Re: SMT Informational survey for 2004

From: Ed Chait (edchait4_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 07/04/04 

Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 04:27:50 GMT

> SCREEN NAME ed
>
> BIRTH DATE: 1956
>
> LOCATION/CITY/STATE: Buenos Aires, Argentina
>
> MARITAL STATUS: Married for 20 years. To the same woman even.
>
> CHILDREN: One son 18, one daughter 15.
>
> PETS: Three dogs, two parakeets, TNTC fish.

>
> EXPERIENCE: Off and on, part-time and full-time for 20 years. Have
worked in healthcare for the past 30 years as a military medic, search and
rescue paramedic, air ambulance medic, echocardiography and vascular
ultrasound tech.

> WHAT TYPE OF MT TRAINING DID YOU HAVE OR ARE CURRENTLY GETTING?
All on-the-job with some excellent experienced MT's as my teachers.

> DO YOU SPECIALIZE? Cardiology and ER.
>
> BELONG TO AAMT OR OTHER MT ORGANIZATION? NO.
>
> NATIONAL YOU HAVE WORKED FOR IF YOU CARE TO IDENTIFY: None.

 WHAT VERSION OF WP/WORD/OTHER DO YOU USE? Word 2000/97
>
> WHAT WORD EXPANDER, IF ANY, DO YOU USE? Shorthand 8.0

> WHICH REFERENCE BOOKS DO YOU USE THE MOST? Saunders Pharmaceutical Word
Book and GOOGLE.
>
> OKAY, NOW DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY STUFF.
>
> DO YOU MUNCH AT YOUR DESK? Why, did you see the Cheetoh crumbs?
>
> HOW MUCH WEIGHT HAVE YOU GAINED/LOSS SINCE YOU STARTED TRANSCRIBING? I am
at a comfortable equilibrium. Yeah, that's the ticket, a comfortable
equilibrium. Now, where's my Cheetohs?

> WHAT IS YOUR PREFERRED ATTIRE TO TRANSCRIBE IN? If I'm alone or if people
are around? The only consistent thing is socks.
>
> DO YOU LIKE IT NOISY OR QUIET WHILE WORKING? I like it very quiet. Damn
parakeets!

> DO YOU WORK AT HOME OR ON-SITE SOMEWHERE? I do all of my MT work at home.

> WHAT DO YOU FIND ARE THE PROS AND CONS OF WORKING THE WAY YOU DO? No cons
at all. The main pros are that it is one of the few things that I can make
decent money at and work around my primary full-time day job as a
cardiovascular tech. Also, transcribing the reports of the patients I do
exams on helps me to follow their care, which benefits all concerned.

> IF YOU HADN'T DECIDED ON THIS CAREER, WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN YOUR DREAM
> JOB? Owner of a huge book and magazine store with no customers to
interrupt and bother me.

> LAST QUESTION: WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT YOURSELF IN
> 100 WORDS OR LESS? My interests and hobbies are reading, playing classical
guitar, riding and restoring/modifying bicycles and motorcycles,
communicating and learning, and the pursuit of doing the right thing.

ed