When I first started, I was taught to put
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In Reply to: Dealing with ESL dictation - MomMT
Subject: When I first started, I was taught to put
the emphasis of any word not understand on a different syllable and sometimes that is all the problem is and you can understand it then.
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Just started OB/GYN myself. If you don't have this:
Get the book "Stedman's OB/GYN Words." I got mine at Barnes & Noble "used and out of print" for $9.00 and it's the newest one out. Perfect condition when I got it. It's getting a bit "dogeared" already. I use it constantly when doing OB/GYN, as I've never done it before.
That's what got me started! nm
Subject: That's what got me started! nm
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Sorry - I see you started it with D-O
Subject: Sorry - I see you started it with D-O
just getting started
Subject: just getting started
Never been on this site before --- just making sure I'm coming through okay.
This is what I was taught...
Subject: This is what I was taught...
I was taught that a fraction without a whole number is typed out, and if it has a whole number then it is expressed as numerals. You might want to check in the AAMT Book of Style though.
This is how I was taught to do it--
Subject: This is how I was taught to do it--
10 days' status post
I was taught
Subject: I was taught
it was -4/5 to 4/5.
I was taught ST-T nm
Subject: I was taught ST-T nm
NM~
I was taught..
Subject: I was taught..
I was taught 12 x 13-cm or 12 x 13 cm.
I was taught...
Subject: I was taught...
Steri-striped :-)
I was taught same as you but it is sm
Subject: I was taught same as you but it is sm
documented now as Homans sign.
"antiinflammatants" were started
Would you change this to anti-inflammatories were started? TIA
I mentioned that because when I started out, sm
Subject: I mentioned that because when I started out, sm
we MTs had very few references, certainly no Google. We would beg doctors to give us their old PDR (Physicians Desk Reference) and would find lots of our S/L there. We oldsters were definitely word detectives in our day.
I have been IN this thread since it started--sm
Subject: I have been IN this thread since it started--sm
as *nn* as I believe I was the first to comment on this kathie's suggestion for caudal vater syndrome as having nothing to do with the low back. Anyway, then she made the comment about all diabetics having high blood pressure, and it raised the hair on the back of my neck. When I read LOL-sm post, I literally busted up laughing! I thought it was so funny and so FITTING. it put an end to the thread and made every one laugh...good ending to something that was getting ugly and sort of put the QA back a step or two, as well! It was great! Still laughing!
THank YOu!!! Just started a new job and am going crazy!!!!
Subject: THank YOu!!! Just started a new job and am going crazy!!!!
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No, but I just started doing this a month ago!
Subject: No, but I just started doing this a month ago!
Does it show?? I know I ask a lot of questions :)
Weird!! we BOTH started it with DU....
Subject: Weird!! we BOTH started it with DU....
It really sounded like it started with a "P"
Subject: It really sounded like it started with a "P"
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Maybe he was just stuttering, started
Subject: Maybe he was just stuttering, started
to say packed cells and then switched to PRBCs?
I know this isn't the blank, but I was taught SM
Subject: I know this isn't the blank, but I was taught SM
to expand abbreviations in diagnoses, so I would put "incision and drainage" and not I&D in the diagnoses section.
Good luck. Sounds like you're doing a tough report.
I was taught "apposition"
Subject: I was taught "apposition"
they should know!
You're welcome. Your course probably taught you only 1% of what you need to know in this biz! n
Subject: You're welcome. Your course probably taught you only 1% of what you need to know in this biz! nm
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Yes, that was how I was taught and most always they dictate cc nm
Subject: Yes, that was how I was taught and most always they dictate cc nm
nm
I was taught TIMI 3
Subject: I was taught TIMI 3
I was taught ER/PR positive.
Subject: I was taught ER/PR positive.
double-J is what I was taught. nm
Subject: double-J is what I was taught. nm
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I was always taught to type what they say
Subject: I was always taught to type what they say
I was taught gravida 0. NM
Subject: I was taught gravida 0. NM
type 2 is the way I was taught....nm
Subject: type 2 is the way I was taught....nm
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that is the first word we were taught.
