN AN INTERNSHIP PARTNER DISCONTINUING YOUR INTERNSHIP.
Drives/Devices: A CD-ROM or DVD Drive is recommended. Sound: A SoundBlaster compatible sound card with Speakers/Headphones. A Bytescribe Foot Pedal with the Bytescribe WavPlayer Software.
Software: Windows XP or Vista w/ SP 2. MS Word 2003 or 2007. Stedman’s Medical Spellchecker. NOTE: Some internship providers may not support Windows 7 or higher operating systems, so if you have recently purchased a new computer, have recently upgraded your OS, or are planning to do so, please notify us before hand, so that we can check with the internship provider in advance of your placement.
Knowledge of Microsoft Windows: It is assumed that you have a nominal understanding of the basic Windows Operating system, that you know how to install, configure, remove and update both the operating system itself and the applications installed on the system; that you know how to manipulate files and directory structures, how to copy, move, rename, and otherwise organize files within the hierarchical file structure that is the core of the MS Windows file system. If you need help, you can learn from free tutorials online- Just Google “Free Windows Tutorial.”
Knowledge of MS Word: You must know how to use MS Word – how to set margins, how to change fonts, how to use all of the basic text formatting features, how to, copy, cut, paste and save a documents, including how to save documents to different formats, etc. Meditec does not teach users how to operate their word processing applications and the internship providers will expect you to have more than a novice experience with MS Word. If you are not well versed in MS Word, you are strongly advised to obtain additional tranining, either online, through self-help/self-directed training books, etc. You may find much of what you require using you’re a web search utility such as Google – searching for terms like “Free MS Word tutorials”.
Bytescribe Wavplayer: {See Bytescribe in the Hardware Requirements Above} You must understand how to install the foot pedal and the WavPlayer software. You must understand basic operations of WavPlayer software – how to locate and open files, to configure and control the playback features of the software, etc. Technical support for the Bytescribe products is provided by Bytescribe Corp. directly, and not by Meditec or the internship provider.

Small Print:

To be accepted by the internship program, eligible students must pass the final exam with a combined score of at least 90%.
Although we work closely with our internship partners, Meditec cannot guarantee that an internship spot will be available immediately upon graduation. We work with all students who have been accepted to place them as quickly as possible.
Meditec does assist to find work in every way possible, but it obviously cannot guarantee job placement.

Please call 877.335.4072 for more information about the JumpStart internship for Medical Transcription.

TESTIMONIAL — Note from a Jumpstart partner:
From: Deborah Moore
To: Jari Davis

My company has worked with Meditec for several years now on one of my larger accounts. I have been extremely pleased with the editor/mentors that Meditec provides for the Jumpstart students because of their knowledge and professionalism and I trust their judgment when it comes to hiring their students.

I can say that as far as the Jumpstart students themselves, well I am especially pleased! I have hired on every Jumpstart student that has finished the Jumpstart program while working on our accounts.

The best part is once they were hired, their accuracy and knowledge was so great that we rarely had to QA their reports. The individuals knew when to ask questions instead of guessing, which in this industry is a very dangerous practice.

I will definitely continue to use Meditec and the Jumpstart program as long as they want to work with us and I will indeed hire each and every student that completes the Jumpstart Program!!

Barbara is very good and I will be hiring her on after her internship if she would like. I actually have hired on MTs that don’t do as well as she is right now
From: CEO USA Type

Deborah Moore (company name has been removed for privacy reasons)

Note: this is just one of several partners