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mttest questions...sm - curious
Posted: Oct 20, 2011
When using mttest, do you expand the abbreviations the first time encountered in the report? I know mttest can be tricky and I'm worried I'm doing it wrong.
Thanks!
RE: mttest questions - cpMT
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I would expand when neceesary (like in post op diagnosis, assement/plan and headers such as that). Otherwise I would leave it as said. However, if the dictator says it in the long form throughout the exam and throws in the abbreviations every now and again, I would expand to keep it uniform.
Thank you. So worried about failing due to formatting sm - curious
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I just don't want to make a formatting mistake that causes me to fail. I've heard people have had difficulty with mttest. Thanks for your input!
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HELP?
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