Im training at MTC Academy, it's an MT school here in Manila, we have actual doctors who lecture us on different branches of Medicine like Derma, Pulmo, Onco, Gastro and other stuff so as to understand them more and to acquaint ourselves to different terminologies.
We also have laboratories wherein we transcribe actual dictations from doctors as exercises. Then every Friday we have 4 sets of exam, proofreading, editing and the actual transcription exam, the 4th is the exam from the lecture.
The training goes on for about 6 months for non medical graduates, and 3 months for med grads.

In all honesty, PCDI isn't considered a good school for this. The companies don't believe that you get enough training/good enough training through them.

Keep this in mind too... This is a verrrryy high demand market, especially for entry-level employees....very hard to get on with little to no experience when the requirements are 2-5 years experience that they bypass for certain schools. They would take people with the training from the schools that they know for a fact put out excellent grads and don't often consider anyone else. My sister took classes through a community college and she hasn't been able to get a response through sending her applications. Less expensive isn't always better unfortunately.

I can direct you to MTchat.com If you search through there, you will find people who took the course and basically said they just wasted money on it and it wasn't worth it.

I don't get anything out of recommending Career Step, Andrews, or M-Tec-- I'm just going by my research and what a lot of other people said-- including employers. I just like helping people out/make the right decisions so you don't waste your time/money.

If you call these transcription places or e-mail them you can also ask them which schools they recommend. A lot of them have the school they recommend for training on their website in their "careers" section.