Continuing Education- OC-AAMT

ONE "LIVE" PRESENTATION ONLY: March 14,2006; thereafter, available for private download and viewing from OC-AAMT archives. Continuing Education Credits: Approved by National AAMT for 1 CEC Clinical Medicine Name of Class: MTs and Me: How and Why I Came to Recognize the Importance of MTs in My Practice. Course Description: Mr. Fisher is a gentleman who loves his work. He works 50 to 70 hours a week caring for and empathizing with his patients. When asked how he has the energy to work long hours, he replies, 'I receive energy from my patients.' He sees his practice as enabling him to further his humanity by bringing his life to his work. Mr. Fisher views the transcriptionist as the provider of the record that will be passed on so that patients will receive professional help. He understands the crucial link transcriptionists represent in continuity of patient care. He views the medical transcriptionists he works with as invaluable assets in his life, and in his patient care. He appreciates the transcriptionist's contribution to the historic link of record both for himself and for those who read after him. Mr. Fisher presented for the Louisiana Association for Medical Transcription (LAMT) in 2004 in Baton Rouge, where he held his audience spellbound and set a positive tone for the entire day. LAMT wishes to recommend Mr. Fisher highly. This is one presentation not to miss. Presenter: Larry Fisher, RNP Mr. Fisher is a graduate of Louisiana State University, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Nursing School and Loyola University Family Practitioner Program. He has been a Registered Dialysis Nurse, Neurology Nurse Practitioner, and currently a Rehabilitation Nurse Practitioner. ACQUIRE YOUR CECs ONLINE, AT HOME, IN YOUR SLIPPERS, WITH YOUR LATTE, (BEDHEAD IS OPTIONAL) WITH FRIENDS IN A CHAT ROOM Length: One hour. Cost: $5.00 members, $7.50 nonmembers Open To: Students, Grads, Practitioners, Members, Nonmembers/Guests of Online Chapter. You do not have to join AAMT or OC-AAMT to attend classes. Register Here > > www.aamtonline.org/ce/mtme0306/mtme.htm (Upon registration, you will be sent an email with instructions and the URL to the conference room for the meeting and the password to get in. PRINT IT, AS YOU WOULD AN AIRLINE CONFIRMATION.) Your username is your real name in order to get credit for attending. [/b] When: PLEASE REMEMBER, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME Tuesday afternoon, March 14, 2006 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time 3:00 p.m. Central Time 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time Please write Education@aamtonline.org if you wish to be on the mailing list to receive announcements. In the event OC-AAMT or the presenter experiences an unavoidable weather/technology glitch at time of presentation, OC-AAMT reserves the right to refund or solve in best fashion. Many employers are paying for their MTs to take these classes. Everyone is encouraged, always, to make hard copies to take to local/regional meetings and employers and distribute with permission.

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Many employers are paying for their MTs to take these classes. Everyone is encouraged, always, to make hard copies to take to local/regional meetings and employers and distribute with permission.

Continuing Education Credits: Approved by National AAMT for 1 CEC in Professional Development

Name of Class: Bang for the Buck: Making the Right Information Work for You

Course Description: This presentation will focus on how to utilize industry articles and publications to maximize your practical skills and how to couple those resources with dynamic networking to improve productivity and efficiency. Transition from skimming through JAAMT, Plexus, and other industry publications to proactive reading and organized research that can enhance your awareness and readiness for industry change and make you a greater asset in your workplace.

Presenter: Lea M. Sims, CMT, FAAMT

Lea M. Sims, CMT, FAAMT is Director of Publications & Communications for AAMT with 20 years' experience in the industry from MT to transcription service owner, MT educator, and AAMT Director. She is the Editor-in-Chief of both the Journal of the American Association for Medical Transcription and Plexus magazine.

ACQUIRE YOUR CECs ONLINE, AT HOME, IN YOUR SLIPPERS, WITH YOUR LATTE, (BEDHEAD IS OPTIONAL) WITH FRIENDS IN A CHAT ROOM

Length: One hour. It is the same class, presented three times for your convenience.
Cost: $5.00 members, $7.50 nonmembers
Open To: Students, Grads, Practitioners, Members, Nonmembers/Guests of Online Chapter. You do not have to join AAMT or OC-AAMT to attend classes.

Register here: www.aamtonline.org/ce/bfb0705/bfb.htm

(Upon registration, you will be given the URL to the conference room for the meeting and the password to get in. PRINT IT, AS YOU WOULD AN AIRLINE CONFIRMATION.)

Your username is your real name in order to get credit for attending.

