Career Path

In this career, your responsibilities may include:

• Typing physicians’ and other healthcare workers’ voice recordings into written reports.
• Interpreting medical terminology to prepare patients’ medical histories, discharge summaries, and other documents.

Job Titles

In your job search, you may find job listings for this career under different titles. You can find some examples of these, as well as more information about this career, at Career One Stop.

Academic Requirements

Typically requires a post-secondary certificate or associate degree. Obtaining a bachelor’s degree can make you eligible for Allied Health careers with greater responsibility and higher salaries, if you do not already have the U.S. equivalent of a bachelor’s degree. Your associate degree might give you advanced standing or transfer credit towards a bachelor’s degree, reducing the time it would take you to graduate.