Introduction to Transcription
MR 113
Chapter One
Worksheet
What
is Medical Transcription?
1) Describe
the first historical form of medical documentation.
2) Who
was Hippocrates, and how was he important in the development of medical
documentation?
3) What
sentence in the Hippocratic Oath refers to confidentiality in medical records
information?
4) List
at least two requirements and two skills that a medical transcriptionist must
possess to be successful.
5) Describe
editing and how it can transform dictation.
6) What
is the importance of hand-eye coordination in medical transcription?
7) How
does the philosophy of ergonomics relate to medical transcription?
8) List
the four major medical transcription environments
9) In
which environment does the medical transcriptionist typically have the most
contact with the physician / dictator?
10) In
which environment does the medical transcriptionist have the least supervision.
TRUE
OR FALSE
1) A
medical transcriptionist and a medical transcriber are one in the same.
2) The
Hippocratic Oath instructs those practicing in the medical field to refrain
from divulging work-related information.
3) Medical
transcriptionists are part translator, part medical assistant, part nurse, and
part editor.
4) Medical
records can be subpoenaed and used as legal documentation in a court of law.
5) Medical
transcriptionists should be familiar with etymology---the study of work
origins.
6) The
greatest tool a medical transcrptionist has at his or her fingertips is a
computer.
7) The
physician is always available to directly answer a medical transcriptionist's
questions.
8) A
medical transcriptionist sometimes must work independently without supervision.
9) A
medical transcriptionist is always accountable to someone else, whether it be a
supervisor, a physician, or another facility.
10) In the medical clinic, a proofer usually
proofreads the medical
transcriptionist's work.
