Creating Cardiology Reports
The best new resource for medical transcription education is here! Introducing Creating Cardiology Reports, the newest addition to the Stedman's Medical Transcription Skill Builders series.
Creating Cardiology Reports delivers the tools needed to master the terminology, gain valuable transcription experience, and learn editing and proofreading skills, all of which are required to succeed in the challenging field of cardiology.
Features include:
- Thorough coverage of the terminology encountered in cardiology transcription, complete with easy-to-understand definitions and descriptive illustrations. Topic areas include cardiac and vascular anatomy, cardiac conduction and rhythm, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and more. Terms are cross-referenced with sample cardiology reports to reinforce the learning process by showing terms in context
- Audio dictation files encompassing a variety of cardiology topics, many different dictators, and multiple accents and dictating styles, each intended to challenge and build transcription skills. Corresponding answer keys identify common errors and provide immediate remediation
- Fifty proofreading and editing exercises to help build the quality assurance skills needed when working with hospitals and clinics. Answer keys contain targeted feedback and reference the appropriate source for grammar, style, and usage rules
- Appendix sections covering slang terms commonly encountered in cardiology, useful Web sites, report and term indices, and additional grammar and style tools
Plus, a FREE CD-ROM!
Each copy of Stedman's Medical Transcription Skill Builders: Creating Cardiology Reports contains a CD-ROM loaded with enhanced learning and practice features, including:
- Audio pronunciation glossary of cardiology terms
- Matching, fill-in-the-blank, multiple-choice, figure labeling, and spelling bee exercises
- Crossword puzzles
- Audio dictation files
- Electronic answer keys
Both students and veterans alike will benefit from this extraordinary resource. Develop your skills and enhance your proficiency with Stedman's Medical Transcription Skill Builders: Creating Cardiology Reports—a key addition to your educational library.
Contents
Part 1: Learning the Terminology
Cardiology Terminology
- Common prefices, suffixes and combining forms
- General cardiovascular terms
- Anatomical terminology
- Cardiac symptoms
- Cardiac conduction and rhythm
- Diagnoses
- Diagnostic procedures
- Therapeutic procedures
- Therapeutic drugs and medications commonly used in cardiology
- Equipment and instrumentation
Common Cardiovascular Phrases
Part 2: Medical Transcription Practice
Part 3: Proofreading and Editing Practice
- Terminology and abbreviations used in the proofreading and editing answer keys
- Answer keys and for signature reports
Appendices
- Standard proofreader's marks
- Cardiac slang: physian shortcuts
- Cardiology web sites
Index
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