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Good Resources

Posted By: Renee on 2007-04-24
In Reply to: Stedman's has a plastic surgery reference book. If - me

Everyone's suggestions have been very helpful for me i really appreciate it. Maybe i should think electronic over the actual book?

Thanks


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None- you have no resources on this....now be
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resources
I am a newbie looking for good resource sites. Where do you go for all of your questions? What can you just not do without? Thanks. I'm trying to get set.
I have address resources available, but

the dictating physician will often forget to say the doctor's first name, and there will be 20 Dr. So-and-sos listed.  Or they spell the easy names like Smith, but not the difficult ones that they mangle the pronunciation on.  Then they carbon copy six different physicians.  I've got the hospital directory, online hospital website, online physician address lookup, Google, and other resources, but it's still very time consuming.


I'm thinking I like Meditech better.  LOL  At least everything was in there.  F7, F10, arrow down, save, you're done.


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Here are the links from my favorite places. I also have a word list if you need it. Let me know.


http://www.appi.org/dsm.cfx


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11428699&dopt=Abstract


http://teachhealthk-12.uthscsa.edu/pa/pa03/pa03pdf/0306C-SWS.pdf


http://gainscenter.samhsa.gov/curriculum/juvenile/glossary.htm


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http://www.falseallegations.com/mmpi-bw.htm


http://www.brainsource.com/nptests.htm


http://neuro.psyc.memphis.edu/NeuroPsyc/np-dx-demen.htm


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What I meant was use resources
Sometimes I can put in a string of words to come up with something needed as well.  I have found it to be most resourceful.  Sometimes Google can be wrong, so you have to kind of use the sites that are reliable.  That's all I meant really by that.
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There are also other search engines. I am not trying to be rude, I really don't understand why you cannot work without Google.
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AAMT Book of Style


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Make sure you have all the resources you need that will cover a lot of specialties, especially for ops. I wouldn't worry too much. You will basically just be learning more words. Just have the resources you need for quick finds to help you pick up speed. I'm sure you'll do fine!

Can you email me the name of the company you are starting with? Even though I've been in this business for over 15 years, I don't have the "recent" acute care experience most companies are requesting. However, I do have at least 10 years in the past. Thanks!
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a list of the doctors, and simply say you can no longer keep up with your own work load, they are welcoome to contact you after exhausting those resources if they still can not find the answer and you will help when your work is complete; if they can not wait that long suggest they contact the MTSO.
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Good for you. Sounds very interesting and a good chance of pace - sm

but I live in the northeast and not much need for that where I live.  I also live in a small town so that limits my options.  I have spent the last couple of years as a substitute teacher to supplement my MT job and just completed 4-1/2 months as a long term sub which I enjoyed and was a change of pace from MT.  The only problem is as a sub or ed tech you only get paid during the school year so I would have to keep my MT job for summers and school vacations.  With the way things are going in the MT world I hate to rely solely on that.  I don't want to find myself without any job whatsoever.   


Thanks for all the responses.    


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Is the dictation quality good, are the dictators good, are you
a newbie and you still have to look up lots of words ....   The very first day I typed, with absolutely no education way back when, when you didn't have to have a degree/certificate or previous experience, I typed 665 lines.  This was without an expander and I was not a fast typist.   I can do 1000 lines in about 4 hours now on average. 
LOL! Well, good! I've done ONE good thing today, then. NM
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