Increasing Productivity through Technology Webinar Series

Webinar series for medical transcriptionists and editors designed to increase productivity and accuracy through technology.

Instructor: Laura Bryan, MT (ASCP), CMT, AHDI-F

When: Beginning Thursday, September 2, at 8pm Eastern

Length of Webinar Series: 5 weeks, 1-1/2 hour webinar each week (classes will be recorded for those who cannot attend the live webinar)

AHDI CE Approval: 4.5 MT Tools and 3 Technology and the Workplace (approved under the NEW AHDI CEC guidelines)

Registration Cost

• $140 (price includes text book, Technology for the Medical Transcriptionist by Laura Bryan, published by LWW, $53.95 retail)
• $95 without text book

REGISTER HERE 

Requirements: Text book, Technology for the Medical Transcriptionist by Laura Bryan (published by LWW) - see description at http://www.mtwerks.com/TMT.aspx

Topics include:

Customizing Windows 1.5 Technology & Workplace 

• Modifying the Start Menu, Taskbar and Desktop to maximize efficiency
• Creating shortcut icons and placing them in strategic locations to quickly access most-used programs, websites, files and folders
• Using shortcut menus for quickly completing routine file management tasks

Keyboarding Techniques 1.5 MT Tools  

• Using fundamental keyboard techniques to navigate windows, menus, and dialog boxeUsing Windows shortcut keys to accomplish file management tasks and work with files, folders and programs
  Document Creation
• Using templates, boilerplate text, fields and jumps
• Editing techniques using the keyboard

Electronic Search 1.5 MT Tools

• Searching the Web using search operators and critical thinking
• Searching electronic references (eg, Stedman’s Electronic Dictionary, electronic word books, electronic drug references)
  Text Expanders and Macros
• Creating text-expansion shortcuts for use in AutoCorrect, AutoText, or third-party text expander programs (eg, SpeedType and Instant Text)
• Using macros to accomplish specific tasks (macros as a series of commands, not inserting text)