When:

PLEASE REMEMBER, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

Saturday morning, August 6, 2005
9:00 a.m. Pacific Time
10:00 a.m. Mountain Time
11:00 a.m. Central Time
12:00 noon Eastern Time

Monday evening, August 8, 2005
6:00 p.m. Pacific Time
7:00 p.m. Mountain Time
8:00 p.m. Central Time
9:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Tuesday afternoon, August 9, 2005
1:00 p.m. Pacific Time
2:00 p.m. Mountain Time
3:00 p.m. Central Time
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Please write dianagish@aamtonline.org if you wish to be on the mailing list to receive announcements.

In the event OC-AAMT or the presenter experiences an unavoidable weather/technology glitch at time of presentation, OC-AAMT reserves the right to refund or solve in the best fashion.
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As always, you do not have to be a member of AAMT or OC-AAMT to take continuing education classes.

Continuing Education Credits: Approved by National AAMT for 1 CEC in Technology and the Workplace (TW) Name of Class: ”Who’s Afraid of Macros??” Course Description/Presenter: Betsy Ertel has been a transcriptionist of 30+ years in the acute care environment. She has done all fields of transcription and owned and operated 4 of her own businesses. She is the CEO of We Hear You Transcription Service and the CEO of SpeedType, "The Extreme Word Expander” for the Windows operating system, Immediate Past President of the Central Florida Chapter of AAMT and President of the Advisory Council for Winter Park Tech in Orlando, Florida and on the Advisory Council for Seminole Community College in Lake Mary, Florida. Because she is a transcriptionist with previous use of many different word expander programs all the way back from the DOS environment, she understands the need, as well as the demand to have an efficient and easy-to-use word expander program for every day production. Today she is going to demonstrate to you the unique features and functions of word expander programs utilizing the SpeedType program inside the Windows environment. You will be surprised at the advantages of a macro wizard. So sit back and enjoy and have your questions ready. ACQUIRE YOUR CECs ONLINE, AT HOME, IN YOUR SLIPPERS, WITH YOUR LATTE, (BEDHEAD IS OPTIONAL) WITH FRIENDS IN A CHAT ROOM Length: One hour. Cost: $5.00 members, $7.50 nonmembers Open To: Students, Grads, Practitioners, Members, Nonmembers/Guests of Online Chapter. You do not have to join AAMT or OC-AAMT to attend classes. Register Here > > www.aamtonline.org/ce/macros1105/macros.htm (Upon registration, you will be sent an email with instructions and the URL to the conference room for the meeting and the password to get in. PRINT IT, AS YOU WOULD AN AIRLINE CONFIRMATION.) Your username is your real name in order to get credit for attending. When: Saturday morning, November 12, 2005 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time 10:00 a.m. Mountain Time 11:00 a.m. Central Time 12:00 noon Eastern Time Monday evening, November 14, 2005 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time 7:00 p.m. Mountain Time 8:00 p.m. Central Time 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday afternoon, November 15 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time 3:00 p.m. Central Time 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time Please write Education@aamtonline.org if you wish to be on the mailing list to receive announcements. In the event OC-AAMT or the presenter experiences an unavoidable weather/technology glitch at time of presentation, OC-AAMT reserves the right to refund or solve in the best fashion. Many employers are paying for their MTs to take these classes. Everyone is encouraged, always, to make hard copies to take to local/regional meetings and employers and distribute with permission.

Due to severe weather (presenter is in Baton Rouge in the path of Hurricane Katrina), the original date for this presentation (Tuesday, Aug. 30th) has been canceled and will be rescheduled. 

(The new date is tentatively rescheduled for Tuesday September 27; please write CEC@aamtonline.org for confirmation after September 15.Thank you.)


ONE “LIVE” PRESENTATION ONLY: (Tentatively Tuesday, September 27); thereafter, available for private download and viewing from OC-AAMT archives.

Continuing Education Credits: Approved by National AAMT for 1 CEC Clinical Medicine

Name of Class: MTs and Me: How I Came to Recognize the Importance of MTs in My Practice.

Course Description: Mr. Fisher is a gentleman who loves his work. He works 50 to 70 hours a week caring for and empathizing with his patients. When asked how he has the energy to work long hours, he replies, "I receive energy from my patients." He sees his practice as enabling him to further his humanity by bringing his life to his work.

Mr. Fisher views the transcriptionist as the provider of the record that will be passed on so that patients will receive professional help. He understands the crucial link transcriptionists represent in continuity of patient care. He views the medical transcriptionists he works with as invaluable assets in his life, and in his patient care. He appreciates the transcriptionist's contribution to the historic link of record both for himself and for those who read after him.

Mr. Fisher presented for the Louisiana Association for Medical Transcription (LAMT) in 2004 in Baton Rouge, where he held his audience spellbound and set a positive tone for the entire day. LAMT wishes to recommend Mr. Fisher highly. This is one presentation not to miss.

