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Truth in Advertising
July 12, 2009 6:53 PM by Jeanne Johnston
Apology in advance as I am about to repeat myself. I have often launched into tirades about unscrupulous MT schools marketing their product in sneaky ways and the need for potential students to exercise due diligence when shopping around. Indeed, some Read More...
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If Wishes Were Horses
April 17, 2009 11:01 AM by Jeanne Johnston
Ahhh , it must be springtime because the scams are bursting out all over. On one MT message board alone, I have counted no fewer than six threads this last week or so from starry-eyed MT wannabes hoping for advice on school choice, or thinly-veiled propaganda Read More...
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Is Coding Any More Secure Than MT?
March 30, 2009 8:08 AM by Jeanne Johnston
I notice that Advance has no one here blogging about coding, yet the discussion forum is predominantly skewed that way. Does the topic just not lend itself to conversation because it is so black and white, like accounting? When I realized my art major Read More...
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No Man Is an Island
December 30, 2008 2:03 PM by Jeanne Johnston
It seems most issues of Advance contain at least one letter from a new graduate, bemoaning the fact that regardless of the field, there's a Catch-22 wherein you need experience to get that first job, but you can't get that first job because no one's willing Read More...
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Happy Solstice!
December 22, 2008 1:14 PM by Jeanne Johnston
I don't expect any sympathy from people who are probably sitting under two feet of snow whilst I'm fluctuating between 50s and 80s, but this is a time of year I find crucial for recentering myself and regrouping for the coming year. Forget New Year's Read More...
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Runnin' on Empty
December 9, 2008 7:51 AM by Jeanne Johnston
I don't know what it is. Could be the fact that it's winter--though that's kind of theoretical in FL, despite the fact I've had to close the house up, and as I work graveyard, I don't see the sun year-round, so this is not a change for me. Could be that Read More...
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Career 2.0
October 20, 2008 7:52 AM by Jeanne Johnston
How did you fall into your career in healthcare? In my case, I thought I found the perfect fit for my interests and abilities--and were it not for the current state of affairs, with the drive to wring greater production from us for less pay and shrinking Read More...
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Send in the Cannibals!
September 11, 2008 8:43 AM by Jeanne Johnston
It's become pretty obvious to me that MT has started eating her young. This is not exactly a new phenomenon, and I've railed for ages against the practices of entities like AAMT and the Crappy Schools that have made a career of marketing themselves for Read More...
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Be Here Now
September 5, 2008 3:46 AM by Jeanne Johnston
My mom and I, separated by about 1500 miles, have settled into a little email routine wherein we are as content to touch base with such oh-so-non-newsworthy events as trash day, the arrival of the lawn guy, turning on the A/C, opening the house, and occasionally, Read More...
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Live and Learn
August 28, 2008 10:41 AM by Jeanne Johnston
I think I blame Hurricane Fay--the dumb storm that, instead of plowing into Florida and falling apart once it hit land like a normal storm, pooped along in its own leisurely way and simply dropped a couple feet of water on us over the course of last week--for Read More...
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What, me perky?
July 10, 2008 12:15 PM by Jeanne Johnston
What a difference a week makes. Yes, the fates have flung me from negativity to contentment in just a handful of days. I don’t know whether to blame (or thank) the stars or the fact I’ve left the dreaded Computers in Healthcare course behind me, but I’m Read More...
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Tunnelvision
July 3, 2008 12:37 PM by Jeanne Johnston
As the transcriptionist is the little guy who seems to be the first target in a hospital’s budget crunch or in an MTSO’s grasp for even greater profits, it’s hard not to get rather myopic and feel like THE target these days. Every once in a while, though, Read More...
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Is that all there is?
June 19, 2008 11:51 AM by Jeanne Johnston
Yes, I’m still studying for my Computers in Healthcare final, so nothing exciting (or dire) to report there--but I have been cogitating about the course in general and I’m curious to know if others have had the same, better, or worse experiences with Read More...
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Channeling Walter Mossberg
June 12, 2008 12:32 PM by Jeanne Johnston
Still struggling to find a way to make my coursework doable on my Mac with the least contortions possible, I’ve spent the last week indulging my inner geek and trying on different software for size, and I have to say I’m enjoying it immensely. My Computers Read More...
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Life is just a B movie
June 5, 2008 9:51 AM by Jeanne Johnston
Memory can be a fickle thing--or perhaps it's just the way my particular brain works. I apparently have a knack for picking out minutiae from any situation and applying it to myself. In fact, it often seems to be deliberately set in my path because it's Read More...
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