Once when I was in high school, I had an ice cream eating contest with a guy friend. We each had to eat a half gallon of ice cream and then run around the block. My brain feels today like my stomach did that day. I-Just-need-the-weekend! Luckily, it is the weekend. I will be listening to Phil Sims and Al Michaels rather than doctors who need to say "AH" and open their mouths when they speak!
I got my first QA score today and it was about 8 full points higher than I thought! So that was a very nice surprise. It seems I may be doing better than I think. Breena even said that she was being harder on me than she would be on an employee...just to be sure I know my stuff.
When I've had a bad day, Tim always reminds me to think about the stigma attached to the word "intern" and realize that that is what I am. He is right; so is Kathy, and Cheryl, and Breena, and Lynn, and Glenda, and everyone else who has been offering me support and sympathy. It's a learning curve. I am also reminded to think about my first SUM transcription, and then to think about the last one. What a huge difference. Someday, I won't have to look up every 3rd word and I won't jump up and down every time I finally get one right. This job is sure not for dummies!
5 comments:
Hi Briget,
I'm the QA supe over here at TRS. Kathy sent me the link to your blog. I loved reading your entries, and it sure brings me back to those days when I would listen to something I was sure was a foreign language and then sit and cry! It's great that you can laugh about it. You have a great bunch of people over there at TRSi!
Debbie
Thank you so much for this blog, you have given us future interns a wealth of information already! Of course you have made me more scared in some ways and made me feel better in others. Keep up the great blogging!
Hi Rose,
It's nice to meet you! I think it's funny that the people who are already MTs relate to what I'm going through and those who are doing the course are scared! Rose, thanks for giving up Breena, she's so awesome. She is so good at her job, her feedback is so incredibly helpful and her check-in phone calls are awesome. I guess someday soon we'll be co-workers! Thanks for checking in on me!
Hi Robynn!
Thanks for checking this out. It's really not meant to scare anyone, just to really give you a picture of what it's like. I didn't know what to expect. Maybe you guys will be so scared that you'll think it's actually a piece of cake when you get to the internship! Consider it a favor! (it's really hard to convey sarcasm over the internet but I'm sure you get my drift!)
Hey Briget,
Someone in our school said that if we were already experts at this then we would not need the training. (Was that you? Or maybe Amy?) Anyway, I am encouraged by your experiences. I am looking forward to it, albeit with great trepidation! You have been a great support to me as a fellow student. Anytime I have a question, you are never too busy, and you never make me feel like my questions are stupid or not worth your time.
You are definitely going to be a smashing success as an MT. I look forward to working with you as fellow TRS employees!
Keep blogging! It helps the rest of us know what we are in for!
Blessings,
Cathi
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