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What to do when Dr. makes you gag - unomt63
Posted: May 07, 2011
Everytime I do this doctor's transcription (ironically he is a pulmonologist) he snorts phlegm in the back of his nose right into the microphone and will even cough from it sometimes because he does it so hard. Tonight during an 11 min. dictation by him, halfway through I had to get up and run to the bathroom because I was gagging. He did it 5 times in the first 5 min. of the job. I once reported a doc who uses voice recognition and apparently did her dictation on her lunch break WHILE she chewed her food, causing lots of editing and blanks. Otherwise I just grit my teeth with the ones who pop and chomp gum in my ear, or the doctor who spends half his time talking to everyone else around him, etc. but I have no clue what to do in this case. I don't know if anybody would want to approach a specialist and tell him to stop snorting in the microphone? At the same time, I don't enjoy vomiting! Should I report it?
What to do when Dr. makes you gag - unomt63
[ In Reply To ..]Sorry it got posted twice. I had to make a correction and my password didn't work to edit. It was I who was gagging, not him.
gag - s/m
[ In Reply To ..]I have sent letters to the hospital and let the doctor know when dictation is irritating or even when I enjoyed the dictation. Sometimes doctors are not aware that there is a human at the other end of his dictation, they need to be reminded. I remember when this doctor used to cough, heave, swear into the mic. Well I sent a letter and he was apprehended. I have called the hospital for some reason and just use the company name instead of my name. This is ____ services would you please inform you doctor of "_____"
Unomt, we're all different, but just for perspective - Imperturbable.
[ In Reply To ..]I never do the gagging thing. Sometimes I laugh, probably at most I might raise my eyebrows and sigh, but that's not often. I had one with a bad cold today, so I murmured something on the order of "poor baby" at all his hawking and choking from the comfort of my home office and cruised on to the next one.
omg, and you have not be fired for that? - surprised.
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this one is for s/m in case anyone is getting confused by - this posting order. NM
[ In Reply To ..]Helps keep things straight if you are IN the post you are talking to/answering.
? apprehended. Did he try to run? - LOL
[ In Reply To ..]If in fact you are doing what you say not only are you doing something unethical, but probably illegal, and you certainly deserve to be fired at the very least.
believe a matter of time, what M.D. or hospital in charge of transcription - would allow that unless they did not know. (small
[ In Reply To ..]Speaking in the name of the MTSO...my goodness. bold, down right gutzy.
HUGE mistake if you ask me. Some arrogant M.D. is going to get offended for sure. where was thy head on that one?
Lighten up - none
[ In Reply To ..]I have permission to speak for my MTSO when dealing with certain situations. Gosh I have seen nothing but harsh put downs for s/m poster. So maybe she used a wrong word, but I commend her for not being full of fear "what the big ol'doc might doâ. Believe it or not Doctors are not Gods but just humans like the rest of us and she has a point that docs need to be reminded that there are humans on the other end of the phone. Oh thatâs right were all being replaced by machines anyway so I guess they do not need to know humans exist on the other end of the mic. Me bad!!! I used to have a doc that used to sing to me. Is that not much more fun than gagging.
none - Old Pro
[ In Reply To ..]My primary account is overwhelmingly ESLs who sometimes make funny noises, cough, gag, spit, and do other things as do their non-ESL counterparts. Would I say anything to them? Heck, no. I am in a service business and I am here to provide service to them. This weekend while out to Mother's Day dinner with my family, I spilled a big thing of 1000 island salad dressing on my blouse. Did the waiter tell me what a klutzy eater I was? No, he did not. (Although it is true.) It's called being a professional. Waiters sometimes have to put up with messy eaters and MTs, alas, sometimes have to extend a little courtesy and compassion to errant docs.
1000 Island - none
[ In Reply To ..]I bet the waiter was saying âI am glad it was not me who spilled the 1000 Island dressing on the patronâ Yes we all are in the service business of some sort, but still are humans. I used to work in a doctors office where he would not let patients get away with treating the nurses or front desk badly. He would say something like âplease do not give ______ a hard time, she is only doing what I asked her to doâ or something like that. Back when in-house transcription and even at home, the majority of doctors do not mind being called on their etiquette, ESLs or the like. In fact in my experience they appreciate the comments given. I guess we have just had different experiences.
1000 Island - Old Pro
[ In Reply To ..]Oh, I have called docs in their manners, when I worked in the hospital, long, long ago. I always tried to be diplomatic, i.e., "Dr. D. I am sure you do not realize it, but when you eat celery and carrots while dictating, it distorts your dictation and I want to provide an accurate transcription of what you say." I did NOT go over his head, go to the head of his department, write him, etc. etc. And I do agree with the doctor's office where you worked--NOBODY--I do not care if it is a CEO or a janitor--has the right to mistreat another person. We are all human beings. I just thought that the OP had a very officious and preemptory manner, but, hey, I was not there, so perhaps I am wrong.
speak out to mtso yes, write the hospital saying you are the mtos? NOT ME - just saying to lighten up person NM
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Gag s/m - Old Pro
[ In Reply To ..]APPREHENDED? Do you know what that word means? Look it up. Good thing you don't work for me or I would fire you.
Many definitions - none
[ In Reply To ..]In psychology, apprehension (Lat. ad, "to"; prehendere, "to seize") is a term applied to a model of consciousness in which nothing is affirmed or denied of the object in question, but the mind is merely aware of ("seizes") it.
None - Old Pro
[ In Reply To ..]Having studied Latin for a very long time, I am aware of that; however, I fail to see how it relates to this conversation.
Perhaps you should study - Comprehension
[ In Reply To ..]Different definitions of the word "apprehend" certainly do relate to this conversation, since you are calling out the OP on her use of the word in the originating post of this thread.
Then you'd really LOVE my doctor - LinK
[ In Reply To ..]One of my doctors not only snorts, but he burps, chews, clears is throat like he's going to throw up, coughs, yawns, you name it. Extremely gross. You should hear me yelling at him over his dictation like he can actually hear me. LOL.
grossed out - WWZD
[ In Reply To ..]I call mine the "Dr Z Diet." I have to skip a meal! Otherwise, it's a grin-and-bear it situation.
Are you guys having fun or actually serious that - this affects you physically?
[ In Reply To ..]I'd sort of thought you were just blowing off some irritation, but...gagging, retching, genuine emotional upset temporary inability to eat, even losing weight?
snorting doc - anon
[ In Reply To ..]It is part of the job.
How bout a POOPING doc? - heard it all
[ In Reply To ..]I used to type in a clinic and one of our neurologists used to poop while dictating. It was so horrible - like watching a train wreck and then going to pick up 20 of your coworkers to watch it with you. We're talking about major toilet bowl gas, grunting, and even the plops in the water, and the flush afterwards. It was absolutely RIDICULOUS! We would all gather around the transcriptionist's machine, pull the earphones out, and laugh and laugh. That was back in the day of minitapes and handheld recorders. We always talked about sending him the recording and asking him if he could decipher part of the tape for us so he would have to listen to himself, but our supervisor wouldn't let us, because he was one of the arrogant, mean docs.
But, I do have a smacker, and that really gets on my last nerves. He eats Doritos, Subway, you name it, and thinks I want to hear it while he's chewing. That disgusts me.
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