You can come up with various characteristics when you think of being a productive transcriptionist like excellent spelling skills and grammar skills, amazing typing skills, comfort with technology, good online research skills and ability to work with minimal supervision. But, what does a medical transcriptionist must really have aside from these all? Commitment in every single thing you do is the basic step in order to do things right. Being optimistic is a good start, enjoying and loving what you are doing will keep u going, and eventually, you will be happy with the result because you work effectively. A positive attitude creates positive results. Being a medical transcriptionist, one must know the nature of this work so you can work efficiently. First, a transcriptionist should have the necessary medical knowledge so you can transcribe the words correctly. This is necessary not only for the accuracy of the report but ultimately for the safety of the patient whose rep...