Is pathology transcription hard to learn?
Posted By: sm on 2009-03-03
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Background is in acute care...want to learn pathology.
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Yes! Thank you. I think I'm trying too hard to learn him.
Subject: Yes! Thank you. I think I'm trying too hard to learn him.
nm
Trying hard to learn labs...can someone help sm
Subject: Trying hard to learn labs...can someone help sm
Will obtain CBC, CMP, FSH, LSH, TSH, prolactin level and serum beta HCG. Spellcheck is balking. For example, it stops on LSH and wants to substitute LH.
Dictator is very clear, but I'm sure she could be wrong.
Thanks!
Glad to help. Hang in there. Pathology is hard. nm
Subject: Glad to help. Hang in there. Pathology is hard. nm
Yes, and hard to say, so hard to find
Subject: Yes, and hard to say, so hard to find
Again, thanks.
He says the consonants hard - he gives a hard P on the par and B on the bow.
Subject: He says the consonants hard - he gives a hard P on the par and B on the bow.
What is this, the Tao of Transcription?
Subject: What is this, the Tao of Transcription?
Wasn't looking for the Zen answer, just a little confirmation from fellow MTs.
I do both ASR and transcription.
Subject: I do both ASR and transcription.
help with transcription
Subject: help with transcription
I just can't make this one out. It sounds like the doc is saying: Abdomen gravid, with fundicide appropriate for dates. ??? Anyone know what he is talking about here? I've google it to death, with every variation of spelling. Much thanks in advance. 
Website for transcription
Subject: Website for transcription
Does anyone remember a website (something "Hazel"?) that had phrases that might be used in transcription? I transcribe for a doc that uses a lot of phrases such as "tincture of time," and since he's sometimes hard to understand, I thought this website might help me. There were other topics at this website like a list of slang words that might be used in patient records. I've used Google, but can't seem to find it. I went to that website a very long time ago, so it may not even still exist.
I'm a bit ashamed to admit that in my 40+ years of life and 23+ years of transcribing, I had never heard the phrase "tincture of time", or some of the other phrases this doctor uses!
Thanks!
ah, if you had only crossed the t in Transcription *L*
Subject: ah, if you had only crossed the t in Transcription *L*
soap transcription
Subject: soap transcription
Has anyone heard of SOAP transcription? What are they like to transcribe for?
Transcription Test
Subject: Transcription Test
Need Help ASAP am I hearing this correct: coronary disease, post op placement x 2 marginal?
Gynecologic transcription
Subject: Gynecologic transcription
she is not a candidate for the (sounds like) Data Blacker protocol because of relative hypotension (she is having endometrial ablation.)
In my almost 30 years of transcription....
Subject: In my almost 30 years of transcription....
I frequently have providers who don't pronounce things or say the right thing. I think you are right... it seems like FNP, PA, etc are the worst... and hey my brother is a P.A.-C so I don't have anything against them!
possible Cardiac pt transcription
Subject: possible Cardiac pt transcription
have a couple of s/l's that I can't decipher nor locate through google - anyone help?
1. procedure used in diagnosing a substernal left chest pain s/l percent in myovu
2. prior history of s/l estina ostoporosis
operation transcription
sounds like "area was then scrubbed with liquid braided dye and drape" Anyone have any suggestions?
Curious what transcription program
That would be the "rule book" of how to do transcription if you
Subject: That would be the "rule book" of how to do transcription if you
s
Transcription quality can be shoddy,
Subject: Transcription quality can be shoddy,
but nodes can't!
Cardiology Transcription Website
Subject: Cardiology Transcription Website
Nothing But Cardiology Transcriptions. www.cardioscribes.com
Seeking IC with Cardio experience.
correct transcription of subtenons
Subject: correct transcription of subtenons
is it subtenons, subtenon's, Subtenon's......(injection)? this is ophthalmology and my Stedman's book is older and doesn't have this term listed.
cancer & chemo transcription
Subject: cancer & chemo transcription
What is the proper way to transcribe chemo cycles and stages of cancer? is it cycle number two, cycle 2???? and stage IIIA, T2, N0, M0??? Use of capital letters and commas??? thanks for any assistance!
Also called "creative transcription"
Subject: Also called "creative transcription"
Or at least that's what one company I worked for called it when they did QA. Expanding out things that don't necessarily have to be expanded out, or adding words that don't really need to be added, etc. I loved that term, "creative transcription" Like we're writing a novel or something. 
LOL - that should be dictionary. Just can't keep that transcription lingo out my head!
Subject: LOL - that should be dictionary. Just can't keep that transcription lingo out my head!
No time limits (usually) on transcription portion
Subject: No time limits (usually) on transcription portion
As far as posting test questions and waiting around for the answers, I would assume these questions were being asked about the transcription portion of the exam. Mind you, not all companies set a time limit for returning the transcription testing files to them. Tests I have taken in the past have been tough ones, as many as 4 parts, with testing time spanning a few days while waiting for the recruiter to grade each section.
