In the September 2006 Plexus Magazine for AAMT members and Student members, Dee Thomas of Thomas Transcription wrote a letter to the editor. Below is what particularly caught my eye. 

"Last week, I ased my staff a question: "Does anyone care about quality anymore?" You know how strong I am on doing it right the first time and proofing the line above. These days, I'd rather hire an M-TEC student with tech savvy than to hire an MT with 15 years' experience in a hospital environment because that's all she has -- a hospital environment that gave her absolutely no feedback or tech savvy for the future, which is now inevitably upon us. It's sad but true." 

You can read more of Dee's letter as well as a wealth of interesting information on the profession in this month's edition of Plexus. If you are a member of AAMT, you should receive the printed copy, or you can go to the American Association For Medical Transcription website http://www.aamt.org and read the journal and Plexus there.

Medical transcription is not a job – it is a career choice. Respect the patient information you handle. Someone’s life may depend on it.

Susan Francis, CMT, AHDI-Fellow
Co-Founder, M-TEC

Thanks for posting this info. I do receive Plexus but it is nice to know that others who do not receive it can have access to this article.

Folks, be sure to read the article. It's very interesting.

Go M-TEC Go


Judy Mauldin   LIFE COMES AT YOU FAST; BE READY

Member AHDI/Bylaws Committee

Member AHDI/OA/Legislative/Fundraising Committees/OA Director

HOD-ELECT 2008/CRAHDI

                                      PROUD Graduate- M-TEC

This is just one more indication of how far M-TEC is ahead of the curve.  Kudos to you and Kathy for bringing Mike on board.  Kudos to Mike for the terrific job he is doing.  I believe the automated health care record and voice recognition will force MTs and MEs to push the technology envelope.  It is great to see that there are others that recognize what a fine job M-TEC is doing to prepare its students.

Thank you for posting my OneNote document on the SLC as part of the Electronic Organizer info.  OneNote is just one more tool in the technology toolkit that can help MTs with the quality and speed of their work.

Marn


Marnie
Success is a journey not a destination

We are all indeed fortunate. I did a lot of research into online schools for medical transcription before registering for MTEC. I haven't regretted one day. The support is fantastic. The fellow students are fun. The staff are unbelievably helpful and supportive and the lessons, while not easy, are designed so well to teach teach teach so that we come out winners!

And yes, we are very fortunate to have someone as savvy and as patient as Mike DeTuri to turn to for help!

Do we have a mascot? A school flag? Anybody an artist? (though maybe it's just as well not to have one ... Scottsdale Community College has a mascot. It's an artichoke. Chokey. I kid you not)

Peiggi Clements

Member, AAMT Student Alliance Legislative Committee

Member, OC-AAMT

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Volunteer (for children who are wards of the superior court/in foster care, or other placement) http://www.maricopacasa.org/index.asp

Medical transcription is not a job – it is a career choice. Respect the patient information you handle. Someone’s life may depend on it.

Susan Francis, CMT, AHDI-Fellow
Co-Founder, M-TEC

I think a mascot is a great idea. I know this has been posted for a while, but I just have this image in my head that will not go away.....I had to comment!

I can picture the M-TEC mascot as being a cute little character with headphones on, carrying a computer keyboard like one would carry a drum in a marching band, the BOS on their “music holder,” and wearing an M-TEC sweatshirt.

Hmmm…maybe Peiggi's daughter could draw this character. Have you seen her cartoon website? She is very good!

Lana M

Hard things are put in our way, not to stop us, but to call out our courage and strength.    -- -- Anonymous

If God leads you to it...He will see you through it!

Virginia Jackson

The mascot at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi is an okra.  I kid you not.  They are the Fighting Okra.

THANK YOU M-TEC! 

"It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense." -- Robert Green Ingersoll