December 2008 - Posts

I Listen, but Do I Hear?
December 23, 2008 7:54 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F

I am a medical transcriptionist, so you can imagine how much listening I do in a day. In order to do the job well, you have to listen carefully, interpret, and transcribe it as close to the actual spoken word as possible. I know I am certainly not perfect Read More...

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School's Out!!
December 19, 2008 11:57 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F

The fall semester has come to an end! It's hard to believe 16 weeks have gone by! We met once a week for 3 hours and we certainly fit a lot into those hours. This year we covered 17 chapters in one terminology book and portions of a supplemental disease Read More...

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Medical Tourism
December 11, 2008 7:39 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F

Every week I try to incorporate some web videos or podcasts in my medical terminology lecture. I love the ability to "look around" the Internet for something relatively current to use each week. In the process, I inevitably find things I wasn't looking Read More...

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Expanded Recently? (…and I Don’t Mean Your Waistline!)
December 4, 2008 3:25 PM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F

I was in a Thanksgiving food stupor when I forced myself to actually do some computer work. I silently gave thanks for my word expander program and thought I would share its benefit with you this week. If you haven't tried a word/text expander, I think Read More...

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Celebrate the Holidays--With a Student!
December 1, 2008 8:46 AM by Judy Lichtenberger, CMT, AHDI-F

The holidays are coming, the holidays are coming! Does this make you crazy? Do you have to add to your "to-do list" a reminder to actually take time to enjoy the holidays? Are you daydreaming at work of all the things you need to do after work? Not enough Read More...

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