Guest guest Posted October 3, 2002 Report Share Posted October 3, 2002 You mean I have to be ... like ... a grown up and stuff? Forget it! : ) Re: Re: Job Offer Anyone who has ANY experience with radiation oncology ... and is interested in doing some work for 8 cents/line ... email me privately with your " resume " . (It's all digital, by the way). : ) Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2002 Report Share Posted October 3, 2002 I've even met MTs who have been at home for YEARS, getting paid by the line, and they are not even INTERESTED in hearing about word expanders, macros, word books, etc. This never ceases to amaze me :-). I just want to get the most work done, in an accurate manner, in the least amout of time. Not everyone feels this way, apparently!! :-) On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 08:30:35 -0500 writes: I switched from the MT program at a local community college in St. Louis to M-TEC for these same reasons. I had almost finished the program when I was hired at a local hospital as an MT in the pathology lab and found myself woefully unprepared, but I didn't learn much from the MT of 16 years who worked in the office. She knew nothing of expanders, macros, and/or references outside of the ancient pathology word book and dictionary the hospital provided. The MT program at the college didn't provide that kind of information either. The only references I learned about there were the BOS and The Medical Word Book and that program was run by a woman who was head of allied health services at a large St. Louis hospital and had been an MT herself for many years. I have to credit this list (and one or two others) for enlightening me on the vast amount of references and tools for MTs. Dawn C. M-TEC Student IC, Ortho - 1 year AIM: fasthands47 > On top of that, she's worked as a MT > for nine years, she says, but she has no idea what expanders or macros are! > How is that possible? This is possible for in-house MTs as some offices that I've worked in have a certain medical office program that is used for everything from scheduling appointments, to billing, to transcription, etc., and there is no option for macros, etc. What I cannot explain is how MT's have been MTing for so long and have such little amount of knowledge. I hired an MT last year that had 5 years experience and she was terrible! I'm not sure that my 4 YO could not do better. Anyhow, just my take on it. ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2002 Report Share Posted October 3, 2002 Hi, Talk to me in about a year when I have some experience. It sounds like great, but I am just too new at this point. It sounds like a great thing for NMTC, though. Re: Re: Job Offer In a message dated 10/3/2002 8:21:08 AM Central Daylight Time, dchartrand7@... writes: > Hearing about all these MTs with too much work and not being able to " share > it " is enough to make a newbie cry. I have some chiropractic tapes that I am in dire need of help with if anyone is interested. I will copy the tapes and mail them to you. Let me know, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 3, 2002 Report Share Posted October 3, 2002 , I do appreciate the offer, but I just started with my boss not quite a month ago. I do not think it would be a good idea to take any more on at this time. I really do appreciate the offer, though. Re: Re: Job Offer In a message dated 10/3/2002 10:40:36 AM Central Daylight Time, lindaqlt@... writes: Talk to me in about a year when I have some experience. I'm certainly hoping to be caught up before then. LOL However, this would be a good way to earn experience, as I'm not afraid of newbies. ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2002 Report Share Posted October 4, 2002 I have to admit that these are valid points. Now that I think back, I didn't receive this information in my course either. I went online and discovered lists like this one. I happened to get my second job with someone who clued me into the expander program I use now. In addition, about a year after I finished my course, my instructor contacted me and asked me to speak to her current class. One thing I stressed was going online and finding every single resource for MTs that they could. I guess I was lucky in discovering expanders when I did. But it's still amazing to me that in today's world people don't go online to explore their own career field. And, in my opinion, being an MT is equal to loving medical information, words and books so who wouldn't explore that? In fact, before I even began exploring online, I was at the library finding any info I could. The bottom line to me is that some people look at it as a " job " and some people don't. Especially today with our current technology, it's almost inexcusable not to explore every option out there to improve and grow successful and to make your job easier and more productive, no matter what your goals are. Re: Re: Job Offer > I switched from the MT program at a local community college in St. Louis to M-TEC for these same reasons. I had almost finished the program when I was hired at a local hospital as an MT in the pathology lab and found myself woefully unprepared, but I didn't learn much from the MT of 16 years who worked in the office. She knew nothing of expanders, macros, and/or references outside of the ancient pathology word book and dictionary the hospital provided. The MT program at the college didn't provide that kind of information either. The only references I learned about there were the BOS and The