<ul><li>Transcribe dictation by physicians and other healthcare professionals in order to document patient care.</li><li>Listen to dictation provided to them on a tape or a disc and decide which information needs to be transcribed and what needs to be excluded.</li><li>Distinguish between homonyms and identify and report mistakes in medical terms.</li><li>Consult a medical dictionary to make corrections.</li><li>Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to ensure that they are putting in the right information.</li><li>Perform data entry and retrieval tasks.</li><li>Produce medical reports and correspondence.</li><li>Review transcribed dictation for any errors and edit information that he deems incorrect.</li><li>Shorthand and stenotype to take dictation for transcribing at a later time.</li></ul>

Medical Transcriptionist