Guest guest Posted June 12, 2001 Report Share Posted June 12, 2001 Margaret, at this stage of the game (newly transcribing in school) I HAVE to laugh to keep from crying. Yesterday, I transcribed my 4th report. It was about 6 minutes of dictation and took me close to 3 hours to complete. I still had about 7 blanks in it when I finished researching; I calculate that I made about $1.50 an hour on it even though I poured my heart, soul, and brain into it. I'm finding that my problem isn't so much the medical words but the regular every day words. It HAS to get better--it just has to. How long should it take before my ear starts developing? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie - Student Member of AAMT 46/Texas/nulligravida Career Step Student www.careerstep.com Current Specialty: Studying Applied Medical Terminology - OB-GYN ~Find a job you love and you will never have to work again.~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- > This resident doctor is dictating an op note. Someone she knows just came into the room. She keeps looking over at him and saying things like, " Hi Pete " , " I put your coke in the fridge " , etc. (I think she is flirting with the guy or something). Then all of a sudden she says, " This poor lady is going to be, like, dictating all of these weird things I keep saying. " Just made me laugh. She doesn't even know that I am transcribing rather than dictating. Poor resident doctors, just don't know any better. Hope you're all getting a chance to laugh at the doctors tonight. Margaret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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