*English grammar/punctuation skills. Pass this, you move on to the next.
*Medical terminology skills/medication uses/disease processes, etc. Pass this, advance again to the next.
*Transcription skills demonstrating all of the above plus your ear-ability. Pass this, whew...almost done with this testing stuff! On to the last step.
*Oral exam. Pass this, get an offer (hopefully for a lot more than 7 cpl considering ALL the testing you just passed). lol
Not all companies perform this kind of in-depth testing, but I think the ones that do are more interested in hiring an MT who will be able to taken off full QA within a day or two of being hired, as opposed to an MT that is not as familiar/experienced with this employ.
I have done transcription for about forty years. It has always been neural foramen or foramina and
Subject: I have done transcription for about forty years. It has always been neural foramen or foramina and
NOT NEUROFORAMINAL.
thanks, did not learn that in my course!
Subject: thanks, did not learn that in my course!
You are very welcome. I learn also. nm
Subject: You are very welcome. I learn also. nm
Thank you so much. I need to learn more
Subject: Thank you so much. I need to learn more
about how to use all the aspects of search! I just put in eye grounds and didn't get much!
Thanks I learn something every day - NM
Subject: Thanks I learn something every day - NM
NM
you can always learn something new sm
Subject: you can always learn something new sm
This is where I found it...
http://www.aoasm.org/handouts/Foot_Ankle.pdf
or
http://www.spinalmedicine.com/articles/ankle_sprain.html
YW. All of us can still learn something new. nm
Subject: YW. All of us can still learn something new. nm
TY! Learn something new every day!
Subject: TY! Learn something new every day!
Really?? Learn something new every day. Thanks!
Subject: Really?? Learn something new every day. Thanks!
Wrong, where did you learn that? NM
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YES YES. I learn something NEW all the time. THANKS>
Subject: YES YES. I learn something NEW all the time. THANKS>
I guess you learn something new
Subject: I guess you learn something new
every day. I didn't mean to sound so desperate with my post, but she was a very difficult dictator and I was already extremely frustrated by the time I got to that point in the dictation. One of those that can't make a complete sentence and keeps changing their mind about what they are going to say. Anyway, thanks to all of you for your help. I won't be forgetting that word, I guarantee you that.
You will learn far more by this kind of help than
Subject: You will learn far more by this kind of help than
x
yep, for some it's a big deal, so learn it...*LOL*
Subject: yep, for some it's a big deal, so learn it...*LOL*
The patient will be seen for followup in a week.
Followup one week.
The patient came in for follow up of her acne. (I believe this can be hyphenated to follow-up.)
The patient will be seen for followup care in a month. (This, too, some MTs hyphenate to follow-up but I do not.)
The BOS has this very issue - Book of Style by the AAMT 2nd edition - discussed in it.
I think we have a winner! And we learn something new. Thx! nm
Subject: I think we have a winner! And we learn something new. Thx! nm
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Thank you very much! Again, I have so much to learn,never heard this before! nm
Subject: Thank you very much! Again, I have so much to learn,never heard this before! nm
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We learn every day -- don't be afraid to ask your QA why? ..see msg
Subject: We learn every day -- don't be afraid to ask your QA why? ..see msg
I'v been doing this for quite a few years, and last night had a report where I heard "Shoreman kyphosis," researched and found quite a few websites spelled this way, didn't really check to see source of websites, just that there were a LOT of them. (slap me with a wet noodle, I was tired and brain-dead because I know better)
Anyway, QA send me an email this morning with correct spelling, "Scheuermann kyphosis." citing Dorlands online.
You can bet I created a shorthand entry for that spelling immediately, and of course, sent of an email to my QA person letting her know how much I appreciated the feedback -- I never have questioned my research without the feedback!
Have a great day.
And we learn something new today! :) Thanks, 50! nm
Subject: And we learn something new today! :) Thanks, 50! nm
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Wow again! I am glad to be of help. I learn also. nm
Subject: Wow again! I am glad to be of help. I learn also. nm
With docs like that, the only way to learn
Subject: With docs like that, the only way to learn
them is to do them repeatedly. When you get your QA feedback, make sure you keep it for further reference. I have been doing this for 25 years and there are still docs I can't understand and/or cringe when I get them. Some of them are totally impossible.
learn something new everyday, thanks!
Subject: learn something new everyday, thanks!
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I learn lots
Subject: I learn lots
from "late" posts. :-)
Well there ya go! Learn somethin' new every day. Thanks for sharing.
Subject: Well there ya go! Learn somethin' new every day. Thanks for sharing.
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ty! love this board, learn something new every day nm :)
Subject: ty! love this board, learn something new every day nm :)
Free won't help you learn unless you have a mentor. You
Subject: Free won't help you learn unless you have a mentor. You
cannot teach this to yourself.
Glad to learn something every day from my fellow MTs! Thanks. nm
Subject: Glad to learn something every day from my fellow MTs! Thanks. nm
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