1. MR275 Professional Development for Medical Transcriptionists Donna M. Zwerk R.N., M.A.

2. Rates of Pay Pay by the line Pay by the audio hour Pay by the working hour Pay by the page

3. Pay by the line…things to consider What constitutes a line How many lines can you type How many lines are you being asked to type http://www.mtworld.com/career/whatamiworth.html

4. Pay by the audio hour…things to consider How fast can you type How fast can you edit How fast is the speaker talking How much research will you need to do How clear is the speaker Does the speaker have a foreign accent

5. Pay by the working hour…things to consider Is there a quota for how much work you are being asked to do Is there opportunity to get a pay raise if you produce more than expected http://www.askthemt.com/medical-transcription-salary.html

6. Pay by the page…things to consider What constitutes a page What constitutes a second page How much research will you need to do

7. How much do you need to make How many audio hours is that per week at what rate How many lines per week at what rate How many pages is that per week at what rate

8. Landing a job-the interview http://www.medword.com/GettingHired/gh- 67.html http://www.medword.com/GettingHired/gh- 67.html What was unique about this article

9. Salary negotiations http://www.medword.com/GettingHired/gh- 01.html http://www.medword.com/GettingHired/gh- 01.html Is it OK to negotiate a salary when you are a brand new hire?

10. Project for this week Please visit the Optimal Resume Site at: https://kaplanu.optimalresume.com/. You may also access Optimal Resume through the link on your Kaplan homepage. Optimal Resume is an all inclusive site to help prepare you for the job search. Please go through the free registration process and create an account on the site. This unit we are going to start with the interview process. Please click on the interview section after you have logged in. Click on “initial face-to-face interview”, select a minimum of 10 questions, and pick a person to interview you. At the end of the interview, when all questions have been answered, please take a screen shot of the final screen before you exit the interview and submit that to the dropbox for grading. If you are unfamiliar with how to do a screenshot, here are instructions: http://graphicssoft.about.com/cs/general/ht/winscreenshot.htm Submit your completed assignment to the appropriate Dropbox basket ID: MR275-04-09-P

11. Questions??