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I always defer to Dorland's, which lists

Posted By: annabanana on 2008-01-23
In Reply to: Have always used curette (25+years). Stedman's - lyn

curet as the preferred spelling.  Neither is incorrect.  Curette is more characters and I supposed over years and years that could add up.  Maybe I should switch to curette. 


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Defer to my post above.
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I'd type it & keep my mouth shut. If you defer the report to someone else, you are just calling
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Not my Dorland's
My Dorland's agrees with AAMT-BOS definitions.
Link for Dorland's
Dorland's is free for now at Merck's website. I posted this link on the other board for Dorland's:

www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands.jspzQzpgzEzzSzppdocszSzuszSzcommonzSzdorlandszSzdorlandzSzdmd_a-b_00zPzhtm

Hope it helps!

I was dedicated to Dorland's...
Scratched and scraped to spend 84 bucks on this 28th Edition Illustrated Dorlan's years ago. I still love this book and find it easier to find stuff in.

When I started typing for some companies at home I had to get Stedmans. I kept getting these reports back from QA that word were misspelled like B-natruretic corrected to natriuretic. Several words I had learned for years to type a certain way and all of a sudden, because of some concensus, Stedman's was held the preferred dictionary.

So, I finally quit trying to explain that words were spelled correctly like Busulfan and Busulphan! Well I gave in and bought a Stedman's Prem Edit. Med/Pharm CD. It has paid off, but I still love Dorland's!
Dorland's Medical Dictionary nm
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I have Dorland's -- prefer it for no particular reason.
nm
Ask you acct for samples to look at. And get the Dorland's
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I received one with my dorland Medical Dictionary
And it has been a great help. lp
Use onelook.com to look stuff up and then pick up Dorland's, etc. off of there. Great site! nm
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I prefer Dorland's and consider it the "bible" of medical terminology. Others' mileage
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Also onelook.com as the Dorland's links right off there. Book would be Tessier's Surgical Word
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Underscoring lists......sm

I don't think there is any hard and fast rule regarding this.  Your client obviously isn't BOS obsessed as "any" underscoring in a list is a no no.  If underscoring is an account specific rule, I personally would underscore the title only.  The easiest solution is to check some previous reports and just follow suit, or better yet .. ask.


I am not sure about the waiting lists here yet,
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Rad reports with dem info lists
My first remote job typing rad reports was for a local agency who provided such a great interface with the hospital, all I had to do was put in the job # from the dictaphone and all fields would fill in, then go right to typing in WP using all my short-cut keys. A lot of the reports were short, some long, and I wound up making really good $ that way for years. Then they went to VR (sigh). That's the way to go if you can get it; I won't put in multiple steps I'm not paid to to put in.   Good luck.
my stedmans lab book lists
it as alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency, both the older edition, and also the new edition
Turning numbering on and off for lists
Does anyone know the keystroke commands or if they even exist to turn numbering off and on for lists?  I hate having to use the mouse to point at the menu and going that route!
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I would like to know if there is an Expander out there that will actually list the expansion next to our cursors while we type so we do not have to look down at the bottom of the monitor to see the expansion.  I know if the expansions popped up in front of me I would use them more.  Just curious
Numbered lists in MS Word... How do you
Make the list NOT indent? I want it to stay flush on the right with the rest of the paragraphs? I feel like this should be something easy and I am just spacing out!
Portability of short-cut lists

You may want to get an Expander program like ShortHand or Instant Text. They allow you to use your short-cut list(s) in any application you type in, and you will never have to redo your list(s) when you change accounts or company platforms.


 


Portability of abbreviation lists

Your question raises the portability of abbreviation lists when you use different trascription platforms.


Each platform offers a utility where you can create your list of abbreviations, but you don't want to start over and over each time you change platforms.
The solution to this problem is that EITHER these platforms provide you with another utility that lets you convert your list to their format OR you invest in an Expander software like ShortHand or Instant Text that let you use your list practically on all platforms.
With Instant Text you can import your AutoCorrect with a few clicks and then you can use it with EMDAT or any other platform.
Your time is worth money. You may want to evaluate how much it is worth by calculating how much time it takes to redo your list.


