working part-time as a med transcriptionist in my home

I work fulltime during the day, and parttime at home keying as a medical transcriptionist.

I am finding a large weakness of mine is proofreading. It is very difficult to proof one's own work, but at this point, I don't have a choice. Is there an on-line method of proofing, other than "spell check", which picks up on misspelled med terminology, correct abbreviations, etc.?

There are some tricks you might try. One is proofing backwards, starting at the end and working you way to the beginning. Mistakes often jump out at you that way.

I assume you're using Stedman's medical spellchecker already.

I'm interested in being able to work from home and I've heard that the medical transcription industry is a good place to start.

I've always stayed home with the kids (4), but they are older now and I need to do something that makes me feel like I'm contributing to the family finances.

I am fairly good at typing and my grammer is good as well. I do have my own (newer) computer and an office with a door to keep the kids out. Do I sound like someone who would be successful at this job, and if so, how do I locate a job and get started in this business?

momof4, a good place to start is by researching MT schools, which you can do here:

www.ahdionline.org/scriptcontent/mtapproved.cfm

Does anyone have experience in what the job opportunities are for part time medical transcriptionists, working at twenty hours or less per week? what about if you are not a speedy typist (let's say thirty five words a minute)?