My first day of the internship went something like this... I got off of the phone with Breena after training very excited, ambitious, and ready to type. I clicked on my first "check out," hit the footpedal, and almost started crying immediately! All I knew was that it was something about oncology, that the doctor had an accent, and that he needed a new machine! I had an hour before Jack woke up, the dictation was about a minute and a half long; I figured I had plenty of time. Boy was I wrong! THREE hours later, I was handing in a report with more blanks than a cap gun. I couldn't believe that I was handing this in to Breena, on her first day on the job. She had mentioned earlier that she heard about my progress in the course and that she was excited to work with me. That was almost all I could think of as I was leaving blank after blank.
Somehow, when I just got the report in the perfect 2 second window to where I needed to hear a word, the dog barked. The kid cried. The guys had to cut the grass by my window. The phone rang. The neighbor came to the door, the dog barked and scared the headphones off of me. And I am NOT exaggerating, this all REALLY happened. It was the day from hell. I got about 4 reports done that were NOT my best work and called it a night.
For any of you out there reading this now: this is not to scare anyone, but so that I can remember what it was like during my first few days of really transcribing.
The next day was a little better. I got that same oncology guy again, but after reading Breena's feedback I found that it was a teensy bit easier to understand what he was TRYING to say. I got 5 reports done that day. And so I progressed through the first week of my internship.
Today is September 11, day 6 of my internship. Today was my first good day. I typed 14 reports, and didn't even realize it until I went to tally things up for the night to report back to Breena. I only had to leave a few blanks in all of the reports and even, one time I ran the spellchecker and it didn't' pick up a SINGLE thing! I quite literally danced around the living room. This time the dog was barking with me, the kid was crying with delight and the neighbor was coming over to congratulate me. What a day! We'll see what tomorrow brings.
2 comments:
Briget, I am so glad to see you doing this! I have to tell you, I too, remember those first days and weeks of beginning transcription. I cried as well! I NEVER thought I would get it and wondered what in the heck I had gotten myself into. And, as you are already seeing, each day got better and easier. I also think it's wonderful of you to open your heart here so that others who are coming after you can read about the experience and see the progress. It will be encouraging in the end! You're doing a great job, keep it up!
Kathy
Wow, now I am really worried, LOL!! I just finished my first transcription exam and I did exceptionally well. I pleasantly surprised. Thank you so much, Briget for blogging while in your internship, I am sure it will help all of us out. We will know what to expect and you will be in our(at least my) thoughts every time I stranscribe something, when I reach my internship. I am so very excited about this and your blog will be read daily, by me. I, too have a blog and it is mostly about my day to day stuff with my family and some thoughts, etc, but you are more than welcome to view it, when you get a chance and feel free to leave a comment or two. I wish you all the very best in your internship, keep up the good work!
Sue
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