Re: Foreign drs. are horrible!!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Tamara,

Yep. That's what most of us go through every day. The good news is that with

experience you do begin to understand them. When I started out there were 2 or

3 doctors that I just could not understand at all. After transcribing them for

a while I was amazed at how much better things were, and now they are no harder

than any other doctor. Your test was a first time try on those particular docs,

so it is understandable that they were hard. Accents aren't the only problems

on the job. There are some docs who just plain can't carry a thought to write a

flowing report unless it is written down, so they're sometimes a bit of a

challenge. Some docs transcribe at home with the kids yelling, piano practice

in the background, dogs barking, and so on. Some dictate from cell phones and

that can really cause problems. I have 1 doc who likes to dictate while the

sound of cast saws buzz so loudly that I'm convinced gets as close to the saw as

he can, just to give the transcriptionist a hard time. LOL Also, as the

conversation has shown in the last few days here, it is not uncommon for docs to

transcribe while eating, burping, and worse.

Maybe giving you really hard accents for testing is a bit tough, but it really

is a good look at the daily life of an MT. Hang in there. Keep in practice

while looking for a job and review your course material often so you'll not lose

anything. If nothing else, turn on the TV and transcribe from there.

Trisha

Foreign drs. are horrible!!!!

I just went to test for a national company and I know I failed the

transcription portion because I couldn't understand any of the drs.

They all had horrible accents and talked as fast and they possible

could and mumbled everything! Is this really how they all talk? I'm

so frustrated!!! I'm never going to get a job!

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tamara, IMT

PCDI School of MT Grad, 09/02

My 2 boys: Sage (6), Micah (2mo)

[Guest guest]

Hi Tamara,

Yep. That's what most of us go through every day. The good news is that with

experience you do begin to understand them. When I started out there were 2 or

3 doctors that I just could not understand at all. After transcribing them for

a while I was amazed at how much better things were, and now they are no harder

than any other doctor. Your test was a first time try on those particular docs,

so it is understandable that they were hard. Accents aren't the only problems

on the job. There are some docs who just plain can't carry a thought to write a

flowing report unless it is written down, so they're sometimes a bit of a

challenge. Some docs transcribe at home with the kids yelling, piano practice

in the background, dogs barking, and so on. Some dictate from cell phones and

that can really cause problems. I have 1 doc who likes to dictate while the

sound of cast saws buzz so loudly that I'm convinced gets as close to the saw as

he can, just to give the transcriptionist a hard time. LOL Also, as the

conversation has shown in the last few days here, it is not uncommon for docs to

transcribe while eating, burping, and worse.

Maybe giving you really hard accents for testing is a bit tough, but it really

is a good look at the daily life of an MT. Hang in there. Keep in practice

while looking for a job and review your course material often so you'll not lose

anything. If nothing else, turn on the TV and transcribe from there.

Trisha

Foreign drs. are horrible!!!!

I just went to test for a national company and I know I failed the

transcription portion because I couldn't understand any of the drs.

They all had horrible accents and talked as fast and they possible

could and mumbled everything! Is this really how they all talk? I'm

so frustrated!!! I'm never going to get a job!

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tamara, IMT

PCDI School of MT Grad, 09/02

My 2 boys: Sage (6), Micah (2mo)

[Guest guest]

Hi Tamara,

Yep. That's what most of us go through every day. The good news is that with

experience you do begin to understand them. When I started out there were 2 or

3 doctors that I just could not understand at all. After transcribing them for

a while I was amazed at how much better things were, and now they are no harder

than any other doctor. Your test was a first time try on those particular docs,

so it is understandable that they were hard. Accents aren't the only problems

on the job. There are some docs who just plain can't carry a thought to write a

flowing report unless it is written down, so they're sometimes a bit of a

challenge. Some docs transcribe at home with the kids yelling, piano practice

in the background, dogs barking, and so on. Some dictate from cell phones and

that can really cause problems. I have 1 doc who likes to dictate while the

sound of cast saws buzz so loudly that I'm convinced gets as close to the saw as

he can, just to give the transcriptionist a hard time. LOL Also, as the

conversation has shown in the last few days here, it is not uncommon for docs to

transcribe while eating, burping, and worse.

