MR260 MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION II

Week 1Chapter 5 Otorhinolaryngology

Instructor:Kathleen A. Bishop, MS, PHD

About Dr. B

– Self-introduction Dr. B.– Please post a nice

introduction of yourself in the classroom Discussion Board.

– Please read each others introductions and post a comment to at least two of your classmates.

Question #1

What vegetable do you love to hate and

why?

Syllabus Review– Do you have any questions about

the Syllabus?– Have you all received or

downloaded your textbooks? • Medical Transcription Fundamentals

and Practice, Third Edition E-book loaded up in the Doc Sharing area.

• The Book of Style for MT, 3rd Edition– Download AIM for quick and easy

questions for Dr. B. Put her name in your buddy list: drkabishop

Syllabus Review Cont.

• Do you all have your foot pedal and software working?

• Go to www.tms-ku.com to install the software for the transcribing and to down load the Student Manual, if you need to.

How to use the textbooks…

• Complete all the readings as assigned in your syllabus.

• In Health Professions Institute textbook:– Complete all the exercises.– Review the sample reports. – Enjoy the Bloopers!

• The Book of Style, 3rd edition, AHDI

PowerPoint Slides• Did You Know. . .

– The PowerPoint slides for each weeks’ Seminar will be in the Doc Sharing area?

– Please review them before class.– Answer the questions on the

PowerPoint Slides while you are reading, so you will be prepared for the Seminar!

– Post your answers during the Seminar.

Anatomy

• Describe the path that is taken by the sound waves so they can be heard (unless of course you are not “listening”).

• What other marvelous thing does the inner ear do?

Answer Key• The ear has 3 parts:

– Outer • Pinna• External auditory meatus

– Lined with cerumen (earwax)

– Middle• Tympanic membrane

– Malleus, incus, stapes

– Inner• Cochlea• Auditory (eustachian) tube• Mastoid air cells

Anatomy Cont.

• The Nose– List in order the words

associated with the air path taken when breathing.

Answer Key • Nostrils (anterior nares)• Mucous membrane• Turbinates• Paranasal sinuses• Choanea• Nasopharynx• Pharynx

– Nasopharynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx or laryngopharynx

Diseases

• Name the diseases that are reviewed in the textbook along with one treatment associated with each disease.

Answer Key

• See pages 142-145 in the textbook for possible treatments.

• Otitis External (Swimmer’s Ear)

• Vertigo• Hearing Loss• Coryza (Common Cold)• Allergic Rhinitis (Hay

Fever)

Answer Key Cont.

• Epistaxis (nosebleed)• Acute Pharyngitis (Sore

Throat)

Diagnostic & Surgical Procedures

• Create a list of the diagnostic and surgical procedures and chose one of them to define that you had NOT heard of before.

Answer Key

• See pages 146-148 for descriptions.

• Audiography• Biopsy• Insertion of collar button

(ventilation) tubes• Inspection of the throat• Otoscopy• palpation

Answer Key Cont.

• Pneumotympanometry• Posterior rhinoscopy• Rhinoplasty• Rinne test• Tonsillectomy and

adenoidectomy (T&A)• Tympanocentesis• Weber test• X-ray

Laboratory Procedures

• List the laboratory procedures associated with Otorhinolaryngology and chose one of them to define that you had NOT heard of before.

Answer Key

• See page 148 for words and definitions.

• ASO titer• Nasal smear• Strep screen• Throat culture

Pharmacology

• List the types of medications associated with this specialty and chose one of them to list the medications that you will hear when transcribing the reports.

• List both the pharmaceutical name and the trade name, if there is one.

Answer Key

• See pages 148-149.• Decongestants• Antihistamines• Mast cell inhibitors• Corticosteroids• Antibiotics• Antitussive drugs

Answer Key Cont.

• Expectorants• Antifungal and antiyeast

drugs• Combination ENT drugs

Transcription Tips

• Chose one tip that you think will help you the most when transcribing these reports.

• Tell us why and how it will help.

Reports

• List the types of reports (as shown in the Sample Reports section of the chapter) that you may be transcribing if you work in this specialty.

• Will reviewing these reports before you begin transcribing help you? If so, how? If not, why not?

Answer Key

• Pages 154-156• Chart Note• Letter• Operation Report

Your Favorite Blooper!

• Share your favorite Blooper from the list with the class!

• If you have an Otorhinolaryngology Blooper of your own share that instead!

Book of Style For Medical Transcription

Chapter 13 (pgs. 293-315)Pharmacology

Chemical Names & Concentrations

• What is the capitalization rule for chemical names?

• Give an example.

Answer Key

• Do not capitalize chemical names, except at the beginning of a sentence.

• Example: acetylsalicylic acid and oxygen

Define The Words Below and give an example

• Dose• Dosage

Rules for Dosage Abbreviations• What is the rule for

transcribing dosages?• Give two frequently used

examples and provide us with the Latin abbreviation and its English translation.

Answer Key

• Dose: 5 mg– Refers to the amount to be

administered at one time, or total amount administered.

• Dosage: 5 mg q.i.d.– Means regimen and is

usually expressed as a quantity per unit of time.

• See chart on page 304 for examples.

How do I transcribe vitamins?

• What do I do with capitalizing the word vitamin and the supplements?

Answer Key

• “Lowercase vitamin, capitalize the letter designation, and use Arabic numerals (in subscript form if available.) Do not use a hyphen or space between the letter and numeral.

• vitamin B12 or vitamin B12

Thanks for being here!

• Good night everyone!• Have a great evening and

I look forward to seeing you again next week, same time—same place!