The Medical Transcriptionist's Role In Editing Physician Dictation by Connie Limon Medical writing differs in technique from writing essay and manuscripts for publication. The writing of an essay or manuscript requires adherence to prescribed forms, style, and syntax. The writer often generates several draft copies before finishing a polished document for publication.Medical writing by contrast contains many abbreviations, brief forms, shortcuts, and word coinages that are an integral part of the language of medicine. It is not feasible or expected for a Medical Transcriptionist working in a fast-paced environment to convert the medical document into a piece of formal writing

a polished essay piece of writing.Medical Transcriptionists are expected to produce clean, neat and accurate medical documents for every medical report dictated and to follow suggested or prescribed stylistic guidelines common to the Medical Transcription field or according to the agency he or she works for.
A lot of the stylistic rules of Medical Transcription relate to proper editing, punctuation, and grammar. You will find that even the most respected reference materials vary and contradict one another and themselves.

The employer of a Medical Transcriptionist may mandate specific rules of grammar, style and format to be followed. In this case, the Medical Transcriptionist is required to follow the styles and formats mandated by his or her employer. In the absence of these, he or she can follow the common rules set forth by instructors of Medical Transcription and other experienced Medical Transcriptionists.Editing You will never find a perfect dictator! Every dictator has at one time or another misspoke and said something like, "The patient smokes two beers a day and drinks two packs," or refers to surgery on the left arm in one paragraph