Guest guest Posted February 25, 2003 Report Share Posted February 25, 2003 (I am going to post this anyway - - - -I am not sure if I am going to offend anyone here.) Yes, Rennie, I have caught myself several times referring to pleuralizing words, just in time before I posted it. It's pretty funny. It is a bit of an odd thing getting involved with this profession after spending quite a bit of time as a 'provider'. At first I was puzzled why MTs didn't have malpractice insurance, but I see that the ultimate responsibility is back with whoever did the dictating, and those chart notes are supposed to be checked, right?? Are they really? I'm not talking about QA. From a clinical perspective a person is always focused on what a thing 'is', with not so much attention to the exact word form or spelling. Textbooks, dictionaries, and atlases are big and something like a Stedman's would be akin to malpractice. But with transcription, I see knowing what a thing 'is' is one of the tools to get at the right word, which is the main point here after all. I see that another big tool is having seen, time and time again, a particular use of the word in a certain situation, and therefore knowing that it is the right word. The exact definition is sometimes not necessary. Another odd thing is trying to make a decision about what word to insert when there is just a small piece of the patient's history or current situation presented on the screen. Clinically, someone would be reluctant to make any kind of judgement about someone else's patient without having the entire history of the case to review, and even then it is a 'qualified' judgement because of not actually having seen the patient personally. But obviously this task has to be done, report after report, hour after hour, day after day, every time the dictation isn't clear. It is unavoidable. It's actually pretty amazing, this work. I still don't quite see yet how a person can assimilate the entire body of knowledge of words that is necessary for transcribing for a variety of disciplines at the same time - like in a hospital. I suspect the key word here is 'experience'. Ken Re: word help, please We MTs make funny typos. Like that something was humerus (funny haha) and we start to pleuralize words really strangely. LOL It's what too much time spent with the medical language will do to us!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- > I can't believe I spelled wonder as wounder. I need to look at these things before I send them out. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2003 Report Share Posted February 25, 2003 Wow……this is awesome. Thanks for posting. Trisha Re: word help, please (I am going to post this anyway - - - -I am not sure if I am going to offend anyone here.) Yes, Rennie, I have caught myself several times referring to pleuralizing words, just in time before I posted it. It's pretty funny. It is a bit of an odd thing getting involved with this profession after spending quite a bit of time as a 'provider'. At first I was puzzled why MTs didn't have malpractice insurance, but I see that the ultimate responsibility is back with whoever did the dictating, and those chart notes are supposed to be checked, right?? Are they really? I'm not talking about QA. >From a clinical perspective a person is always focused on what a thing 'is', with not so much attention to the exact word form or spelling. Textbooks, dictionaries, and atlases are big and something like a Stedman's would be akin to malpractice. But with transcription, I see knowing what a thing 'is' is one of the tools to get at the right word, which is the main point here after all. I see that another big tool is having seen, time and time again, a particular use of the word in a certain situation, and therefore knowing that it is the right word. The exact definition is sometimes not necessary. Another odd thing is trying to make a decision about what word to insert when there is just a small piece of the patient's history or current situation presented on the screen. Clinically, someone would be reluctant to make any kind of judgement about someone else's patient without having the entire history of the case to review, and even then it is a 'qualified' judgement because of not actually having seen the patient personally. But obviously this task has to be done, report after report, hour after hour, day after day, every time the dictation isn't clear. It is unavoidable. It's actually pretty amazing, this work. I still don't quite see yet how a person can assimilate the entire body of knowledge of words that is necessary for transcribing for a variety of disciplines at the same time - like in a hospital. I suspect the key word here is 'experience'. Ken Re: word help, please We MTs make funny typos. Like that something was humerus (funny haha) and we start to pleuralize words really strangely. LOL It's what too much time spent with the medical language will do to us!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie My Home Page: HYPERLINK " http://www.renesue.com " http://www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- > I can't believe I spelled wonder as wounder. I need to look at these things before I send them out. