Residents using big words

Gotta love these new residents....I just got one who meant to say "hemotympanum" but pronounced it "hemum-ty-pure-um." I mean, I know they are new and all, but isn't medical terminology one of the first courses they took in college. It wasn't that long ago! Jeesh! ...

It seems that each year's batch of residents/students are a little bit more clueless than the previous year's. I just find myself facepalming or giving my monitor that "are you kidding me" look more often. Maybe I'm just getting old. Although I do try to avoid any important exams or surgeries this time of year if I can help it. ...

I am just curious how many other MTs are in California. We may need to join forces. ...

Quote (sort of) "This is Dr. Mumblemouth dictating an office visit on patient Sick Person, with Dr. Attending in the Lymphona Clinic. This letter is addressed to ..." He puts this in as a completely different type of letter, then says it's an office visit, and then says it's Lymphoma clinic and THEN says this letter is addressed to. This particular idiot resident also stumbles over himself and starts and stops so much that for every 100 lines I actually get cr ...

Usually I can handle all of their mistakes and quirks and just plain pointless and unnecessary babbling, but today it's been getting to me. I swear, the way the mispronounce everything (pharnyx) and butcher meds and big words is driving me nuts. ...

Just had one dictate that this teenager took: Insulin 300-unit meal bolus plus 1 unit per 15 g carbs. Considering 300 units is a whole vial, that could be deadly. Looking back at old records it was supposed to be: Insulin 300 units/3 mL. Meal bolus: 1 unit per 15 g carbs. ...

I just did an ortho res who referred to a physiodesis with an A-plate. This was clearly being said and I knew there wasn't such a thing, so I looked back at previously reports. There were over 5 throughout the past few years with this A-plate. Finally, I get to a report with an eight-Plate, which is what it should have been. This just goes to show you how an error by an MT can be carried through multiple reports for years as many docs just read off them for their&nbs ...

I went to apply with Inscribe and they have this posted: At present, InScribe is unable to accept applications from any resident of the State of California. I live in CA...I knew we were an odd bunch but I didn't know we were unemployable. If anyone knows can you please tell me WHY I can't work for them? Thank you! ...

to spit out words at 90 miles an hour? I wish they knew how ridiculous they sound. Of course, this goes for some physicians who are way past residency, too. What a morning. This job is beginning to get on my last nerve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...

"Maisara Rahman, MD, who helps train family-medicine residents at a county hospital in Moreno Valley, California, noticed a while back that attendance at her lectures was falling off sharply. Dr. Rahman hadn't become boring all of a sudden. Other faculty members were noticing a lot of empty seats during their talks as well. Had the family medicine residents caught a slacker virus? No, it turns out that they were skipping lectures, lunches, and even an occasional rotation, said Dr. Rah ...

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I am wondering on clean void urine culture, do I need to put a slash in between clean and void? Then when I have to write grade II, do I capitalize the word Grade? I have this sentence I am trying to get too. Conization was repeated and showed benign e_____ cervical p_______? The words start with them but I can not find anything, the last word sounds like polarization? If anybody has a isea, that will help. Here is another on too, The pateint was _____ and fever resolved? It sounds like defe ...

This is a Op Note for a AAA surgery . .. 1. . . we used the glide catheter to exchange the Terumo wires to the s/l "lun-di-cris" wires. 2. We were able to pass a 16 sheath on the right and had to bare back the left limb using an s/l "An-u-rex" 16 x 115 mm contralateral limb. ...

does not have a history of migraines, tics, or 'paramyoconus' no varus or valgus angulation of the 'os calculus' ...

s/l rim plassage-type procedure (for Hill-Sachs lesion) s/l Hill-Sachs lesion on his ray vast in MRI findings "Ray vast" and "rim plassage" are the words that I can't figure out. My orthbook hasn't arrives yet so I'm struggling to figure out what these words are. Any help you can offer is much appreciated. ...

CHEST: There is exclusive _____ coronary discomfort withmyofascial trigger point and two infrascapular point.The first word for the first blank it sound like pulseso. If you can help. I want to say thanks in advance. I have slow her voice downand I am still unable to figure what she is saying. Oh, I guess that the reasonI do not know what she is saying is because she have an accent. Love andpeace. ...

I have a word I just can't get. context is: bilateral inferior turbinates were very large all the way back to the s/l culinae? no clue, please help. thanks. ...

Patient denies any melena changing bowel habits. Medicature(???- no clue what that would be) hematemesis. Patient denies any syncope, vertigo, hemiparesis or parastitious( ????-no such word found, but I am hearing that way) except for the feeling of numbness in his feet. Please help! ...

Complete blood count (CBC) which revealed white blood count of 12,400 with 45 poly's, 12 fans (not able to make out the word), 32 lymphs, 5 monos and 6 atypical lymphs. Stool cultures were negative. The Rotosan (unable to make out the word) was still pending at this time. Please help. ...

I have little experience in OB/GYN but I find myself having to type a couple tonight. Procedure: D&C Word sounds like "Owl" Stirrups and "retro" speculum was used. (Is there a common type used because I could be hearing this "retro completely wrong since he is speeding through it.) Thanks for any feedback fellow MT's! ...

What in the world do you think this is? Any help would be appreciated!! On S/L propap day no. 1 the patient was without complaints. The patient suddenly became confused, agitated, and delusional. Thanks ...

3 words I cannot for the life of me figure out!!! Any help would be appreidated A (s/l gore disease) that show (s/l mememorially) of normal appearance. Tubules are not remarkable. Interstitial tissue showed no noteworthy change. (s/l Pelbees) are not remarkable.Thanks in advance ...

I am doing a dictation report in Urology and in the list of impressions, the doctors dictates: Hyponatremia, probably secondary to hyperglycemia. (sounds like he says "transficate" artificial and "transficies" amd Zarololyn. These words beginning with "t" have me stumped and in all my time of transcribing, cannot comprehend what is actually being dictated relating to the condition. Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance. ...

Just a comment . . . if doctors are going to just make up their own words, they should spell them for us. Who's with me? ...

The numbers speak for themselves: 2010: $31,960.00 2011, year to date: $14,368.00 WTF ...

Doctor dictates: 1. I showed the patient (s/l Drebbit's) slide on model of difficulty with paralimbic function and difficulty with hot cognition. 2. He does not have a (s/l visual fold) deformity in the small joints of the hands. Thank you so very much for your help!! ...

DICTATED: Checked the patient's glucose meter ASR: Clicked patient's cocoa smear. New lab test??? LOL ...

does anyone on here remember a while back someone was posting about words being left in asr or inserted after making corrections to the report and then getting ready to upload the report? ...

Has anyone heard of the words subcyclic position or sufflolaterally ...

The patient underwent a ("LALEASE") of the left knee. Postoperative day 1, the patient went without complaints. The patient suddenly became confused, agitated and delusional. Psychology was consulted and the patient. Lortab, Lorafen, and Phenergan were e.c. S/L lalease, also I am not sure if I have the post-op part right. Thanks for any help! ...

Residents using big words - Neesy

big words/made up words - recentlyoutsourced

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