When you enroll as a student with Med Workshops you will get your own personal Student Representative Instructor.
Your instructor will be your guide, your mentor, and your cheerleader through this learning process. She will be the one you go to with any concerns and your many questions about the entire medical transcription industry.
Don’t be afraid to reach out to your instructor. That is what we are here for!
When working as a medical transcriptionist you will absolutely need a medical dictionary. It will save you loads of research time. The best one we have found is Stedman’s Electronic Dictionary.
This product is in the neighborhood of 100 dollars but it is well worth it.
Here is the link to learn more or purchase:
Schmorl’s nodes are protrusions of the cartilage of the intervertebral disk through the vertebral body endplate and into the adjacent vertebra.
Peyronie’s disease: A tissue disorder that involves the growth of fibrous plaques in the soft tissue of the penis. This causes an abnormal curvature of the penis. It is most commonly seen in Caucasian males 40 years of age and over.
This disease also goes by the names of fibrous cavernositis or plastic unduration of the penis.
This is not the first time I have touched on this subject nor will it be the last, I am sure. Students MUST READ AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS! I cannot stress this enough.
As an instructor, I cannot tell you how much time and frustration would be saved if instructions were read and followed.
Many times our students refer to the dreaded “do not use” list, the “dangerous abbreviation” list, or the “ISMP” list.
I am here to tell you that 99% of those abbreviations are use on a daily basis when working as a medical transcriptionist.
So, please disregard the lists and go ahead and use those abbreviations.
When transcribing the typing tests, some students change the tenses to match.
The provider will dictate: The patient is here with his wife. He was very nauseous. The student will want to change the tense of “was” to “is” to match the first sentence. Although this does make sense normally, while transcribing the typing test it is not permissible.
Students must type verbatim.
When working as a transcriptionist quite often the provider will dictate a drug that you either have not heard of or are not sure of the spelling. This is where your knowledgable use of references comes in.
Here is a great website that can really help you out:
Here you can check the spelling along with the dosages.
Graves disease: An autoimmune disease. The thyroid is overactive and produces an excessive amount of thyroid hormones.
It is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in children and adolescents. It can be hereditary.
There is no treatment for Graves disease.
Just a few odds and ends.
Most bacteria is italicized.
We do not use contractions such as can’t or won’t. Type out the whole thing, cannot; will not, etc.
If the dictator starts a numbered list in the assessment, impression, or plan and goes to the next item without saying the number, go ahead and type in the number.
If there are two numbers in a row such as twelve 4-0 Ethilon sutures, always have one of the numbers in digit format and the other one typed out. This helps to avoid confusion.
If the provider states an abbreviation, then type it as such, do not expand out. CABG would be typed just like that. Do not expand.