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Posted By: check further along in these posts. on 2006-03-13
In Reply to: Just curious - just where is everyone getting their scores?nm - Avsnut

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I think MTs must have higher IQs than general public? You feel like posting your IQ if you know it? - Ladydi
- Mine was tested at 148 in school. After they found out & leaked it -- (s/m) - 'Underachiever"
  - Wow, what a bummer. Sounds like you are doing OK despite - all that. DaNg! sm
    - Haha! Great story! What a cool mom! (n/m) - Underachiever
- Wow! Big debate, reading the replies to this. I believe most.... - 137 and dropping?
  - I'm not interested in what my IQ is but for you to assume it's low shows that you have issues - sm
    - (giggling). do you even KNOW how many masters degrees are - out there and CHOOSE to MT??!?!?
  - Amen, sister! - Talking to the choir (sm)
    - Another interesting question would be - how - MT/QA
      - This dumb-and-dumber peer pressure is the pits. And kids with higher - IQs suffered as kids and get flamed as adults!
- No wonder smart people try to hide it from all the not-so-smarts, if all these posts are any indicat - Why would you rag on smart people?
- Just curious - just where is everyone getting their scores?nm - Avsnut
  - Mine was from my GRE (sm) - MensaMT
  - There are web sites that will test you for free. - check further along in these posts.
  - From the Land of Make-Believe - LOL
  - Mine was from my high school test, back in the dark ages. - ladydi
- I don't know about the over-inflated IQ scores on this board (LMBO) - but they definitely have over-inflated egos!
  - zero ego, high IQ. awkward combo. - Anon
    - Yeah, the IQ's are as ridiculously high as the make-believe yearly pay we often get quoted on her - bunch of bunk
      - See natural stupidity post, below. - Nyah-Nyah
  - That thought crossed my mind prior...LOL..nm - ROFL!!!
    - Artificial intelligence is no much to natural stupidity. yukyukyuk - :) (nm)
      - Or natural misspelling? What was this SUPPOSED to say? - OMG
- 158 (nm) - typing4dollars
- 139 (many years ago) - Pokey
  - That's what mine is, too. - Anon
- Mine is 159 - nm - DaMT
  - Kul! That's a really good IQ - Anon
- 168 (nm) - MensaMT
  - person kicked off new APPRENTICE on TV..nm - if not mistaken, the MENSA guy was 1st
    - the reason? *no common sense* quote...nm - if not mistaken, the MENSA guy was 1st
- LOL! Thanks for making my day! I have never had such a good laugh as I did when reading those - scores! nm
  - Some of these sound like weights, though I'd love to be 130 again!--- nm - Laura E.
    - So funny, Laura! Me, too, I wish I was back - MT/QA
- Mine is 137. It used to be 146. Getting - MT in VA
  - I know... Aging is a b--tch, darnit. - anon
- I think most MTx are highly - intelligent and overqualified for
  - True.. But the little that DOES come our way is surely prized. I think you're right - about the highly intellingent (except for a few, s
  - More like-a lot of MTs BELIEVE they are SM - no way
    - Exactly. If they're so smart, why are they talking about moonlighting at Burger King? - sm
    - Not me, just because I type it, doesn't mean I understand it - sm - XXX
      - You should not be transcribing what you don't understand. - sm
      - That is THE most dangerous thing I think I've ever heard. You don't understand it?! - OMG.
      - Thank you!!!! I feel the same way. - sm
- In the 160s and 170s as a kid and in high school. After - MT/QA
  - When you are really smart like this, it's hard to find anything to hold your attention. - I hope you find something spiffy to interest you.
- Well, signing off for the night. It sure looks to me like MTs have higher IQs than average!. - Ladydi
  - Or they make quite a case trying to CONVINCE us they do! - yeah right
    - sour grapes, dearie? Oh, i forgot, you - should probably look that up.
- 153 in my late 20s...however I do believe it is going down. - not as clever
- Mine is 143. nm - CL
- What is the average IQ, if any one knows? - nm
  - 90-100 is average. Above 145 is genius. - Some of you are borderline genius'!
    - I'd say they're borderline delusional! - LOL
      - OMG, almost spewed coffee on screen.LOL-nm - ROFLMBO!!!
    - http://web.tickle.com/tests/uiq/index-pop.jsp?sid=2607&supp=text8&z= - Free IQ test
      - Okay. Just took this test - got a 136 - Not too shabby, I guess
- Mine was 130 when I checked it about 2 years ago. - nm - Laura E.
  - My oldest brother is a genius at above 140 - was in Scott's Hi-Q in high school - sm - Laura E.
- Used to be a MENSA candidate but because I'm getting older, I'm losing it, only 140 - last time I checked (nm)
  - oh, do u check regularly? NM - Question......
  - Yeah, and I'll bet that has also derailed your career possibilities with NASA! - LOL
  - last time i checked, MENSA was a party organization! Not much more going on. - ladydi
    - It's not an acronym (sm) - MensaMT
      - That's good to hear. Maybe I should give it a chance and see if I like it. - It's difficult to hang with people who aren'
      - lack common sense, one's I have met..nm - yea, fun but so many of them simply
- 148-nm - bashful
  - Ditto - I shoulda been the doctor. sm - That's mine, too.
    - So true - bashful
- Here's the truth: Although I have met many SM - no way
  - I think some of those are posting, above. - OMG
  - There are also those that pretend to be dumb so they don't have to. sm - Former Sup
    - Doesn't tequila help in wound healing? Or is that heel wounding... - ladydi
      - My healing agent of choise is Passion Fruit Rum, but Tequila comes second. nm - FS
        god himself musta made blackberry brandy. - di
        The blackberry wine made by Amana Colonies is really good, too. sm - Frankie
        OMG that is so true. I love their rhubarb wine. I known it sounds - freaky, but MAN it is good.
        Haven't tried the rhubarb, but I also saw dandelion. sm - Frankie
        ditto... The sweet wines are like dessert. The Amanas are the - ladydi
        Your poor kids will be MTs for sure....they will have to be! - If they are in the ACOA...see post below!
        I steered my clear of that. they saw what a workaholic I was and said no thanks. nm - ACOA
        Under "Why transcription?" - nm
        See post RE: 111111 - nm
  - too terribly true. I'm working with a few of those. (NM) - ladydi
- Must be genius, cause if I had common sense, I would have - cut and run eons ago. But I'm goin now.
- 139 (and dropping like a stone!) - Anon

