OUR JOB DESCRIPTION AS A MEDICAL LANGUAGE SPECIALIST
Remember, anybody can be a typist, not many a Medical Language Specialist.
A medical transcriptionist needs to take responsibility for his or her work and must be
able to function with minimal supervision. A professional medical transcriptionist takes
pride in knowing that the report he/she produced was completed with accuracy.
In order to produce accurate reports, it is essential to develop excellent proofreading skills.
Proofreading is looking for a variety of errors in the transcribed document and then correcting them. The most common errors a medical transcriptionist will be looking for include medical and English word spelling errors or contextual errors, the omission of important dictated words, typographical errors, grammatical errors, and punctuation errors.
Your proofreading skills will improve with continual practice. Some tips to remember when proofreading include:
• Concentration is critical. In order to spot mistakes you need to be able to concentrate. Get rid of distractions and potential interruptions.
• Use a spellchecker. This will help avoid English and medical word spelling errors.
• Read out loud. This may help to pick up on spelling errors, faulty verb endings, incomplete sentences, or missing/incorrect words.
• Never guess at what you think you hear. After thorough researching, using all available resources, "if still in doubt, leave it out."
• Carelessness and trying to type too fast can result in typographical errors. Careful proofreading will help eliminate these errors.
• Incorrect punctuation can change the meaning of a sentence completely. Keep punctuation references close by.
IF YOU FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS, THERE IS NO SCOPE FOR ERRORS........
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