Where did you find the lists for Autotext?
I did not see any lists for autotext for free or ones that could be ordered.  Where did you find them?  Can you give me a link?  Thanks
Word lists more than one .acl file so you want to be...
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What is the quickest way to number a medication list? We have to number all of a patient's medications in a vertical list (voice recognition). - very time consuming - slowing me down. Any MT's found a fast way to number medications and put in a straight list on left margin QUICKLY? This is ridiculous. The voice recognition correctly or incorrectly gives the medications, but it is very slow numbering them and putting them in a vertical list -and we are required to do that. Any help would be appreciated!
The Dorland's Cardiology Word Book is good, too. Might find books at half.com even if a few years
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Once you are real good, you can think about supper, lists,
I know that sounds nonproductive and error prone, but it's entirely doable. The work can take up your limbic system, and your upper cortex can solve the problems of the world. I can read notices on my cubby wall, and never falter typing, and get it perfectly right.
AOL lists today that MT is one of highest WAH jobs!!

Look at the model they used...that's sure what the average MT looks like!  LOL


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Make your expander lists portable

The esp file can be saved as mentioned.
The next step is to make it work in Bayscribe. One solution is to use Instant Text and import your esp file. Once your Expander file is an Instant Text glossary, it is portable and you can use it on any MTSO transcription platform.


Marianne
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Yes, I bought it and you can either buy the lists for Instant Text

or ShortHand I believe, when you buy it, it gives you the option of what word Expander you want to use it with.  Unfortunately, I never did use it.  First of all, I couldn't get used to it and the rules with how to bring up a word.  I think it was something like if a word is 4 or more letters, use the first 2 letters to bring it up, and then another rule if the word is 5 or more letters, bring up the first and then last letter of the word...so on and so on.  I have found that I have my own way of shortcuts and can't use someone's else's method.  Now I just use Shorthand and auto text in Emdat, and that' s working for me.  It might work for you, just in order to get the full  benefit, you have to follow his rules for it, and that is where my mind couldn't go.


Yes, I bought it and you can either buy the lists for Instant Text

or ShortHand I believe, when you buy it, it gives you the option of what word Expander you want to use it with.  Unfortunately, I never did use it.  First of all, I couldn't get used to it and the rules with how to bring up a word.  I think it was something like if a word is 4 or more letters, use the first 2 letters to bring it up, and then another rule if the word is 5 or more letters, bring up the first and then last letter of the word...so on and so on.  I have found that I have my own way of shortcuts and can't use someone's else's method.  Now I just use Shorthand and auto text in Emdat, and that' s working for me.  It might work for you, just in order to get the full  benefit, you have to follow his rules for it, and that is where my mind couldn't go.


Enumerated lists and underlining for headings in exam
I was wondering if any of you can help me, and possibly even give me a reference, regarding enumerated lists, specifially in an exam. Example is:

1. General Comments:

2. Response to Medication:

3. Medication Compliance:

Etc.

What I am wondering is the clinic likes the section to be underscored (i.e., General Comments); however, should the underscore include the number or just the words titling that section? I have been doing the latter; however, the person I share the account with underlines both the number and title.

Thanks for your help.

Linda
We don't have to SAVE lists of mistakes to refer back to. They are readily available at any given
Believe it or not, that's the kind of stuff we see all day long on a daily basis. Your resentment for QA is shining through. Perhaps you recognize some of these errors....
I'd quit! Too much busy work. So much of this is automated now, lists, names, etc. Move on and fi
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ExtText by Dictaphone -- Word 2000 - won't capitalize when making a new paragraph or after lists?
Hi. I am new at a job. The Word 2000 running in ExtText (Dictaphone) will not capitalize at the beginning of a new paragraph (never had that happen before), nor after numbers in an automatic list, and sometimes even just after plain periods, not just periods used in numbers (like hemoglobin 7.5).

What is going on? It works fine in the Word version on my computer, but when it ties with ExtText, it "forgets" to capitalize. It is especially annoying with lists, and also at the first of paragraphs, I never had to babysit that before.

Any help? TX
Tools, AutoCorrect, Autoformat as you Type, uncheck Automatic numbered lists. nm

I would buy new a Dorland's Medical Dictionary, Stedmans Medical and Surgical Equipment...SM

and Tessier's The Surgical Word Book, 3rd edition.  Books you could buy used I would say would be Stedman's Pathology and Lab Medicine and Cardiology/Pulmonary word book.  These are all the books I use the most during my day.  You could buy other speciality word books as you need them and could probably go used with those.


I wouldn't bother with buying a drug book, new editions come out every year and I just stick to the FDA website and RXList as my drug references.


Also FYI, not a book, but I use my Stedman's Electronic Medical Dictationary a lot.  It's easier to open the program than it is to pick up a huge 30-pound dictionary.


I have only used Stedman's. What are some differences in Dorland's and Stedman's?
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