Maybe giving you really hard accents for testing is a bit tough, but it really

is a good look at the daily life of an MT. Hang in there. Keep in practice

while looking for a job and review your course material often so you'll not lose

anything. If nothing else, turn on the TV and transcribe from there.

Trisha

Foreign drs. are horrible!!!!

I just went to test for a national company and I know I failed the

transcription portion because I couldn't understand any of the drs.

They all had horrible accents and talked as fast and they possible

could and mumbled everything! Is this really how they all talk? I'm

so frustrated!!! I'm never going to get a job!

~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tamara, IMT

PCDI School of MT Grad, 09/02

My 2 boys: Sage (6), Micah (2mo)

[Guest guest]

I tested for TransHealth. I think your right about getting more practice

tapes:( I'm not going to give up though...I'm going to try to make up some

flyers and see if I can do some overflow or vacation work or something.

>

>To: " tcorpin "

>Subject: Re: Foreign drs. are horrible!!!!

>Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 21:42:53 -0800

>

>I just looked up PCDI to see what kind of program you did... Did you really

>only type up 38 reports?? My program has me doing at least 20-24 for each

>body system.

>

>You might want to get some the HPI SUM tapes to practice, that might help

>you a bit. I think HPI's web site is http://www.hpisum.com.

>

>Which company did you test for?

>

>-Allie

>

> >I just went to test for a national company and I know I failed the

> >transcription portion because I couldn't understand any of the drs.

> >They all had horrible accents and talked as fast and they possible

> >could and mumbled everything! Is this really how they all talk? I'm

> >so frustrated!!! I'm never going to get a job!

> >~~~~~~~~~~~~

> >Tamara, IMT

> >PCDI School of MT Grad, 09/02

> >My 2 boys: Sage (6), Micah (2mo)

> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

Thanks Trisha,

It is comforting to know that I can transcribe with a baby screaming in my

ear:) But that test was just very discouraging. Oh well I did my best:)

>

>Reply-To: " sandlewood "

>To: <nmtc >,

>Subject: Re: Foreign drs. are horrible!!!!

>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:09:44 -0600

>

>Hi Tamara,

>

>Yep. That's what most of us go through every day. The good news is that

>with experience you do begin to understand them. When I started out there

>were 2 or 3 doctors that I just could not understand at all. After

>transcribing them for a while I was amazed at how much better things were,

>and now they are no harder than any other doctor. Your test was a first

>time try on those particular docs, so it is understandable that they were

>hard. Accents aren't the only problems on the job. There are some docs

>who just plain can't carry a thought to write a flowing report unless it is

>written down, so they're sometimes a bit of a challenge. Some docs

>transcribe at home with the kids yelling, piano practice in the background,

>dogs barking, and so on. Some dictate from cell phones and that can really

>cause problems. I have 1 doc who likes to dictate while the sound of cast

>saws buzz so loudly that I'm convinced gets as close to the saw as he can,

>just to give the transcriptionist a hard time. LOL Also, as the

>conversation has shown in the last few days here, it is not uncommon for

>docs to transcribe while eating, burping, and worse.

>

>Maybe giving you really hard accents for testing is a bit tough, but it

>really is a good look at the daily life of an MT. Hang in there. Keep in

>practice while looking for a job and review your course material often so

>you'll not lose anything. If nothing else, turn on the TV and transcribe

>from there.

>

>Trisha

>

> Foreign drs. are horrible!!!!

>

>

> I just went to test for a national company and I know I failed the

> transcription portion because I couldn't understand any of the drs.

> They all had horrible accents and talked as fast and they possible

> could and mumbled everything! Is this really how they all talk? I'm

> so frustrated!!! I'm never going to get a job!

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Tamara, IMT

> PCDI School of MT Grad, 09/02

> My 2 boys: Sage (6), Micah (2mo)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Trisha,

It is comforting to know that I can transcribe with a baby screaming in my

ear:) But that test was just very discouraging. Oh well I did my best:)

>

>Reply-To: " sandlewood "

>To: <nmtc >,

>Subject: Re: Foreign drs. are horrible!!!!

>Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 00:09:44 -0600

>

>Hi Tamara,

>

>Yep. That's what most of us go through every day. The good news is that

>with experience you do begin to understand them. When I started out there

>were 2 or 3 doctors that I just could not understand at all. After

>transcribing them for a while I was amazed at how much better things were,

>and now they are no harder than any other doctor. Your test was a first

>time try on those particular docs, so it is understandable that they were

>hard. Accents aren't the only problems on the job. There are some docs

>who just plain can't carry a thought to write a flowing report unless it is

>written down, so they're sometimes a bit of a challenge. Some docs

>transcribe at home with the kids yelling, piano practice in the background,

>dogs barking, and so on. Some dictate from cell phones and that can really

>cause problems. I have 1 doc who likes to dictate while the sound of cast

>saws buzz so loudly that I'm convinced gets as close to the saw as he can,

>just to give the transcriptionist a hard time. LOL Also, as the

>conversation has shown in the last few days here, it is not uncommon for

>docs to transcribe while eating, burping, and worse.

>

>Maybe giving you really hard accents for testing is a bit tough, but it

>really is a good look at the daily life of an MT. Hang in there. Keep in

>practice while looking for a job and review your course material often so

>you'll not lose anything. If nothing else, turn on the TV and transcribe

>from there.

>

>Trisha

>

> Foreign drs. are horrible!!!!

>

>

> I just went to test for a national company and I know I failed the

> transcription portion because I couldn't understand any of the drs.

> They all had horrible accents and talked as fast and they possible

> could and mumbled everything! Is this really how they all talk? I'm

> so frustrated!!! I'm never going to get a job!

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Tamara, IMT

> PCDI School of MT Grad, 09/02

> My 2 boys: Sage (6), Micah (2mo)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I just landed a member of my chapter an in-house transcription job with a

doc I had worked for before I had to leave to work at home ad care for mom.

Yesterday was her first day and she was pretty upset by his accent. I had

to try to reflect what it was like the first day I worked for him. He was

not that bad so I was having a hard time understanding her problem. Then I

remembered how I had to do a trouble list with the words he always

slaughtered. I told her she could have it and hopefully tomorrow (today)

will be a better day.

Thanks for this bit of advice. We all need to remember it will get easier

as we get used to the doc. It is not only the accent either. It can be the

style and just plain NEW speciality etc.

Aliceanne

At 12:09 AM 1/27/2003 -0600, sandlewood wrote:

>Hi Tamara,

>

>Yep. That's what most of us go through every day. The good news is that

>with experience you do begin to understand them. When I started out there

>were 2 or 3 doctors that I just could not understand at all. After

>transcribing them for a while I was amazed at how much better things were,

>and now they are no harder than any other doctor. Your test was a first

>time try on those particular docs, so it is understandable that they were

>hard. Accents aren't the only problems on the job. There are some docs

>who just plain can't carry a thought to write a flowing report unless it

>is written down, so they're sometimes a bit of a challenge. Some docs

>transcribe at home with the kids yelling, piano practice in the

>background, dogs barking, and so on. Some dictate from cell phones and

>that can really cause problems. I have 1 doc who likes to dictate while

>the sound of cast saws buzz so loudly that I'm convinced gets as close to

>the saw a..

>Maybe giving you really hard accents for testing is a bit tough, but it

>really is a good look at the daily life of an MT. Hang in there. Keep in

>practice while looking for a job and review your course material often so

>you'll not lose anything. If nothing else, turn on the TV and transcribe

>from there.

>

>Trisha

>

> Foreign drs. are horrible!!!!

>

>

> I just went to test for a national company and I know I failed the

> transcription portion because I couldn't understand any of the drs.

> They all had horrible accents and talked as fast and they possible

> could and mumbled everything! Is this really how they all talk? I'm

> so frustrated!!! I'm never going to get a job!

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

[Guest guest]

I just landed a member of my chapter an in-house transcription job with a

doc I had worked for before I had to leave to work at home ad care for mom.

