Re: MT Apprenticeship?


mountain Wrote:
> IMO, apprenticeship is going to help. But apprenticeship should be on
> selective basis and available to those with the desire to succeed no
> matter what, even if it means getting paid peanuts for a short period
> of time.

As an FYI, our MedTransition program is most definitely in operation.
The biggest problem we have is trying to find enough QA editors to
handle the overwhelming demand (every report has to be QA'd 100%). We
have an enormous waiting list of people wanting to get into the
program, but we can't take them in without adequate QA staff. Quite
frankly I can understand why we don't have more QA editors applying for
the job, it doesn't pay enough for the amount of effort that it takes to
do the job right. I'm so grateful for the folks we have now who do it
mostly out of a desire to help new MTs and perhaps make a dent in the
critical shortage of qualified MTs.

One of the things we've learned over the past 8 months that the program
has been in operation is that we do have to be selective in who we bring
into the program. The level of training for a lot of new MTs coming out
of school is even more shocking than I had believed before. And the
name on the school isn't always the determining factor either, as I've
discovered. There is no question that raising the bar in terms of
acceptable educational standards has to be a priority. But as I've
said in a similar thread over on MT Chat, all the "good schools" put
together still cannot produce enough work-ready MTs to meet the
demand---even if EVERY SINGLE GRADUATE of those schools were in fact
work-ready, which they're not.

It's just too easy to say that all MTs should go to "good" schools, as
if that alone would solve the MT shortage we have. It won't.
Hopefully as time goes by and more schools meet the AAMT/AHIMA approval
standards, the overall quality of MT coming out of school will get
better. But that's still not going to fulfill the demand. I believe
good apprenticeship/externship-type programs most definitely have a
role to play in the overall picture, and judging by the huge demand for
our program, there are a lot of newly graduated MTs who agree.

Jay


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    ... apprenticeship is going to help. ... > critical shortage of qualified MTs. ... > of school is even more shocking than I had believed before. ...
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    ... our MedTransition program is most definitely in operation. ... > critical shortage of qualified MTs. ... > said in a similar thread over on MT Chat, all the "good schools" put ... But that's still not going to fulfill the demand. ...
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    ... I'm presuming that these remarks do include the better schools. ... critical shortage of qualified MTs. ... But that's still not going to fulfill the demand. ... there are a lot of newly graduated MTs who agree. ...
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    ... Which two schools have been approved by the AAMT? ... The biggest problem we have is trying to find enough QA editors to handle the overwhelming demand. ... I'm so grateful for the folks we have now who do it mostly out of a desire to help new MTs and perhaps make a dent in the critical shortage of qualified MTs. ...
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