Chap

Posted By: blondie on 2007-12-16
In Reply to: Doesn't this just chap? A new MT grad is better than 15 yrs exp? - ARGGHHH!!!

Well that does sound a little far fetched. I did not read the whole thing of course to see how he came to this conclusion. I think maybe he is just trying to make the school sound good. Not that some new grad MTs aren't good, but I don't think a company would actually choose a new grad over 15 years exp unless they wanted to pay cheap wages. Actually I only have about 11 months exp. so I am not far from being a new grad myself, but I know they didn't want me over someone with alot of exp. The lady that hired me I guess just wanted to give me a chance and she had some really easy dictation too. I am grateful because now I have moved on to acute care.

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Doesn't this just chap? A new MT grad is better than 15 yrs exp? - ARGGHHH!!!
- You're kidding right? - Donna
- Better? No - J Giffin
- Though some MTs may - XMQ
  - LOL!!! There's the Peter Principle, for sure! - tnmt
    - Yes indeed - XMQ
- This is what I think she really meant...sm - Tessa
  - I have seen this in the past also - tnmt
- Maybe the untrained yet experienced MT has been doing it wrong for 15 years? NM - deb
  - I have seen that. (sm) - Z
- Sorry, but that is the opinion of some large MT - companies too. Makes me sick.
- worked for her - clsk
  - Hmmm ... sounds like the attitude of some QA at my company... - sm
- let her hire all newbies....see where she is in a few months. - she sounds immature and simple minded - n/m
  - experienced MT - Margaret
- Wow, she doesn't have a CLUE what she's talking about. - what a misplaced ego she's got there
  - bunch of new people with no clout sm - That's just an excuse to have a
- On what planet? - Malki Reed
  - Agree sm - marilyn
- Experienced versus New - sm
  - BOS training - blondie
    - I have run into the exact same thing - and BOS rules mean nothing to many Doctors
      - Why should it? Just some ideas put together by - ladies wanting to make a buck off MTs. nm
    - That's because how the client wants things is the way it - gets done, BOS or not. nm Wanderer
      - Because BOS are rules decided on by ladies - with too much free time, not God. nm
        My current employer insisted I buy BOS - then tells me to ignore half the rules anyway
- Why do you think when an MD hangs - where are some peoples minds
- When I read this post, I just HAD to reply... - MT27 (yrs experience, that is, not age)
  - No. The way company sees it ----SM - nnnn
    - I don't care what school you go to - Georgia MT
  - Gross overgeneralization - LK
    - language - marilyn
    - Isn't it interesting? - winnie
      - More thoughts on this - Malki Reed
        Let me clarify. - winnie
    - Well said! - Couldn't agree more. -nm
  - Another take on this - barbv
    - That depends on the individual - but some won't leave their comfort zone
      - That's the key right there - WWTx
        It doesn't have to be necessarily - willing to be corrected. SM
- Chap - blondie

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Doesn't this just chap? A new MT grad is better than 15 yrs exp?

In the September 2006 Plexus Magazine for AAMT members and Student members, Dee Thomas of Thomas Transcription wrote a letter to the editor. Below is what particularly caught my eye.

"Last week, I ased my staff a question: "Does anyone care about quality anymore?" You know how strong I am on doing it right the first time and proofing the line above. These days, I'd rather hire an M-Tec student with tech savvy than to hire an MT with 15 years' experience in a hospital environment because that's all she has -- a hospital environment that gave her absolutely no feedback or tech savvy for the future, which is now inevitably upon us. It's sad but true."