Only my take, but please don't rely exclusively on Google...sm
Posted By: Cyndiee on 2008-11-07
In Reply to: P.S. If you type it in google was 2 words, - sm
Subject: Only my take, but please don't rely exclusively on Google...sm
as your reference. I have been doing this for 26 or more years, home, hospital, office, clinic, radiology, every specialty, plus rad/psych, and I have seen things really messed up spelling-wise in Google, there is lots of misinformation there. I have also come up with different spellings and answers for the same thing on different days! Perhaps it is because I came into this field before the internet (gasp) and even before PCs, (gasp/faint), I find that Google is okay for a quick double-check on something you are pretty familiar with, but NOTHING beats Stedman's, Dorland's, Mosby's, and some of the other reference books. It take longer to look up, but I keep mine always handy (all three shelves) updated, and you learn and retain knowledge so much better and remember much more!! Hope I am not preachy, I just see a lot of MTs relying solely on Google and getting into trouble because of someone else's mistake that gets regurgitated up on a search.
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