Subject: that is the first word we were taught.
Also, it is urethrolysis not urethral lysis.
ILP? 
ditto - EXACTLY what I do - I've never started
Subject: ditto - EXACTLY what I do - I've never started
"pag" maybe "tab" but started to say...
Subject: "pag" maybe "tab" but started to say...
"pill" first...so ended up 'pag'?????? jus guessin
That's what I started doing with my marbled mouth doc!
Subject: That's what I started doing with my marbled mouth doc!
I figured I was spending way too much time trying to decipher his jumbled mumbled dictation. He can either learn to speak correctly and coherently or spend his time trying to figure out what he was trying to say to fill in the blanks!!!
pt was started on a program of s/l MSN and Tylenol. sm
Subject: pt was started on a program of s/l MSN and Tylenol. sm
Right knee pain. The patient has had previous injuries and problems with the knee including some arthritis that flared up a few weeks ago and was particularly bothersome for awhile. She got on a program of s/l MSN and Tylenol
When I started, it was Roman Numerals
Subject: When I started, it was Roman Numerals
That was 30 years ago. Now they prefer Arabic numerals. I was rather disappointed; it was one of the few times you could trot out Roman numerals!
Glad we got it. I started out typing sm
Subject: Glad we got it. I started out typing sm
ESL's and they are a trip!!!
So how does a hair tourniquet get started?
Subject: So how does a hair tourniquet get started?
You can kind of see how a hair would be so fine, and babies have that sweet baby plumpness so that it would be hard to see the hair until the baby had redness and irritation, but does the hair just sort of get worked into the area from a sock or something that was in the dryer and had a hair already on it? Who knew there were so many things to worry about??
We were taught to cap and underline that phrase. nm
Subject: We were taught to cap and underline that phrase. nm
I've always been taught #7 French (nm)
Subject: I've always been taught #7 French (nm)
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I was taught to type out degrees sm
Subject: I was taught to type out degrees sm
If it were a 30 degree angle or something, I would type it 30-degree. If it is 30 degrees, I would type it like that without the hyphen.
The old school MTs, like me, were taught to capitalize everything!
Subject: The old school MTs, like me, were taught to capitalize everything!
c
I was taught this too, to use affixed or fixed instead, but now. nm
Subject: I was taught this too, to use affixed or fixed instead, but now. nm
if they say fixated they get it. Many things have changed over the years, dilation and dilatation being used interchangeably comes to mind.
AUA = average ultrasound age, as I was taught.
Subject: AUA = average ultrasound age, as I was taught.
I never heard strandy until I started transcribing sm
Subject: I never heard strandy until I started transcribing sm
for one of my current radiologists. He says "strandy" plain as day, so that's what I put. Grates on my nerves, but he's the radiologist.
maybe he started to say "pre" and then changed to "former"
Subject: maybe he started to say "pre" and then changed to "former"
x
medication, s/l trip-la? pt. was just started on HIV meds
Subject: medication, s/l trip-la? pt. was just started on HIV meds
the patient was empircally started on med s/l piptayzone?
Subject: the patient was empircally started on med s/l piptayzone?
I too was taught disc for spine....SM inside
Subject: I too was taught disc for spine....SM inside
I was taught in 1980 disc for spine and disk for eyes but we have had many a discussion on this very board about that and others say exactly the opposite. I now do disk for everything because of the AAMT. My private mds care less.....but my national DOES care. *laughs*
Back in the day, taught 8 o'clock position (nm)
Subject: Back in the day, taught 8 o'clock position (nm)
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I was taught disC for eye, disK for back, but
Subject: I was taught disC for eye, disK for back, but
many MTSO's/clients want disK for everything.
I was taught that q. should not stand alone, therefore, if it was q. hour I would transcribe it as e
Subject: I was taught that q. should not stand alone, therefore, if it was q. hour I would transcribe it as every hour
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