Presenter: Larry Fisher, RNP

Mr. Fisher is a graduate of Louisiana State University, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center Nursing School and Loyola University Family Practitioner Program. He has been a Registered Dialysis Nurse, Neurology Nurse Practitioner, and currently a Rehabilitation Nurse Practitioner.

ACQUIRE YOUR CECs ONLINE, AT HOME, IN YOUR SLIPPERS, WITH YOUR LATTE, (BEDHEAD IS OPTIONAL) WITH FRIENDS IN A CHAT ROOM

Length: One hour.
Cost: $5.00 members, $7.50 nonmembers
Open To: Students, Grads, Practitioners, Members, Nonmembers/Guests of Online Chapter. You do not have to join AAMT or OC-AAMT to attend classes.

Register Here > >
www.aamtonline.org/ce/mtme0805/mtme.htm

(Upon registration, you will be sent an email with instructions and the URL to the conference room for the meeting and the password to get in. PRINT IT, AS YOU WOULD AN AIRLINE CONFIRMATION.)

Your username is your real name in order to get credit for attending. [/b]

When:

PLEASE REMEMBER, DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

Tuesday afternoon, September 27, 2005 (still tentative)
1:00 p.m. Pacific Time
2:00 p.m. Mountain Time
3:00 p.m. Central Time
4:00 p.m. Eastern Time

Please write Education@aamtonline.org if you wish to be on the mailing list to receive announcements.

In the event OC-AAMT or the presenter experiences an unavoidable weather/technology glitch at time of presentation, OC-AAMT reserves the right to refund or solve in best fashion.

Many employers are paying for their MTs to take these classes. Everyone is encouraged, always, to make hard copies to take to local/regional meetings and employers and distribute with permission.

Her father has a master's in education.  do master's or education need to be capitalized?

While I used to respect the AAMT, the AAMT is not the end-all, be-all, and, in fact, prior to the late 1990s, their book was 80 pages long....

just my 2 cents....

arabic numerals (not roman numerals) in this case.

fractions
Spell out or use numerals for common fractions. Use the dictation style as a guide.

An hour and a half before presentation, the patient slipped and fell.
or Approximately 1-1/2 hours before presentation... (if dictated "one and a half hours" or "one and one-half hours")
The glass was two-thirds full. or The glass was 2/3 full.
7/8-inch wound
a half-inch incision or a 1/2-inch incision (since it was dictated precisely)
about a half inch below the sternal notch (the word about makes this an imprecise measurement)
He smokes a pack and a half of cigarettes per day.
or He smokes 11/2 packs of cigarettes per day.
or He smokes 1-1/2 packs of cigarettes per day.

Copyright (c) 2002 American Association for Medical Transcription

Just thought I would pass on some information recently sent to me.

AAMT BOS  (Book of Style), 2nd edition

periods
Do not use periods within or at the end of most abbreviations, including acronyms, abbreviated units of measure, and brief forms. Use a period at the end of abbreviated English units of measure if they may be misread without the period. Better still, write out most English units of measure, thereby avoiding this use of a period at the end of an abbreviation.

wbc
WBC
mg
exam
prep
inch preferred to in. (Do not use in meaning inch without a period.)

However, use periods in lowercase drug-related abbreviations.
b.i.d.
q.4 h. = note it is "q.4" and then a space before the "h."
p.o.
p.r.n.

If a sentence terminates with an abbreviation that requires a period, do not add another period.
He takes Valium 5 mg q.a.m.
not He takes Valium 5 mg q.a.m..

plurals
Use a lowercase s without an apostrophe to form the plural of capitalized abbreviations, acronyms, and brief forms.
EEGs
PVCs
CABGs
exams

Use 's to form the plural of lowercase abbreviations.
rbc's
Use 's to form the plural of single-letter abbreviations.
X's

Hyphens and adjectives

15-year-old boy
The patient is a 33-year-old.
2-year 5-month-old child (note no comma in this)
5-1/2-year-old girl
1-month course
.38-caliber pistol - note no leading zero here - see below
two-thirds full
one-half normal saline
half-normal saline
She was panic-stricken
20-pack-year history
self-medicated
shell-like
 
For quantities less than 1, place a zero before the decimal point, except when the number could never equal 1 (e.g., in bullet calibers and in certain statistical expressions such as correlation coefficients and statistical probability).
0.75 mg
.22-caliber rifle

Anyone have any good web links to sum up AAMT BOS Second Edition - Don't have book yet...Thanks

Overall, the medication has been well-tolerated or well tolerated?

Thanks!