General critique on communication style
Posted By: aob on 2007-06-20
In Reply to: Help !! - Questions!!! - Jen Ray
Perfect practice makes perfect.
I read postings from new or student MTs and I am appalled at the errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation and the like. When the old pro's use contractions or abbreviations, I presume they are doing it for the purpose of saving time. When newbies (a contraction of a sort)do so, I wonder if they are aware of the impression they are making. Why not practice doing it right?
If I were looking at this site for someone to hire, and I did so several months ago, I would not touch a lot of you, because either you do not have good communication skills, do not care, or do not take the time to make your postings look good. This, obviously, does not apply to everyone.
Transcription is not like instant messaging. I know what im means, but I do not want to see it from a transcriptionist, unless that Transcriptionist is instant messaging.
Just a suggestion, if you are a new transcriptionist, or aspiring to become a transcriptionist, practice doing it well. Read your posting to see if it looks good and is grammatically correct. Again, perfect practice makes perfect.
If I am totally off base with the above, I know lots of you out there will tell me.
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Can't forget the AAMT Book of Style II! Gotta have it for style/formatting, etc. nm
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Looking for a newbie in South Fla. with excellent communication skills
For cardiology account.
Have you tried general transcription?
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It's a style thing (nm)
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General Transcription
I go to a great site that has all the information you need on general transcription jobs. I'm not sure if I can post it here. You can email me if you'd like.
General Transcription
GT may be easier to break into. I worked for a large insurance company and did recorded statements (sometimes at work and sometimes at home). They were easy and fun, I thought. But then, I did medical transcribing when no one else wanted to do it -- a lot of people did not know what it was. And I loved it -- dictabelts, IBM Selectric, and all types of acute care --
H&P's, Discharge Summaries, Labor and Delivery Records, Pathology Reports, X-ray Reports, you name it.
If you love challenge -- you'll fit right in with whatever type.
General question regarding transcribing
I have been doing a lot of tests lately trying to land myself a steady job. At the moment I only do overflow and fill in and haven't worked in over a week. I have noticed that when given a test file you are not told if it is a H&P, Discharge, Consult, etc. How do you know how to set it up? What I have been doing is just typing until I can tell what it is and then setting it up with headings and such. If I land a job than doing it this way would be time consuming. Any suggestions? Thank you.
BOS stands for book of style. They
want you to use the BOS guidelines for transcribing. There isn't a template, but using things like daily instead of q.d., etc.
Hi I'm a newbie. Has anyone done general transcription?
If so, I am curious how it compares to medical transcription. Is is easier? Thanks.
It's CLIENT preference, not style....no message
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It depends on what type of General Transcription
Focus groups can be hard because there are multiple speakers, speakings talking over one another, background noise, etc. Some is just one person speaking which can be very easy. I once did a motivational speaker. The pay is usually by audio hour. The best thing I like about general transcription is that a lot of companies don't have production requirments. There are a couple companies that if they have work for you, they'll ask you if you can do it and if you can't that's fine. I guess it's whether you like that type of work better than MT. Also, when doing focus groups some are specialized and there's another whole type of terminology to learn which can be just has hard.
I guess most of us weren't responding to that...just commenting in general. sm
...especially regarding the comments of the comment on the comment....ya know?
Get a copy of your BOS II guide for style, work with an expander, use your resources to the max. nm
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Get a copy of the BOS II for style guidelines and take medical terminology/anatomy classes at
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Read back thru the Word Help and Style boards, too, to see answers to ?? others have. You'll lear
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