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Spelling versus not spelling - Ann H.

Posted: Feb 11, 2011

I never thought I'd say this, but a dictator can do too much spelling. There is one at my company who spells out every single medication. While this is normally helpful, this doctor's pronounciation leaves a little to be desired. It would be much simpler for him to just say the name of the medication.

It's often spelled wrong by the dictator. - LK

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It's rarely helpful when they spell, as half the time they spell it wrong anyway. When they start spelling anything (other than a person's name), all I can think is "quit trying to do my job - I don't try to do yours!" I always double-check it anyway, so what's the point? And sometimes they spell the most basic medical words - I'm an MT for gosh sake, I know how to spell ascites!

Speller is a Disaster on ASR - Old, Crickety MT

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A speller on ASR is a total disaster to edit.

And if they do spell, I wish they'd let us know they're going to spell, or say the drug name first. When they break out into a spell right off the bat (especially a difficult dictator), it throws me off.

add to that - sm

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the times they say "full stop" and other tidbits of punctuation like "period" and "comma." It drives me nuts and it's usually not correct anyway!

I had a doc yesterday spell medications of Tylenol and Lovenox and then said a PCP's name that sounded like it had no vowels. Did he attempt to spell it? Heck no. Gee, thanks doc!

I Don't Mind the Periods - MT

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I don't mind the periods, as MOST of the time, they're correct and it saves me a tedious edit. But I need to do my own comma and semi-colon thing. They do those so off-base wrong sometimes and it's crazy to edit.

spelling versus nonspelling - sc

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It's been my experience that the "greener" the doctor is, the more s/he's apt to spell everything out. Those right out of their residency will spell a lot and dictate long, elaborate reports, whereas the old timers will just get to the point and get out as fast as they can. Of course, you can never trust a doctor's spelling, especially for medications.

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