Broadening Your Opportunities (1 PD)

Title: Broadening Your Opportunities

Presenter: Betsy Ertel, Benjamin Jaffe, Larry Lara

Credit: 1 Professional Development

Session Description: The value of healthcare documentation specialists is still viable in our remote world of keyboarding. This webinar is designed to showcase additional documentation opportunities available and how to enhance your skillset to a compatible community of legal content material. Healthcare documentation specialists have the baseline skills needed to expand into the field of legal transcription—the likenesses of which will be discussed. The panelists on this webinar will explain how to hone and apply your skills as a legal transcriptionist. 

1. Recognize your value and relevant skillset.

2. Learn key differences between medical and legal transcription, challenges, and additional training required to work as a legal transcriptionist. 

3. Learn what the expectations are for becoming a legal transcriptionist.

Bio: In 1998 Betsy Ertel became CEO of SpeedType™, “The Extreme Word Expander” system, to maximize the production of transcriptionists on a global scale. In 2005 she joined the legal industry. Committee involvement is one of her specialties. Promoting an awareness to professional keyboarding skills with its leverage directly compensating the user is her passion.

Benjamin Jaffe is an expert on multimedia technology and its uses in the legal industry. He is the manager of Digital Training and Development for BlueLedge, an online training center focused on teaching digital court reporting and legal transcription. Prior to that, he held a variety of leadership roles in various industries including legal, media, education, and government. He led the legal technology team at Orange Legal, overseeing digital court reporting, legal videography, trial technology, and e-discovery. 

Larry Lara is a quality development specialist (coach) at Allegis Transcription. He has been a California Certified Shorthand Reporter since 1995 and is a Certified Reporter Instructor from NCRA. He is experienced in insurance and legal transcription and has taught court reporting on campus and online at Bryan University, Key College, and Humphreys University.