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I want more practice - Kelley

Posted: Oct 17, 2009

I am loving the company I am working for. I am new to the field, and they have helped me so much to develop my skills. BUT I am currently only transcribing one specialty(rehab). I would like to get some practice in acute care, surgical reports, etc. I've seen several practice CDs on the net and ebay, and just wondered if any of them are worth it. I have zero experience in other specialties except for the little bit I did during training, and I just want to develop my skills and keep practicing so that eventually I can get on another account at the company I work for.

SUM - Try that

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See if you can find something that is the SUM Program. That will probably have all the different specialties. It will be worth it

I am not sure what others think, but I saw that AHDI - akhan

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has a course on acute care for MTs who are working on one-specialty accounts and want the exposure and experience. You would have to dish out the money for that, and it seems expensive though.

Would taking a course, you might want to ask - Gerta

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if that would qualify as experienced. I think it probably wouldn't, but I could be wrong. In my opinion, it would be best to ask around at some of these companies to see if it would help or you would be just throwing your money away. As far as AHDI, I would think their primary goal is more money for them and helping the MT would be secondary, if even that high on the list.

Don't feed the Greed Machine! (aka AHDI). - All they care about is money. nm

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nm

Did you talk to your supervisor/manager? sm - Bookworm

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If you have, then nevermind : ) If not, do it! I would hope that any supe/manager would be thrilled to hear that an MT wanted to expand their knowledge. S/he will not know it unless you bring it his/her attention. See if you could have, say, 5 other report types routed to you, or something like that. If the answer is no, well, hey, you tried. A quick story: In high school I started working in a vet's office cleaning cages, etc. One day I mustered the courage to ask if I could help with the animals and was told, *we didn't know you wanted to do that.* Within a week, I was assisting with exams and running tests, etc. Moral: Don't be afraid to ask.

Sorry I couldn't help with your original question. Best of luck to you.

Thanks! - Kelley

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I don't mind spending money, but I don't have much, LOL. I haven't told the boss that I want to do others just because I want to study up a bit more and actually have a little practice with it before I ask for the reports. I trained with the US career institue, and it was basically worthless. I learned a few things, but I have been studying like crazy to make up for choosing that awful program. If only I would have found this board before I started that!

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