Yesterday was her first day and she was pretty upset by his accent. I had

to try to reflect what it was like the first day I worked for him. He was

not that bad so I was having a hard time understanding her problem. Then I

remembered how I had to do a trouble list with the words he always

slaughtered. I told her she could have it and hopefully tomorrow (today)

will be a better day.

Thanks for this bit of advice. We all need to remember it will get easier

as we get used to the doc. It is not only the accent either. It can be the

style and just plain NEW speciality etc.

Aliceanne

At 12:09 AM 1/27/2003 -0600, sandlewood wrote:

>Hi Tamara,

>

>Yep. That's what most of us go through every day. The good news is that

>with experience you do begin to understand them. When I started out there

>were 2 or 3 doctors that I just could not understand at all. After

>transcribing them for a while I was amazed at how much better things were,

>and now they are no harder than any other doctor. Your test was a first

>time try on those particular docs, so it is understandable that they were

>hard. Accents aren't the only problems on the job. There are some docs

>who just plain can't carry a thought to write a flowing report unless it

>is written down, so they're sometimes a bit of a challenge. Some docs

>transcribe at home with the kids yelling, piano practice in the

>background, dogs barking, and so on. Some dictate from cell phones and

>that can really cause problems. I have 1 doc who likes to dictate while

>the sound of cast saws buzz so loudly that I'm convinced gets as close to

>the saw a..

>Maybe giving you really hard accents for testing is a bit tough, but it

>really is a good look at the daily life of an MT. Hang in there. Keep in

>practice while looking for a job and review your course material often so

>you'll not lose anything. If nothing else, turn on the TV and transcribe

>from there.

>

>Trisha

>

> Foreign drs. are horrible!!!!

>

>

> I just went to test for a national company and I know I failed the

> transcription portion because I couldn't understand any of the drs.

> They all had horrible accents and talked as fast and they possible

> could and mumbled everything! Is this really how they all talk? I'm

> so frustrated!!! I'm never going to get a job!

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

[Guest guest]

I just landed a member of my chapter an in-house transcription job with a

doc I had worked for before I had to leave to work at home ad care for mom.

Yesterday was her first day and she was pretty upset by his accent. I had

to try to reflect what it was like the first day I worked for him. He was

not that bad so I was having a hard time understanding her problem. Then I

remembered how I had to do a trouble list with the words he always

slaughtered. I told her she could have it and hopefully tomorrow (today)

will be a better day.

Thanks for this bit of advice. We all need to remember it will get easier

as we get used to the doc. It is not only the accent either. It can be the

style and just plain NEW speciality etc.

Aliceanne

At 12:09 AM 1/27/2003 -0600, sandlewood wrote:

>Hi Tamara,

>

>Yep. That's what most of us go through every day. The good news is that

>with experience you do begin to understand them. When I started out there

>were 2 or 3 doctors that I just could not understand at all. After

>transcribing them for a while I was amazed at how much better things were,

>and now they are no harder than any other doctor. Your test was a first

>time try on those particular docs, so it is understandable that they were

>hard. Accents aren't the only problems on the job. There are some docs

>who just plain can't carry a thought to write a flowing report unless it

>is written down, so they're sometimes a bit of a challenge. Some docs

>transcribe at home with the kids yelling, piano practice in the

>background, dogs barking, and so on. Some dictate from cell phones and

>that can really cause problems. I have 1 doc who likes to dictate while

>the sound of cast saws buzz so loudly that I'm convinced gets as close to

>the saw a..

>Maybe giving you really hard accents for testing is a bit tough, but it

>really is a good look at the daily life of an MT. Hang in there. Keep in

>practice while looking for a job and review your course material often so

>you'll not lose anything. If nothing else, turn on the TV and transcribe

>from there.

>

>Trisha

>

> Foreign drs. are horrible!!!!

>

>

> I just went to test for a national company and I know I failed the

> transcription portion because I couldn't understand any of the drs.

> They all had horrible accents and talked as fast and they possible

> could and mumbled everything! Is this really how they all talk? I'm

> so frustrated!!! I'm never going to get a job!

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~

>