November 26
2012
November 19
2012
Medical Monday: Globulin
Globulin is defined as: “Any of a group of proteins occurring in plant and animal tissue, insoluble in pure water and soluble in dilute salt solutions and coagulable by heat”; or, “Any of several groups of blood plasma proteins, divided into fractions, as alpha, beta, or gamma globulin.”
Machine Briefs:
Option #1: globulin= GLAOUB
Option #2: globulin= GLOB/LIN
Option #3: globulin= GLOB/AOU/LIN
November 12
2012
Practice Video: Medical 80 WPM
Here’s some great medical dictation:
Here are some briefs from the video:
pelvis= PEFLS
fracture= FRAUR
dislocation= SDLOEX
posterior= PRAOR
segment= SEGT
sacrum= SKRUM or SAI/KRUM
appendicitis= A/PEND/SAOITS or A/PEN/DA/SAOITS
colon= KLON
diagnose= D-G
diverticulitis= DAOIFR/TIK/LAOITS
appendectomy= AP/PEN/DEK/TOEM or AP/*EN/DEK/TOEM or AP/DEK/TOEM
abdominal= ABL
quadrant= QAURNT
nausea= NAUZ/YA
lumbosacral= LUM/BOE/SKRAL or LUM/BOE/SAI/KRAL
scoliosis= SKOELZ or SKOE/LAOE/OEZ or SKOE/LI/OEZ
intervertebral= INT/VERT/BRAL
diverticulum= DAOIFR/TIK/LUM or DAOIFR/TIK/AOU/LUM
cancer= KAERN
carcinoid= KARS/NOID
malignant= MALGT
central nervous system= KR-NS
nocturia= NOK/TUR/YA or NOK/TOR/YA
diplopia= DA/PLOEP/YA
dysphasia= DIS/FAIZ/*A or DIS/FAIZ/YA
November 12
2012
Medical Monday: Spondylitis
November 5
2012
Medical Monday: Metatarsal
Metatarsal is defined as: “Of, or relating to, or being the part of the human foot or of the hind foot in quadrupeds between the tarsus and phalanges that in humans comprises five elongated bones which form the front of the instep and ball of the foot.”
Machine Briefs:
Option #1: metatarsal= MET/A/TAR/SAL
Option #2: metatarsal= MET/TAR/SAL
Option #3: metatarsal= MET/TAFRL
October 22
2012
Medical Monday: Cataplasm
October 15
2012
Medical Monday: Angiogenesis
October 8
2012
Medical Monday: Adenitis
October 1
2012
Medical Monday- Part 2: Choroid
“Choroid” is defined as follows, by Merriam-Webster: “A vascular membrane containing large branched pigmented cells that lies between the retina and the sclera of the vertebrate eye.”
Machine Briefs:
Option #1: choroid= KOR/ROID
Option #2: choroid= KHOR/ROID
[SIDEBAR: I like to use the brief KHOR/ROID because it doesn’t conflict with “corps reside” like KOR/ROID does.]
October 1
2012
The Medical Transcription Field
Medical transcriptionists listen to voice recordings made by health-care professionals and create written reports from the audio. Many medical transcriptionists work from home, and are hired by third-party transcription service providers, hospitals, and physicians.
In 2010, the median pay for medical transcriptionists was quoted as being, $32,900 per year or
$15.82 per hour. The career opportunities in this field is expected to grow by 6% within the next year.