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This site has free software.....There is Stedmans Ortho Word Book program on there amount other great software.

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Free FTP sites
can be found if you Google on the keywords "free FTP sites." There are a few. FireFTP is the free one for the browser Mozilla Firefox if you use that. There are others for Internet Explorer.

Need to practice with an online MT test - which company sites have one without having to send infonm
nm

Are all those "hacker-free" shopping sites relatively safe? nm
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Yeah a 30 minute test---work for free, he gets enough to test, his work is done - nm
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It's a test in progress to measure what MTs know and what type of test to give for the SM
different levels of MTs. It's over $90. That's a lot of money to pay to someone who is giving these tests for research as to what type of testing should be done for the different levels of MT. The AAMT will probably take the results and make a test that they can give in India or the Phillipines or some other foreign country.

tuning fork test: Is it about a hearing test? .See inside
A whisper is about 20 dB
Loud music (some concerts) is around 80 to 120 dB
A jet engine is about 140 to 180 dB

Hope I could help

Not a medical typing test but this website can test you..

It's called www.typingtest.com

Atleast it will give you an idea.. Sadly, I had to take it twice before I passed it LOL

Why would they do a microalbumin test when she has the period? A lot of test s will come out wrong
Why would they do a microalbumin test when she has the period? A lot of tests will come out wrong.

Neer's test is a shoulder impingement test

Don't think that has to do with the knee. How about "bucket handle tear" of the knee? Never heard of Neer having anything to do with the knee.

happens quite often i would test again or go see your GYN for blood test which is more accurate
nm

Abacus is not free. It is $20 but worth it. You can download a trial version free which does not h
I have used this for years and have compared to Sylvan, Word, and MP Count, etc. When you have it set to count every character, bold, shift, tab, etc. It is great and always higher than the others. Now if you are wanting gross lines like in Word then no it won't be as high because Word counts blanks lines and Abacus counts a line only if there is a character on it. There is also two places to check for it to count the Headers/Footers. If you have the FREE version then it must be the trial or a very old version so you don't have all the features and functions.

Free? As in, free trial? Otherwise, I don't think you'll find a spellcheck software that's
y

Check out the free demo of MTStars FlashType. It's free for 7 days.
Then, if you like it, you can purchase it for $59.95. See link below.

Or maybe that in itself IS the test! It's really an ethics test, LOL. nm
R

yes it is free....mine was free....why the exclamation?
nm

There are free ones out there. I have been using a free one for 5 years. sm
Just have to research FTP server software.

free? We are not *free* - what planet R U on?

