I love the "asides" from doctors, although most I do leave out. Such as "What the hell is this kid's name?? He's got three first names!!" What is more interesting though is when they don't realize they are recording. Oh my!
My FAVE forgot they were recording incident was an ER doctor getting into an argument with his wife. She was yelling at him about his choice of internet surfing (can you say porn??) and he fired back about her thinking nothing of spending over $300.00 on dinner out. This went on for about 20 minutes. LOL!
I used to transcribe for a doctor that would fall asleep during dictation! No joke.. He would begin slurring his words, then silence, followed by heavy breathing and snoring. It drove me nuts!
I've spent the past month on a radiology elective and this happens all the time! Today I was trying to not laugh as the attending had forgotten the mic was on and the resident was deleting all the extra text from the report as fast as he was speaking. Some funny transcriptions (luckily caught before signing the reports: lumbago-->lump a girl, osteoarthritis-->osteo-Kenya (???), findings-->funnies
One of my college professors told a story that he claimed was true about Joyce dictating "Finnegan's Wake" (which for the longest time - I never read it - I thought was about waterskiing).
Joyce was dictating to his secretary. Someone knocked on the door. Joyce says, "Come in" or whatever.
Later, when the secretary read back the text, he included the "Come in." Joyce asked, "What's that?"
I love the "asides" from doctors, although most I do leave out. Such as "What the hell is this kid's name?? He's got three first names!!" What is more interesting though is when they don't realize they are recording. Oh my!
ReplyDeleteMy FAVE forgot they were recording incident was an ER doctor getting into an argument with his wife. She was yelling at him about his choice of internet surfing (can you say porn??) and he fired back about her thinking nothing of spending over $300.00 on dinner out. This went on for about 20 minutes. LOL!
ReplyDeleteI used to transcribe for a doctor that would fall asleep during dictation! No joke..
ReplyDeleteHe would begin slurring his words, then silence, followed by heavy breathing and snoring.
It drove me nuts!
I've spent the past month on a radiology elective and this happens all the time! Today I was trying to not laugh as the attending had forgotten the mic was on and the resident was deleting all the extra text from the report as fast as he was speaking. Some funny transcriptions (luckily caught before signing the reports: lumbago-->lump a girl, osteoarthritis-->osteo-Kenya (???), findings-->funnies
ReplyDeleteNothing is worse than lawyers who:
ReplyDelete- Dictate in the bathtub
- Dictate with a mouthful of food
- Dictate and fart
Sigh. And they wonder why I am getting out of this business!!
I worked for an attorney (now a judge) who came out of the bathroom and thought he was going to drop his tape in my hand. Yeah...not going to happen.
ReplyDeleteOne of my college professors told a story that he claimed was true about Joyce dictating "Finnegan's Wake" (which for the longest time - I never read it - I thought was about waterskiing).
ReplyDeleteJoyce was dictating to his secretary. Someone knocked on the door. Joyce says, "Come in" or whatever.
Later, when the secretary read back the text, he included the "Come in." Joyce asked, "What's that?"
Then he said, "Leave it in!"
Modern literature. Sheesh.
I start radiology tomorrow... hopefully then I'll know why this is bad/funny :P
ReplyDeleteAaaand, this is why I don't dictate. Since the EMR at my hospital lets me type my own notes, I do so.
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