De-lurking and introducing myself

Hi! I'm a medical transcriptionist in a veterinary diagnostics laboratory (I type histopathology, cytology, and occasonal necropsies [animal autopsies]). I am interested in working part time from my home for some extra income (my husband and I are saving for a down payment on a house). Hopefully, that would phase into a full-time from-home position when it comes time to have children. I tested recently at one company and am afraid I might have failed (haven't heard one way or the other yet). I was lucky enough to find the company I'm at now--they hired me even though I had no MT experience. As I told them, I'd taken anatomy in college and high school, am a good speller/proofreader, and had done some non-medical transcription at my previous job. They took a chance with me and haven't been diappointed (is that bragging?). Now that I'm attempting to change from veterinary to human medicine, I'm finding the learning curve is almost as big as it was to go from nothing to veterinary! (Or maybe it's just the discipline...maybe I need to find a job for a histopathology lab.) Any advice on how to improve my human medicine vocabulary? Anyone know of any companies (small or large) that hire at-home MTs that might be willing to hire a fast learner that doesn't know much human medicine yet? (I'm in the Sacramento, CA area.) -- S. Bowin sillyone@my-dejanews.com Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.