Well, grammar/punctuation can dramatically alter meaning, so it IS important. nm

• QA scores vs limits vs less money for MTs and QA - Go figure
  • I think you need to see it differently ... - Busy MT'ing
    • Ever think that maybe 15% is going to QA because of LOUSY DICTATION? nm - more than one factor here!
    • This is a plan to cut QA personnel and cut pay for MTs - No way
      • ESLs - blueskies
        • Well, grammar/punctuation can dramatically alter meaning, so it IS important. nm - It's not just the big words.
      • It is your job to learn the ESLs and if you can't/won't then you need to - .
        • Oh, get off your high horse. Have YOU ever done the truly horrible ESLs?? nm - smell a rat
    • If you would ever hear the quality of some of the dictation I heard on cell phones, buses, trains, - Give me a break
      • Look, if I were on an account that - Busy MT'ing
        • Easier said than done. Quit blaming the MT for this!! nm - jeez!
          • No blame placed on anyone. Surely you have - Busy MT'ing
        • I have tried countless times too many to mention and nothing is done about the cells phone, trains, - Give me a break
          • dictators on the phone - TAH
        • You are fortunate to call shots. Most MTs can't - Me
          • Well, it costs sometimes. I have had to change employers before because - Busy MT'ing
  • Of course it's a scam. Most MQMTs don't get it. - MQMT

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.....I guess you really don't have a life...on here all day and now all night...what a

L-O-S-E-R!

You are like Clinton backtracking and qualifying and parsing.  So if you don't want to be like Clinton say what you mean and mean what you say.  You are POd that people in joke or otherwise find fault with MQ.  Be brave and proud enough to say so and go on with your life.  Embarrassed by anonymous posters.  That tops everything! 

BTW, you don't really need to use that shouting font do you? 

I worked 3 weeks for a company as IC status.  They wanted a schedule so I did one and then the work was not coming through so the third week was told not to do schedule; it did not look like the MD I was going to have would get into a routine.  I did the work at night or early morning.  Was told I had to work my schedule even if I had no work I had to be there in case it came in.  Does IC status not mean TAT and production but flexibility with schedule as long as you get the work done.  Also it went from 60 minutes to 120 and then at the time I finished the 100 minutes 85 more came through and it was like she expected me to do it right then.  I had 24 hours.  Also was called as soon as it uploaded at 4p.m. one day and was asked "ARE YOU TYPING".  It was not my scheduled time and it had only been uploaded about 30 minutes.  What is your take on this.  IC does not mean be harrassed if not an employee with benefits right.  No work for 3 days and then hounded as soon as it came in.  I am not there now because I voiced my opinion. 

 I told him to clean the area with hydrogen peroxide, and, after that, he can apply the Neosporin ointment. 

How would the punctuation be on this sentence?  Did I do it right? 

Thanks in advance for the help..

HI,

  I am taking my medical transcription course through Allied Schools. I am having a problem trying to punctuate the dictations properly. I would like to know if anyone can help me with this problem. What I thought was proper punctuation seems to be different with medical transcription. Are we supposed to transcribe the punctuation as the doctor dictates or correct it to what we believe is correct?

   Also, I have an assignment that I just transcribed that is impossible for me to punctuate. If anyone can help me, I would truely appreciate it.

I was very careful about punctuation until I had to research things and found that the MTs at my hospital NEVER use commas. I could barely understand some of the long, strung out sentences. I always researched obscure medical terms to make sure my work was accurate, yet I make $10 less an hour than others there because the pools are set up so some MTs get the profitable work before the rest of us. The point of this is, I don't feel that my excellent work is appreciated, and I don't believe the pool situation is fair, so I just do minimum to get by.  I also work IC to supplement my income,  and my IC work is much better because I feel appreciated.

Regarding the posts down the list about the docs who dictate run-on sentences or add bunches of periods, etc.  I am wondering why they are not instructed to not include punctuation at all.  Our company has us disregard what they say anyway (since it is usually way off), and it seems they are making it extra rough on themselves.

I have one who says comma practically every other word.  It really threw me off at first, but now I hardly even hear it (so used to ignoring it).  But think how much easier it would be for them to not even think about it.  What works the best is when they just use their voice inflection to signal the end of one thought/subject and the beginning of another.  Being someone without a whole lot of medical background, it gets confusing when they don't.

Why is it no one seems to communicate with the dictators about such things? 

I have MS Word 2003. This program has always capitalized the first letter after a colon (:) and for some reason today it stopped. I cannot figure this out for the life of me. I have been in Tools, etc, and see nothing that addresses this problem. If anyone has had this problem and knows how to correct it, please enlighten me. LOL

TYIA

explain this? I'm not trying to get banned, but every other site on the net survives just fine and there is no such restriction on them.

Maybe I'm dense, but I can't even make up a sensible reason for it.

The interpretation is this: Money will speak louder than just writing a letter. Speak financially. Get it now?