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2003 Report Share Posted February 25, 2003 Wow……this is awesome. Thanks for posting. Trisha Re: word help, please (I am going to post this anyway - - - -I am not sure if I am going to offend anyone here.) Yes, Rennie, I have caught myself several times referring to pleuralizing words, just in time before I posted it. It's pretty funny. It is a bit of an odd thing getting involved with this profession after spending quite a bit of time as a 'provider'. At first I was puzzled why MTs didn't have malpractice insurance, but I see that the ultimate responsibility is back with whoever did the dictating, and those chart notes are supposed to be checked, right?? Are they really? I'm not talking about QA. >From a clinical perspective a person is always focused on what a thing 'is', with not so much attention to the exact word form or spelling. Textbooks, dictionaries, and atlases are big and something like a Stedman's would be akin to malpractice. But with transcription, I see knowing what a thing 'is' is one of the tools to get at the right word, which is the main point here after all. I see that another big tool is having seen, time and time again, a particular use of the word in a certain situation, and therefore knowing that it is the right word. The exact definition is sometimes not necessary. Another odd thing is trying to make a decision about what word to insert when there is just a small piece of the patient's history or current situation presented on the screen. Clinically, someone would be reluctant to make any kind of judgement about someone else's patient without having the entire history of the case to review, and even then it is a 'qualified' judgement because of not actually having seen the patient personally. But obviously this task has to be done, report after report, hour after hour, day after day, every time the dictation isn't clear. It is unavoidable. It's actually pretty amazing, this work. I still don't quite see yet how a person can assimilate the entire body of knowledge of words that is necessary for transcribing for a variety of disciplines at the same time - like in a hospital. I suspect the key word here is 'experience'. Ken Re: word help, please We MTs make funny typos. Like that something was humerus (funny haha) and we start to pleuralize words really strangely. LOL It's what too much time spent with the medical language will do to us!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie My Home Page: HYPERLINK " http://www.renesue.com " http://www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- > I can't believe I spelled wonder as wounder. I need to look at these things before I send them out. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Hi all, Status post ACL reconstruction of her right knee utilizing an s/l " autograph " of her patellar tendon. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help, Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 autograft Means they used the patient's own body parts to do a graft. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ word help, please Hi all, Status post ACL reconstruction of her right knee utilizing an s/l " autograph " of her patellar tendon. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help, Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 autograft Means they used the patient's own body parts to do a graft. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ word help, please Hi all, Status post ACL reconstruction of her right knee utilizing an s/l " autograph " of her patellar tendon. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help, Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 autograft Means they used the patient's own body parts to do a graft. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ word help, please Hi all, Status post ACL reconstruction of her right knee utilizing an s/l " autograph " of her patellar tendon. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help, Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Becky, Autograft would be right, a graft using her own patellar tendon for the reconstruction. Dawn C. §(ºoº)§ M-TEC Student IC, Ortho - 1+ years, IM AIM: fasthands47 word help, please Hi all, Status post ACL reconstruction of her right knee utilizing an s/l " autograph " of her patellar tendon. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help, Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 Becky, Autograft would be right, a graft using her own patellar tendon for the reconstruction. Dawn C. §(ºoº)§ M-TEC Student IC, Ortho - 1+ years, IM AIM: fasthands47 word help, please Hi all, Status post ACL reconstruction of her right knee utilizing an s/l " autograph " of her patellar tendon. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help, Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 That would be autograft, meaning the graft of bone came from the patient's own body, not from a donor. HTH Jan jantranscribes@... " Typing is my life. " " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " word help, please Hi all, Status post ACL reconstruction of her right knee utilizing an s/l " autograph " of her patellar tendon. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help, Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 That would be autograft, meaning the graft of bone came from the patient's own body, not from a donor. HTH Jan jantranscribes@... " Typing is my life. " " Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. " word help, please Hi all, Status post ACL reconstruction of her right knee utilizing an s/l " autograph " of her patellar tendon. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help, Becky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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