"Medical Transcriptionist"

Job Description - Part 4 - Abilities Needed

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

Abilities Needed for: "Medical Transcriptionist"

1) Oral Comprehension -- The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

2) Written Comprehension -- The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

3) Written Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

4) Oral Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

5) Near Vision -- The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

6) Speech Recognition -- The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

7) Finger Dexterity -- The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

8) Deductive Reasoning -- The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

9) Inductive Reasoning -- The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).