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Learning new specialty - marisa

Posted: Nov 14, 2012

Hey I am possibly going to interview with a Cancer Institute and I have no experience in this area. I am a 7 year medical transcriptionist and had a 7 year job in a small pediatric clinic for 4 doctors. What should I do to prepare if I work here and what things should I study and bring with me to work if I get the job?

new specialty - learn this

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chemotherapy and radiation medications
stereotactic treatments/procedures
oncology terminology
every body part cancer terminology, procedures to determine the cancer and all the treatment for each type of cancer

I entered "cancer treatment medical terminology" into goggle and got about 10 pages of different websites that might be a start in what you might need to know.

Lucky you (sm) - SAM

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I would love to work for a cancer institution. Hem/Onc is my favorite specialty. I can't speak for everyone, but I love that it's constantly changing what with new chemo treatments and medications, and I just find the field altogether fascinating. If you're always up for learning new terms, medications, etc., I think you'd love it once you got the hang of it.

Good luck to you if you get that interview and let us know how it goes!

Memory - marisa

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Yes I get that it would be fun to learn new things but I have a memory problem already and since I have no experience in this area I wonder how difficult it would be to pick up all the new terms and meds that I've never heard before. I don't even know where to start as far as learning all that stuff since it's not in my study material from school.

Oncology - anon

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I don't think oncology transcription is that difficult. There are a lot of websites you can utilize, including:

chemo acronyms - this same website has chemo drugs
http://www.chemocare.com/bio/list_by_acronym.asp?acronym

cancer terms
http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/db_alpha.aspx?CdrID=46138

types of lymphoma
http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/lymphoma/NHL_types.html

FDA approved onco drugs with good links on page
http://www.fda.gov/cder/cancer/approved.htm

cancer staging (TNM)
http://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_staging_cancer/unit03_sec03_part04_ajcc_guidelines.html

As you find sites you like, put them in your favorites to easily access them. Most chemo drugs you can figure out b/c they are spelled like they sound. I put all my terms in expanders.

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