Free? Liberal? You know nothing about me......I'm a 4th generation American so don't get up in my face......

We have a bad bad reputation today....and we do NOT HAVE 60 ALLIES/COUNTRIES BACKING US UP IN IRAQ....you better open up your eyes to the REAL stats. Perhaps in 2003 we had 60 allies/countries backing us up....NAME 60 today. I can name maybe 10 countries.......

You are terribly off-base.........even the soldiers have spoken up stating *unfortunately, this has become OUR vietnam* -

here's where you might think of beginning...iraqi veterans against the war......not a liberal website by any stretch of the imagination..

http://www.ivaw.org/

It has nothing to do with sites..
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FTP Sites
I use FTPToday.

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http://www.drsfostersmith.com

http://www.catster.com

http://www.petfinder.com

PT sites
http://www.galter.northwestern.edu/guides/physical_therapy/

http://www.wisdomking.com/line150036.html

http://www.isokineticsinc.com

http://www.physicaltherapy.com/

http://www.apta.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Try some of these sites
x

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=INFINITY+FOOT+PEDAL&spell=1

FTP sites.....
I use FTP Voyager...60 dollars for 2 years....sooo easy to use, encrypted, best I have used so far. Go on their site and see. Rhinosoft.com is the site.

FTP sites...
Does anyone know of any FTP sites that do not have a user fee? I am currently using a software that charges me 0.025 cpl and I find it's a ripoff. I really don't make any money off this software, AND I paid an arm and a leg for this software. Can anyone tell me where I can find an FTP site that does not charge a user fee? TIA.

OB/GYN sites

Can someone tell me of some good OB/GYN sites out there? For that matter, any good specialty sites. I'm fairly new to transcription and still gathering good reference sites.

Thanks in advance!

MTOhio

sites
There is chemocare.com and cancer-info.com.

OB/GYN web sites
Does anybody have any good web sites for OB/GYN and peds? I haven't done all that much of either one and I'm having a slow go with the acronyms. Any help would really be appreciated!

FTP sites
Can anyone recommend a good FTP site that would be used on my own computer on the desktop. Thank you.

what other sites do you use?
TIA

Many thanks 2 U both 4 the 3 gr8 sites (sm)

I'm good to go!!

It's right on their Web sites...

Visit this site, read paragraph 2 and notice the word global. It doesn't appear they are trying to hide anything.

http://tinyurl.com/6kz2qr

Some different sites here too . .

These help me:

For City/States/Counties: *HomeTownLocator* -- http://www.hometownlocator.com/

For Orthopedics: Really great site. Can use search box or click on any part of the skeleton. *Wheeless On Line* -- http://www.wheelessonline.com/

For Medical Abbreviations: Also has a medical dictionary, drug search and medical instrument search, but I just use it for the Abbreviations. *MediLexicon* http://www.medilexicon.com/

For Chemotherapy Drugs - *ChemoCare* http://www.chemocare.com/bio/

For Medical Dictionary - *Dorlands Medical Dictionary* - http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_hl_dorlands_split.jsp?pg=/ppdocs/us/common/dorlands/dorland/misc/A_TOC.htm

For Clinical Trials - http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/

Those are some of what I use all the time.

thanks a lot for these sites
I appreciate you taking the time to give them to me!

But, I can access all other web sites
So, would it really be my Internet Explorer causing the problem???

I use to go to this one web site where I could always log on even during them updating the site but many others could not - some could, some could not. I just have a feeling this may be the same type of thing - something with the website itself or else I would have problems with other websites, wouldn't I? I can access any other website I want but this particular one - wwww.weightwatchers.com

I thought maybe I needed to clean out my cache or whatever as they may have changed something where it keeps using something on my computer that is old/no longer valid in order to access the site but wouldn't everything I have done so far have eliminated a possible problem such as that??? I did not actually go in and delete anything in any cache so I don't know if that may need to be done yet and, if so, I have no idea where to go and/or which one(s) I need to do that with.

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Any of you pet lovers seen these sites?

http://www.catster.com

http://www.dogster.com

So cute, and so addicting!