Medical Word Book and that program was run by a woman who was head of allied health services at a large St. Louis hospital and had been an MT herself for many years. I have to credit this list (and one or two others) for enlightening me on the vast amount of references and tools for MTs. > > Dawn C. > M-TEC Student > IC, Ortho - 1 year > AIM: fasthands47 > > > On top of that, she's worked as a MT > > for nine years, she says, but she has no idea what expanders or macros are! > > How is that possible? > > This is possible for in-house MTs as some offices that I've worked in have a > certain medical office program that is used for everything from scheduling > appointments, to billing, to transcription, etc., and there is no option for > macros, etc. > > What I cannot explain is how MT's have been MTing for so long and have such > little amount of knowledge. I hired an MT last year that had 5 years > experience and she was terrible! I'm not sure that my 4 YO could not do > better. > > Anyhow, just my take on it. > > ~ > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2002 Report Share Posted October 4, 2002 > The bottom line to me is that some people look at it as a > " job " and > some people don't. Especially today with our current technology, > it's > almost inexcusable not to explore every option out there to improve > and grow > successful and to make your job easier and more productive, no > matter what > your goals are. Winnie, I think you've hit the nail squarely on the head with these two comments!! :-) S. RT@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2002 Report Share Posted October 4, 2002 Winnie, thanks for the comments. As an instructor, I try hard to make my classes relevant to both real life and the actual job market out there, and that is no walk in the park in a field where the technology changes completely every 12-18 months. These days, the whole MT employment situation seems to be going through rapid evolution, with significant changes occurring almost overnight. Some time ago, it occurred to me that no one instructor can know everything, learning is the responsibility of the student, and the Internet makes the entire world available as a teaching laboratory. For the past couple of years I have made joining NMTC mandatory for my MT students. Well, " mandatory " is a relative term--some participate and some do not. When someone posts a message as inspiring as yours, I'm hopeful that ALL my students are tuned in! Valeria At 12:11 AM 10/4/2002 -0700, WinnieBear wrote: >I have to admit that these are valid points. Now that I think back, I >didn't receive this information in my course either. I went online and >discovered lists like this one. I happened to get my second job with >someone who clued me into the expander program I use now. In addition, >about a year after I finished my course, my instructor contacted me and >asked me to speak to her current class. One thing I stressed was going >online and finding every single resource for MTs that they could. I guess I >was lucky in discovering expanders when I did. But it's still amazing to me >that in today's world people don't go online to explore their own career >field. And, in my opinion, being an MT is equal to loving medical >information, words and books so who wouldn't explore that? In fact, before >I even began exploring online, I was at the library finding any info I >could. The bottom line to me is that some people look at it as a " job " and >some people don't. Especially today with our current technology, it's >almost inexcusable not to explore every option out there to improve and grow >successful and to make your job easier and more productive, no matter what >your goals are. > Re: Re: Job Offer > > > > I switched from the MT program at a local community college in St. Louis >to M-TEC for these same reasons. I had almost finished the program when I >was hired at a local hospital as an MT in the pathology lab and found myself >woefully unprepared, but I didn't learn much from the MT of 16 years who >worked in the office. She knew nothing of expanders, macros, and/or >references outside of the ancient pathology word book and dictionary the >hospital provided. The MT program at the college didn't provide that kind >of information either. The only references I learned about there were the >BOS and The Medical Word Book and that program was run by a woman who was >head of allied health services at a large St. Louis hospital and had been an >MT herself for many years. I have to credit this list (and one or two >others) for enlightening me on the vast amount of references and tools for >MTs. > > > > Dawn C. > > M-TEC Student > > IC, Ortho - 1 year > > AIM: fasthands47 > > > > > On top of that, she's worked as a MT > > > for nine years, she says, but she has no idea what expanders or macros >are! > > > How is that possible? > > > > This is possible for in-house MTs as some offices that I've worked in >have a > > certain medical office program that is used for everything from >scheduling > > appointments, to billing, to transcription, etc., and there is no option >for > > macros, etc. > > > > What I cannot explain is how MT's have been MTing for so long and have >such > > little amount of knowledge. I hired an MT last year that had 5 years > > experience and she was terrible! I'm not sure that my 4 YO could not do > > better. > > > > Anyhow, just my take on it. > > > > ~ > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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