I prefer policing as a hobby
Posted By: Thanks, but on 2006-02-27
In Reply to: Annoyed by all the Spelling Police here... - MT in Novi
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I agree. Policing QA is not your job, and will only lead to trouble. nm
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Are you looking for a profession or a hobby?
If you just want a hobby, then AHP will be fine. It won't matter that your training will be substandard because you won't be able to get or keep a real job.
As for the hours issue, clients can't wait for medical reports to be transcribed just whenever you feel like working a couple of hours here or there. There are requirements for turn-around time (TAT) and, oh yes, that pesky thing called PATIENT CARE. The work isn't made available just so you can earn a little pin money once in awhile ("set your own hours" HA!), it's there because actual human beings require medical care and ACCURATE, TIMELY medical records are required to facilitate their care. You can't just work when you feel like it. Your employer has to be able to ensure that the clients' work is done within a specific TAT, and that isn't going to happen if they let the mommies-in-jammies brigade just "work while the kiddies are sleeping" or "work a few minutes here and there" when they "feel like it". You will likely be required to commit to a specific time frame and actually work during that time. You may have a range of choices in the time you choose to work, but it won't be a case of just working whenever you feel like it (or deciding not to work during a period to which you've committed). This is a serious job, not some make-believe game.
It's not a hobby, huge investment for a little "extra" money. See msg
If you can find a job working as an MT without training, I'd like to hear about it. Even MTs who take the cheaper courses have a difficult time getting hired, when there are excellent training programs turning out well-trained MTs (Andrews School and M-TEC).
If a foreign doctor with a strong accent who speaks very quickly is dictating in a noisy ER, would you know whether he is saying perineal, peritoneal, or peroneal? You need to totally understand what he is talking about in order to know if you have the correct word, and a spellchecker won't help.
Would you catch it if a doctor accidentally dictated a medication in mg instead of mcg?
Most people have no clue how complicated the medical language is, made more difficult by fast-speaking foreign doctors (or mumbling, slurring Americans) dictating in noisy places who don't really care if you understand what they are saying or not (but the person paying you certainly cares!)
Personally, I prefer the
under chin type (not the stethoscope style). I bought a pair of pink insight under chin style from transcriptiongear.com and I have to say, they hurt my ears. The ear pieces are a bit to big and they even had to be torqued or twisted a bit to get the sound to come in loud. I bought a pair of Spectra SP-PC recently and LOVE them. Also the under chin style, but the earpieces are just the right size and no twisting necessary. They have different plug in types for this brand and I bought the standard stereo plug in for my computer. I even love listening to my iTunes through these as the sound is excellent.
:-) ok, let me add that I would prefer not to take meds constantly.... nm
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Which drug book do you prefer? NM
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Which lab word book do you prefer?
Which lab word book do you prefer the Sloane one or Stedman's?
I have been paid by the dictation minute, I prefer it ...
for the reasons you mentioned. On a couple of occasions, the recording "continued" for about 15 to 20 minutes after the dictation was done, and because I had to continue to listen, I got PAID for those minutes!
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