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I have avoided calling Dell to ask for help with certain issues because I cannot understand them. If I ask them to transfer me to a US office, will they?

cancer sites
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The other sites might as well not exist
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if they use the BOS on offshore sites.
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I just checked out both of these sites and
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At my clinical sites,...sm
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some good sites

Here are some I use for oncology

chemo acronyms - this same website has chemo drugs

http://www.chemocare.com/bio/list_by_acronym.asp?acronym

cancer terms

http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=46138

types of lymphoma

http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/lymphoma/NHL_types.html

FDA approved onco drugs with good links on page

http://www.fda.gov/cder/cancer/approved.htm

cancer staging (TNM)

http://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_staging_cancer/unit03_sec03_part04_ajcc_guidelines.html

I use a couple of sites
www.ama-assn.org and
www.revolutionhealth.com

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Thank you all for these sites, they are truly appreciated (nm)

Does anyone know of any homeopathic med sites?
xx

Ortho sites
I am fairly new to orthopedics. Anybody have some good websites for ortho terms and medications?

Web Sites! Lots!

http://www.dressings.org/dressings-datacards-by-alpha.html

New/unusual terms

has been useful in finding OB phrases I�m not familiar with on my new job.

http://Rxlist.com

for drugs

http://www.mt911.com

for drugs

http://www.docboard.org/

chemotherapy drugs

Medical tests, signs, and maneuvers:

http://www.oncologychannel.com/prostatecancer/stagingsystems.html

The �everything� site:

That goes for drugs or anything. Customize to start looking in medical books firs and not in general dictionaries.

http://www.TheAGAPECenter.com

http://www.upinregistry.com (very comprehensive listing of doctors in all states with ability to put in specialty if it is known to narrow the search

http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_home.jsp

now available on line.drugs, etc)

http://www.labtestsonline.org/

diseases and syndromes, etc)

http://www.thebody.com/content/art40488.html

Online Medical Dictionary,

Wikipedia has images and diagrams from Gray�s Anatomy and links to related body parts.

Chemo acronyms � this same website has chemo drugs

http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=46138

types of lymphoma

Site for names of bacteria

http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/

Drug list

http://www.list.com/cgi/rxlist.cgi

Acronym finder

http://www.acronymfinder.com

Spellings for drugs

http://www.healthsquare.com/drugmaian.htm

(scroll down to Medline search)

http://www.medworld.stanford.edu/medworld/reasearchcorner.html

Books list � any book an MT could ever need:

http://www.cyberstreet.com/users/connie/mtbooks.htm

Taber�s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary ONLINE:

www.yourdictionary.com/diction5.html#medicine

Online Medical
Glossaries

http://www.1000dictionaries.com/medical_dictionaries_2.html#medicine

Over the counter drug list:

http://my.webmd.com/medcast_toc/pdr_drug_and_herb

List of FDA drug approvals:

http://www.fda.gov/cder/approval/index.htm

http://www.Hypersoft.net

-- links that might be helpful

http://home.adelphia.net/ ktm58/links.html

Wound V.A.C.

http://www.kci1.com/35.asp

Sleep Studies

http://www.sleepnet.com/definition.html

To find doctors by state

http://www.upin.ecare.com/

Good fibro website

http://www.emedicine.com/pmr/topic47.htm

Sites to find docs

http://www.mt911.com/site/search/search_form.asp?sid=12

OP note samples

http://www.mt911.com on it and has a lot of different samples. Also a good reference book is The Surgical Word Book by Saunders.

http://www.myspecialdiet.com/Shop/Detail.aspx?p=101

Dressings

http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/pdfs/PatientEd/Materials/PDFDocs/dis-cond/burn/glucan-ii.pdf

Dermatology

http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/cd_lists.cfm

http://www.montanaspinecenter.com/patient_education?disp_type=topic_detail&area=45&topic_id=7330825af5d6579f10bdc867957abda0

Antibiotics site

http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/bugdrug/antibiotic_manual/antibiotic%20costs.htm

Found this site with injectables etc.

http://files.medi-cal.ca.gov/pubsdoco/publications/masters-MTP/Part2/injectlist_m00o03o04o11.doc.

Surgical Instruments

http://www.ssrsurgical.com/index.html

coag = coagulate
coags = coagulates (add s)
coagd = coagulated (add d)
coagg = coagulating (add g)
coagy = coagulopathy (add y)
coagj = coagulation (add j)
(use J for tion)

apx = approximate
apxd = approximated
apxg = approximating
apxs = approximates
apxj = approximation
apxy = approximately

The possibilities are endless.

Also, enter words you frequently misspell:

berast = breast
teh = the

add mixed case words:
tricor = TriCor

add dosages:
q3hprn = q.3 h. p.r.n.

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