The Collar360

Medical transcriptionist

Other names

medical transcriber, clinical transcriber, clinical transcriptionist, medical transcription suite typist, medical secretary-audio typist, clinical transcription suite typist, clinical transcription typist, medical transcriptionist and proof reader

Health records and administration

They listen to a doctor's recorded words and type them into clear, correct written records for patients.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Return dictated reports in printed or electronic form for physician's review, signature, and corrections and for inclusion in patients' medical records.

  2. 2

    Produce medical reports, correspondence, records, patient-care information, statistics, medical research, and administrative material.

  3. 3

    Identify mistakes in reports and check with doctors to obtain the correct information.

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Sources

Built from 4 sources

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

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ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

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O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
audiotypiste médical/audiotypiste médicale
español
transcriptor médico/transcriptora médica
العربية
ناسخ طبي / ناسخة طبية
português
Transcricionista médico/Transcricionista médica
Deutsch
medizinische Schreibkraft
italiano
trascrittore medico/trascrittrice medica

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