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Title: Hillcrest Medical Center: Beginning Medical Transcription Course
ISBN: 1401841082
Author:
Patricia Ireland
Mary Ann Novak
Publicate Date: 2004-06-24
Publish: 2004-06-24
List Price: $104.95
Average Customer Rating: 3.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Hilcrest Transcription
This is exactly the book I was looking for. The information and examples are fully explained. My only criticism is that the book is specific to Hillcrest Medical Centers and affiliate care facilities. Other formats will most likely be used wherever I work but the information necessary for each document is explained. Before beginning with a new employer, I will get an example of their formats. But the information is perfect for me as someone learning the field. I see where this book will be used as reference in the future.
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2: Not realistic at all
I was looking for a job that would hold my interest and support me well while I'm going to school. I heard about medical transcription and thought it sounded great. I have taken two medical transcription courses. The first course was at my local vocational school and they used this series of textbooks. The second course was through an online school that specialized in mt training.
This book is terrible if you are using it with the expectations of getting a job after completing it. It only gives a very small selection of medical terms. There is a vocabulary list before each report exercise, but if you actually want to transcribe for a living you are going to have to learn MANY more terms. You need to learn suffixes, prefixes, root words, basic anatomy, etc., none of which can be found in this book. Also, the reports in this book have been read by actors and are way too clearly dictated to provide actual training. Real dication is usually much harder to hear - you'll deal with a lot of background noise, stammers, mumbling, and rushed speaking when listening to actual reports. The reports in this book are read in a variety of accents, but that really doesn't provide enough experience. Needless to say, after taking the vocational course that used only this book as the text, I was not able to find a job.
About halfway through the vocational course, I was feeling very disappointed. I spoke to a neighbor and discovered that she was taking a course through an online school that specializes in mt training. (I'm not going to put the name of the school in here because I don't want anyone to think I'm just advertising for them. If you are curious, you can contact me through Amazon). I started taking the online course and was amazed at the difference between the two courses. The online course had units on anatomy, vocabulary, improving typing speed, proof-reading, grammar, etc. The practice reports were ACTUAL reports and were MUCH harder than the actor-read reports in this book. The online course did an excellent job in preparing me to work as an mt.
In short, if you are just curious whether medical transcription might be for you, you could get this book and flip through it. It will show you very basic examples of what the job entails. If you are wanting something to buy to use as your sole training in becoming an mt, this is not the book for you.
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3: Second career?
My daughter works with horses, makes very good money, but only works 20 hours a week. She was considering taking medical transcriptionist courses. I bought this book to give her a real taste of what the courses would be like. It would be a good additional career if she could work it around the horse training she loves and excels at. This book is perfect for anyone considering a medical transcriptionist career. I gives you a very clear idea what is involved in beginning transcription.
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4: Very pleased.
This is the textbook I used in my Beginning Medical Transcription course and I found it to be very helpful. Audio cassette tapes were given out from the teacher with model operative, autopsy, H & P, cytology, and consultation reports that coincided with the lessons in the book. The terminology that was in each chapter was used frequently in the reports to assimilate the student with typing the words, as well as being able to hear it pronounced in different ways. It gave a background lesson in basic terminology, including suffixes and root words. I thought that this book helped me in great ways.
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5: Difficult at first, but then got it.
I too found this book to be hard to understand at first. I thought I'd never get done with it. I decided not to let a book get the best of me so I really applied myself and soon I had the hang of it. The only thing I would have added to the book is more tests at the end.
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