MR260 MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION II Week 1 Chapter 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, 3 rd 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 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, 3 rd 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 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 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 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 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 ) 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 B 12

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!