Course Outline
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- Introduction
- Digital Speech Recognition Products
- Core Skills for Using Speech Recognition Technology
- Essential Equipment and Technical Requirements for Speech Recognition Systems
- Quick Reference Training Guide for the Speech Recognition System
- Using the Dictation Box
- Dictating Punctuation and Command in the Dictation Box
- Auto-Texts Creation
- True or False: When dictating, punctuation never needs to be spoken out loud. The system will always pick up on where punctuation should be.
- Advantages and Limitations of Speech Recognition Technology
- Communication and Description in an Anatomical Pathology Practice
- Examples of Templates for Gross Descriptions
- Current CAP Requirements for Gross Descriptions and Synoptic Reports
- References
Additional Information
Level of Instruction: Intermediate
Intended Audience: This course is intended for histology technicians and technologists, supervisors, pathologists’ assistants, and pathology residents. This content may benefit those working with surgical pathology specimens, performing autopsies, and dictating gross descriptions in pathology reports.
Author Information:
Andrey I. Khramtsov, MD, PhD, MS, PA(ASCP)CM, earned an MD/PhD degree at the St. Petersburg State Medical Academy. He was a pathologist in various hospitals and universities in Russia and as a senior scientist at the U. of Chicago. He also holds an MS degree from the Pathologists' Assistant Program at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. Currently, he is working in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
Galina F. Khramtsova, MD, PhD, MS, HTL(ASCP)CM, earned an MD/PhD degree at the St. Petersburg State I.I. Mechnikov Medical Academy and an MS degree in biology from St. Petersburg State University. She currently works as a senior scientist in the Department of Medicine at the U. of Chicago.
Reviewer Information: Monica Aldulescu, DO, FCAP, is a board-certified pathologist and dermatopathologist, and she also has fellowship training in pediatric pathology. She has a bachelor’s in science in biology from Indiana University in Bloomington, IN and her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree from Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. She completed her Anatomic and Clinical Pathology residency, followed by her Dermatopathology Fellowship at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, IL.
Course Description: This course will briefly describe the basic principles for using a speech recognition system in anatomic pathology reporting, including an overview of the equipment. While referencing dictation templates, we will go over principles of the gross description of surgical pathology reports, digital speech recognition techniques, refresh one’s gross pathology knowledge, and subsequently obtain a practical skillset applicable in various facets of the medical practice. In conclusion, we will review the current CAP requirements for the gross description (anatomic pathology checklist).
