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a not-so-sincere thanks to my favorite dictator - disgruntled


Posted: Aug 18, 2010

Thank you, dear doctor, for deciding that your account has to be 100% accurate, that the 98% industry standard is "lazy" and "impossible."  I love that you decided there should be no numerals or ordinals in a medical report, that all numbers must be spelled out except the date.  I appreciate how your secretary will fax in 4 pages to complain about one isolated, non-critical error while also calling the OM repeatedly about the same error.  I enjoy that this leads to the OM calling me, keeping me on the phone for 10+ minutes to tell me I'm "stupid," that you're a "learned MD who doesn't make mistakes and doesn't have time for people like me," and "MT isn't rocket science, you know." 

Speaking of learned MDs who don't make mistakes, I would also like to thank you for eating, yawning, burping, hiccuping, playing loud music, and waggling your x-ray films while dictating, and, yes, even urinating while the tape is running.  I appreciate that you suddenly say random words with faux French pronunciations, that you slur and stumble, that you will say completely the wrong thing.  Yesterday's "The patient has bilateral knee discussions, right greater than wrong" was an absolute joy.

I also loved typing that STAT personal letter to a hotel for you, the one where you complained because you could see the vacuum lines in the carpet and they weren't all exactly parallel to the walls.

All this, and for 6 cents a line.  Who could ask for more?

 

THANKS FAVORITE DICTATOR - PAT46

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That doctor sounds like a perfectionist. I've never heard of no numbers or ordinals in the report. He sounds like a typical overblown male egotist as well as a perfectionist. I'd tell the company you don't want to do his dictation anymore. That is degrading to the profession we are in when he said transcription isn't rocket science. They don't understand how much training and continued learning that we do. Hope he improves. His boss needs to talk to him. I would probably forward a copy of you E-mail to his boss because he may not know that he is treating the transcriptionists like that or is he the big boss, heaven forbid. Hang in there.

Dude sounds "uncorked." - Hayseed

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I actually worked with a east-european surgeon who was a dinkus like what you are describing...would even smack his one nurse on the buttocks to assert is dominance (yes, very creepy, especially considering it was the 1990s!), and he was a confirmed wife beater.

If your guy is this rude to a person he has never met or seen face to face, you can almost bet he's smackin' people around maybe at home too. He'll get his someday...we can hope anyway.

:(

actually, it was the OM who said that - sm - disgruntled

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The OM made the "rocket science" comment, which was rude and unprofessional. She has made it clear she thinks MTs are stupid and worthless. The doctor, on the other hand, just thinks he's better than everyone else in the world.

The loud music today was almost the last straw, I really wanted to quit, but I have 2 jobs and make maybe $650/month so I have to put up with this.

You should be getting no less than 12-14 cpl for - transcribing for that idiot. - Rocky R.

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Oh my, he sounds like a real joy - blondie

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If he wants 100% accuracy, he needs to do it himself. He thinks he doesn't make mistakes, whatever... Not to mention listening to someone eat is annoying. If they are gonna yawn they could at least stop dictating until they are done with the yawn. Burping is gross. How would he like for someone to come in his office for a visit and burp? Playing loud music is just inconsiderate. I think a lot of doctors, however, do not realize when they waggle the x-ray films that we can't hear them talking hardly. I have had a doc urinate while dictating and I was like Oh my gosh. Wait till you finish dictating and go do your business. And a stat personal letter to a hotel to COMPLAIN ABOUT THE VACUUM CARPET LINES NOT ALL BEING EXACTLY PARALLEL?! Oh geez, WHAT...EVER...
I would def be looking elsewhere. What a butt.


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