BOS 3rd edition is being released

• BOS 3rd edition is being released - NEXT MONTH nm
  • Amen..I quit my last job because of this ... - elevalady
  • What a joke................. - sm
  • If they really wanted to establish standards, - clhmt
    • Even with this, the client is always - right.
  • IMO, BOS made as teaching aid for when they - started training 3rd world MTs. Part of big plan.
  • My MTSO never perused BOS, use "forbidden" - terms and no BOS police have come knocking.
    • isn't the forbidden words from joint commision of hospitals, not BOS? nm - Amanda
      • They are listed in BOS, as if that matters. - nm
    • Drs could care less we use cc & q whatever. - They get their jobs & dont care about other stuff.
  • What I think of BOS - MOmt
  • That's why I LOVE MY JOB. VERBATIM!! - mt me
    • i do verbatim too, but still BOS has - sm
  • Thats exactly what I think - BS
    • gosh you 3 are still looking at my posts? geessshhh - BS
  • I rarely, if ever, use the 2nd Edition. So nope, I have - no plans to waste my money on the 3rd.
  • Jump for joy! - MslaMT
    • Good grief, hope it doesn't have too many changes sm - wordsmith
      • BOS = Book Of Shart - nm
      • they only make changes to make you buy a new one --sm - ks
        • You're so right! lol nm - MOmt
      • If I were told I 'had to' have it, I'd just tell them I do, - and just keep on keepin' on.
        • THE FAIR THING - Lillybelle
          • Just some ladies with too much free time who - put book together & said these are the rules.
            • Sounds about right! nm - Lillybelle

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For those who do not have the 3rd edition of AAMT BOS, thought I would let you know the changes.  Just got my copy.   I think some of them will take a lot of reeducation.  I do QA, and I know how hard it has been to move everyone toward putting 3-cm lesion.  Now we have to tell them it is wrong!  Sigh....

* Dropping the use of hyphens with numeric values and metric units when forming compound modifies (2 cm incision rather than 2-cm incision)

*Dropping the use of periods in most lowercased Latin abbreviations, like legal abbreviations (et al, eg, ie, viz, etc) and literary reference abbreviations (p, pp, sec)

*Continued trend toward dropping the use of periods with abbreviated personal and coutesy titles unless it is known that the person in question prefers the inclusion of a period (Dr, Mrs, Jr, Sr)

*Dropping the use of a comma to separate a person's last name from titles, such as Jr, Sr, or roman numerals following a person's last name from titles, such as John H Smith III.

*The inclusion of a space between the numeric value and the degree symbol when expressing temperature values and their scales (using degree sign)

*Dropping the space between parameters when expressing TNM staging for malignant tumors (T2N1M0 rather than T2 N1 M0 OR T2, N1, M1)

*Dropping the use of subscripts with EEG electrode references.

u dont know how much i appreciated this bit of orientation. I just started my first oficial transcription job at a nephrologist office. I'm so proud of myself after trying in within two years to KICK my foot in the door. This week has been tough but I'm learning and quickly catching on. I just cant wait till I can effortlessly fly through my reports. Thanks for the advise. I will purchase my book through ebay tonight.

thank you again,

rookie

value to your books that have the misprinted cover, with your name spelled incorrectly? 

Look what I found:

Hey!  I just paid over $60 for this dang BOS (my new employer requires I have one), so I'm studying it diligently, and on page 297 they're referring to Salter-Harris fractures as "Slater-Harris".  Thought I was going nuts, checked Stedman's and they say its Salter.  Am worried there are other errors in it, and I won't know it!  Do they publish their bloopers anywhere? 

I'm not a member of AAMT (and probably never will be, I'm not a joiner), but I'm pretty doggone disgusted I just shelled out that kind of money for published errors, especially after reading repeatedly in the book how regular MTs aren't worthy of putting letters after their name unless they've been certified by the all-knowing AAMT!  Guess I'd never pass their test since I'd say Salter-Harris instead of Slater!

Anyway, I feel ripped off, especially since all editors/employers act like the AAMT is holy like the pope!  Thanks for listening to me vent!

I am a new MT, I was wondering if anyone was selling any "AAMT Book of Style-2nd Edition" or the CD Rom version? Also looking for a current Medical Spellchecker?

Please let me know

Angie

angifogg@aol.com

Those broads at the AHDI or whatever it is called now have too much time on their hands!  They need to get real jobs.  Get back out there in the trenches, have someone QA the crap out their work, and see how they like every changing quicksand of MT.